The Hero Faces the Monster : Collected Stories of Troy

• Main Author: Master of the Chronicles of England, illuminator
• Format: Still Image
• Language: French
• Subjects: fantasy; Écrivains et conteurs; Hercules; Killer Whale; Killer whale
• Online Access: http://ark.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/mm618201221c; http://expositions.bnf.fr/fantasy/en/grand/fan_135.php

A hero, a monster, a princess: this illumination from the Collection of Tales of Troy, a manuscript from the 15th century, captures an archetypal scene of myths and epics. Hercules, armed with his famous club but dressed in an anachronistic suit of armor, faces a sea monster (called a killer whale)...