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14 lug 2023 · The Romans, who worshiped Heracles as Hercules, dedicated various temples and altars to him in the city of Rome as well as throughout Italy and the Roman Empire. Pop Culture. 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).
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 · In the 2014 film Hercules, Cerberus is reimagined as a more realistic enemy: three wolves that the hero must fight. Outside of film, Cerberus is a “summon” in the video game Final Fantasy VIII . In J. K. Rowling’s Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone (1997), the three-headed dog Fluffy was inspired by Cerberus.
21 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 · 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 · Seneca (either 54 BCE–39 CE or 4 BCE–65 CE): There is an allusion to how Heracles bested Ladon in the tragedy the Madness of Hercules (530ff). Lucan (39–65 CE): The serpent from whom Heracles stole the golden apples of the Hesperides is mentioned in Book 9 of the epic Civil War (360ff).
22 mar 2023 · In particular, the Erymanthian Boar can be found in contemporary retellings of the Heracles myth, including the TV series Hercules: The Legendary Journeys and the 2014 film Hercules. In one comedic reinterpretation of the myth, from Helen Eastman’s play Hercules , the Erymanthian Boar becomes the Erymanthian bore , a member of the Oxbridge aristocracy notorious for talking his interlocutors ...
21 mar 2023 · Hercules catching the hind of Cerynea by Simon Frisius, after Antonio Tempesta (ca. 1610–64). Rijksmuseum Public Domain. Though Heracles finally managed to capture the Ceryneian Hind alive, there are different accounts of how he accomplished this. In one, the hind arrived at Mount Artemisius in Arcadia, where it tried to cross the Ladon River.
12 mar 2023 · Hercules Wrestling with Death for the Body of Alcestis by Frederic Lord Leighton (ca. 1869–1871). Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford, CT. Daderot Public Domain Pop Culture. The myth of Alcestis remains well known.
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.
