22 Facts About Hercules

Hercules'sculesrcules is the Roman equivalent of the Greek divine hero Hercules'sculesracles, son of Jupiter and the mortal Alcmene.

In classical mythology, Hercules is famous for his strength and for his numerous far-ranging adventures.

In later Western art and literature and in popular culture, Hercules is more commonly used than Heracles as the name of the hero.

Hercules'sculesrcules is a multifaceted figure with contradictory characteristics, which enabled later artists and writers to pick and choose how to represent him.

In Roman mythology, although Hercules was seen as the champion of the weak and a great protector, his personal problems started at birth.

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Latin name Hercules was borrowed through Etruscan, where it is represented variously as Heracle, Hercle, and other forms.

Hercules'sculesrcules was a favorite subject for Etruscan art, and appears often on bronze mirrors.

Hercules'sculesrcules had a number of myths that were distinctly Roman.

Hercules'sculesrcules received various forms of religious veneration, including as a deity concerned with children and childbirth, in part because of myths about his precocious infancy, and in part because he fathered countless children.

In medieval mythography, Hercules was one of the heroes seen as a strong role model who demonstrated both valor and wisdom, while the monsters he battles were regarded as moral obstacles.

One glossator noted that when Hercules became a constellation, he showed that strength was necessary to gain entrance to Heaven.

Road of Hercules is a route across Southern Gaul that is associated with the path Hercules took during his 10th labor of retrieving the Cattle of Geryon from the Red Isles.

Hercules'scules mentioned that Roman women do not swear on Hercules'sculesrcules, nor do Roman men swear on Castor.

Hercules'scules went on to say that women refrain from sacrificing to Hercules'sculesrcules.

Hercules'sculesrcules was mentioned in the Fables of Gaius Julius Hyginus.

One, being the Temple of Hercules Musarum, dedicated between 187 and 179 BCE by M Fulvius Nobilior.

In Roman works of art and in Renaissance and post-Renaissance art, Hercules can be identified by his attributes, the lion skin and the gnarled club ; in mosaic he is shown tanned bronze, a virile aspect.

Hercules'sculesrcules carrying his son Hyllus looks at the centaur Nessus, who is about to carry Deianira across the river on his back.

Roman gilded silver bowl depicting the boy Hercules strangling two serpents, from the Hildesheim Treasure, 1st century CE, Altes Museum.

Hercules'sculesrcules slaying the Hydra Roman copy of 4th century BCE original by Lysippos, Capitoline Museum.

Hercules'sculesrcules was among the earliest figures on ancient Roman coinage, and has been the main motif of many collector coins and medals since.

Series of nineteen Italian Hercules movies were made in the late 1950s and early 1960s.