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"Birth of the Milky Way"
by P. Rubens - Prado Museum, Madrid, Spain.

Shown is Hera who trying to nurse Hercules. Apparently, he was so strong that he
bit her nipple which forced her to disengage him and to spill her breast milk. (See more)


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