. . . "The top vignette in this panel of furnishing silk shows the abduction of the Roman goddess of spring, Proserpine, by Pluto, ruler of the underworld; the bottom illustrates one of the labors of the Roman demigod Hercules- he is slaying the multi-headed Hydra, while the serpent tries to kill him with its poisonous breath. This design was also woven in pale blue."@en .