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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
- 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
- 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)
- 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
- Hydra - Mythopedia
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
- 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
- Atlas – Mythopedia
Atlas was a Greek Titan famed for his prodigious strength and endurance, condemned to shoulder the heavens for eternity He once passed the burden of holding up the world to the hero Hercules, but was tricked into taking it back
- Cerberus – Mythopedia
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
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