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- Heracles - Mythopedia
In the 1990s, Kevin Sorbo played the hero in the television series Hercules: The Legendary Journeys and in a few made-for-television movies More recently, Hercules was played by Dwayne Johnson in Hercules (2014) Heracles (or Hercules) also features in other media, including Rick Riordan’s young adult book series Percy Jackson and the Olympians
- Heracles (Play) - Mythopedia
Hercules and the Hydra by Antonio del Pollaiuolo (1475) Uffizi Gallery, Florence Google Arts and Culture Public Domain The myth of Heracles’ madness predates Euripides and continued to be represented in literature and art after the Heracles But despite its many idiosyncrasies, Euripides’ version of Heracles’ madness is perhaps the
- Antaeus – Mythopedia
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)
- Shield of Heracles - Mythopedia
Hercules and the Hydra by Antonio del Pollaiuolo (1475) Uffizi Gallery, Florence Google Arts and Culture Public Domain The Heracles of the Shield of Heracles represents the hero just as these new developments were taking shape In this poem, however, Heracles fights like the heroes of Homer, with shield, spear, and chariot; the club and lion
- Iphicles – Mythopedia
Hercules and the Hydra by John Singer Sargent (1921) Museum of Fine Arts Boston Public Domain Who was Iphicles’ son? Iphicles’ son was Iolaus, who aided Heracles in virtually all of his adventures In fact, Iolaus features much more prominently in the mythology of Heracles than that of Iphicles
- Achelous – Mythopedia
Achelous was the name of both the largest river in Greece—flowing from the Pindus Mountains to the Ionian Sea—and the god of that river A child of the Titans Oceanus and Tethys, Achelous was an ancient and powerful god He fought Heracles for the hand of the princess Deianira, but was ultimately defeated
- Geryon – Mythopedia
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:
- Stymphalian Birds – Mythopedia
In the TV series Hercules: The Legendary Journeys, for example, there is a single Stymphalian Bird, a giant winged creature similar to a pterodactyl In the Percy Jackson and the Olympians novels, on the other hand, the Stymphalian Birds are described as small and pigeon-like
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