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[Heracles beating Geryon and Heracles capturing the Calydon boar; Hercules slays Geryon and Hercules captures the Caledonian boar; Hercule et Geryon]
Title: [Heracles beating Geryon and Heracles capturing the Calydon boar; Hercules slays Geryon and Hercules captures the Caledonian boar; Hercule et Geryon]
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