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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 ...
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 ...
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).
26 gen 2023 · Hercules at Lake Stymphalus by Gustave Moreau (ca. 1875–1880) Gustave Moreau Museum, Paris Public Domain. With his task fulfilled, Heracles returned to Mycenae. In some accounts, he delivered a few of the dead birds to Eurystheus as proof that he had done as he was commanded. The Argonauts
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.
11 lug 2023 · Hippolyta, daughter of Ares and Otrera, was a queen of the Amazons. She was best known for her girdle, which was said to signify her supremacy among the Amazons. Unfortunately, the hero and strongman Heracles was ordered to steal this girdle for his ninth labor. When Hippolyta and the other warlike Amazons resisted, Heracles fought and killed ...
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.
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.
8 mar 2023 · Hercules Fighting Nereus by Eugène Delacroix (1849). Rijksmuseum Public Domain. In at least one account, Nereus also helped Heracles with another one of his labors. When Heracles needed to travel across the ocean to steal the cattle of Geryon (his tenth labor), Nereus gave him the cup of Helios to make the voyage. Worship
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.
