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Bookmark or Share- Heracles - MythopediaIn 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.
- Alcestis (daughter of Pelias) – MythopediaHercules 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.
- Geryon – MythopediaHercules 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:
- Shield of Heracles – MythopediaHercules 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 ...
- Antaeus - MythopediaThe 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).
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