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14 de jul. de 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 ...
21 de mar. de 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.
6 de mar. de 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.
9 de mar. de 2023 · The Heraclids or Heracleidae were descendants of the hero Heracles, comprising both his own children and the descendants of those children. The most famous Heraclids included Hyllus, whose descendants invaded Greece, as well as Telephus and Tlepolemus, who were involved in the Trojan War. After Heracles’ death, the Heraclids were pursued and ...
23 de mar. de 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 ...
11 de jul. de 2023 · Hippolyta was the daughter of Ares and the Amazon Otrera. [6] Her sisters may have included Antiope, Penthesilea, Melanippe, and Orithyia. In some traditions, Hippolyta was taken captive by the Athenian Theseus after she lost her girdle to Heracles (though in other traditions it was Antiope, not Hippolyta, who was taken).
11 de sept. de 2023 · Avi Kapach is a writer, scholar, and educator who received his PhD in Classics from Brown University. Antaeus, son of Poseidon, was a famously strong wrestler from Libya who was slain by the hero Heracles. Antaeus could not be defeated as long as he was touching the earth, so Heracles hoisted him off the ground to kill him.
20 de may. de 2023 · Heracles was sent to kill the Nemean Lion as the first of his labors. There were several different accounts of the battle. The poet Theocritus describes how Heracles found the Nemean Lion “full fed both of flesh and gore, his tangled mane, his grim visage and all his chest spattered with blood, and his tongue licking his chaps.”
22 de mar. de 2023 · When Heracles finally reached Erytheia, he made quick work of Geryon. Though the monster was helped by his herdsman Eurytion, his two-headed guard dog Orthus, and his many limbs, he was no match for Heracles. According to Apollodorus, Heracles promptly found Geryon’s herd, killed Orthus and Eurytion, and began driving the cattle away.
20 de may. de 2023 · After Heracles had killed the Hydra, he coated the tips of his arrows in its poisonous blood. These poisoned arrows accompanied Heracles in many of his subsequent battles. One of the victims of Heracles’ poisoned arrows was the centaur Nessus. When Nessus tried to rape Heracles’ wife Deianira, Heracles shot him down.
