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14 lug 2023 · Heracles, the son of Zeus and Alcmene (a mortal woman), was a Greek hero and demigod. Because he was the product of one of Zeus’ many affairs, Heracles was hated and hounded by Zeus’ jealous wife Hera. Hera ensured that Heracles’ life was filled with hardship and tragedy. Of all Heracles’ heroic deeds, the most important were the Twelve ...
11 set 2023 · The most complete accounts of Antaeus’ myth come from Roman rather than Greek literature. Some of the earliest sources to describe how Heracles (Hercules to the Romans) defeated Antaeus are the Metamorphoses and the Ibis by Ovid (43 BCE–17/18 CE) and the mythological handbook of Hyginus or “Pseudo-Hyginus” (first century CE or later).
8 mar 2023 · Cerberus was the offspring of Typhoeus and Echidna and the guard dog of the Underworld. A servant of Hades (the Greek god of the dead), Cerberus prevented the inhabitants of the Underworld from returning to the land of the living. He was well suited to this task: in most traditions, Cerberus was a gigantic hound with three heads and a mane of ...
20 mag 2023 · Overview. The Nemean Lion was usually described as the offspring of Orthus and Echidna, or alternatively as the offspring of Typhoeus (all fearsome monsters). It was a vicious beast noted for its invulnerable hide, which could not be pierced by any weapon. The Nemean Lion terrorized the area around the town of Nemea (from which it earned its ...
20 mag 2023 · Hercules and the Hydra by Antonio del Pollaiolo (ca. 1475). Wikimedia Commons Public Domain. The Hydra was eventually killed by Heracles, who was sent to fight it as one of his Twelve Labors. After a long struggle, Heracles found a way to prevent the Hydra’s heads from regenerating when he cut them off.
6 mar 2023 · Heracles (Play) 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.
23 mar 2023 · Ladon was the name sometimes given to the terrible serpent that guarded the Garden of the Hesperides. His main duty was to ensure that no one stole the famous golden apples of the Hesperides, which were hidden away in this remote garden. Ladon was assisted in this task by the nymphs known as the Hesperides. When the hero Heracles was sent to ...
7 dic 2022 · In Disney’s Hercules (1997), Hades’ character, voiced by James Woods, attempts to overthrow Zeus and the Olympians due to his resentment at being stuck in the dark Underworld. Hades makes regular appearances in the book and film series Percy Jackson and the Olympians; he is portrayed in the films by Steve Coogan.
11 mar 2023 · Admetus was one of the daughters of Pelias, the king of Iolcus in northern Greece. When she was of marriageable age, her beauty drew many suitors to her father’s kingdom. But Pelias announced that he would only marry his daughter to the man who could yoke a lion and a boar to a chariot. One of Alcestis’ suitors was Admetus, the king of Pherae.
22 mar 2023 · Hercules and the Cattle of Geryon by the workshop of Lucas Cranach the Elder (after 1537). Herzog Anton Ulrich Museum Public Domain. The poet Stesichorus gives a surprisingly touching account of Geryon’s death. He describes how Heracles shot Geryon down with one of his arrows, poisoned with the blood of the Hydra:
