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Jul 14, 2023 · Heracles is one of the most commonly portrayed Greek mythological characters in modern popular culture (though he is usually called by his Roman name, Hercules). Heracles was featured in dozens of the “sword-and-sandal” films popular in the 1950s, 60s, and 70s.
Mar 6, 2023 · The Heracles is a tragedy by Euripides, usually dated to around 415 BCE. In the play, Heracles returns home after completing his Twelve Labors, just in time to save his family from a violent usurper. But he is driven mad by the gods and ends up killing the wife and children he has just saved.
Mar 21, 2023 · But Heracles was able to explain the situation: it was Eurystheus who had forced him to capture the Ceryneian Hind. In the end, Apollo and Artemis allowed the hero to go on his way. This myth is also found in some ancient Greek vase paintings, some of which show Heracles, Apollo, and Artemis wrestling for the hind in a sort of tug-of-war.
Mar 9, 2023 · After Heracles’ death, the Heraclids were pursued and nearly wiped out by Heracles’ old enemy Eurystheus. Driven out of Greece, they eventually returned with an unstoppable army and proceeded to conquer Mycenae, Sparta, and Argos, among other cities.
Sep 11, 2023 · According to one account, Antaeus was also an expert at throwing the solos, a kind of iron discus; after Heracles killed Antaeus, he took his solos as a trophy. Heracles later gave it to Peleus, who in turn passed it down to his son Achilles. Antaeus’ most famous attribute, however, was his partial invulnerability.
Mar 23, 2023 · Heracles thus offered to place the heavens on his own shoulders while Atlas fetched the apples from his daughters. In another tradition, Heracles did fight the terrible Ladon. In some accounts, he merely put the serpent to sleep. But in others, Heracles managed to kill Ladon, after which he snatched the golden apples and left.
Jul 11, 2023 · Some authors simply report that Heracles killed Hippolyta and stole her girdle. But others give a more detailed account. According to Apollodorus, Hippolyta was impressed by Heracles and was willing to give him the girdle without a fight. Indeed, she boarded Heracles’ ship in order to talk with the hero and hand over the prize.
Mar 24, 2023 · Years later, Heracles did fall in love with another woman, the princess Iole, and Deianira decided to use Nessus’ “love charm.” She smeared some of the poisoned blood on one of Heracles’ shirts. As soon as Heracles put it on, the Hydra’s poison infected him, and he began writhing in terrible agony.
Jan 19, 2023 · The Cercopes Meet Heracles. By far the most familiar myth of the Cercopes involved their rather tense encounter with the hero Heracles. In what seems to have been the standard account, this confrontation took place when Heracles was in Anatolia working as the slave of the Lydian queen Omphale (though some sources transferred the myth to Greece).
Feb 15, 2023 · Eurystheus, son of Sthenelus and Nicippe, was the king of Mycenae for whom Heracles was forced to complete the Twelve Labors. Supported by Hera, Eurystheus remained Heracles’ enemy throughout his life, and even after Heracles died he continued to pursue his children.
