Jul 14, 2023 · Heracles then collected the apples and returned to Eurystheus. Labor #12: Cerberus. Heracles’ final labor was the most daunting: to go down to the Underworld and bring …

Mar 6, 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 …

Mar 9, 2023 · After Heracles’ death, the Heraclids were pursued and nearly wiped out by Heracles’ old enemy Eurystheus. Driven out of Greece, they eventually returned with an …

Jul 11, 2023 · Some authors simply report that Heracles killed Hippolyta and stole her girdle. But others give a more detailed account. According to Apollodorus, Hippolyta was impressed by …

Mar 21, 2023 · Heracles’ Third (or Fourth) Labor. Heracles was sent to catch the Ceryneian Hind as one of his Twelve Labors. Hera, who hated the hero because he was the bastard son of her …

Mar 22, 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 …

Mar 24, 2023 · Years later, Heracles did fall in love with another woman, the princess Iole, and Deianira decided to use Nessus’ “love charm.” She smeared some of the poisoned blood on …

Jul 5, 2023 · Attic black-figure neck amphora depicting Heracles (left) and Iolaus (right) fighting Cycnus (center), attributed to the Painter of Oxford 569 or to the Leagros Group (ca. 510–500 …

Jan 19, 2023 · The Cercopes Meet Heracles. By far the most familiar myth of the Cercopes involved their rather tense encounter with the hero Heracles. In what seems to have been the …

Sep 11, 2023 · According to one account, Antaeus was also an expert at throwing the solos, a kind of iron discus; after Heracles killed Antaeus, he took his solos as a trophy. Heracles later …