Heracles - Mythopedia
Jul 14, 2023 · 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.
Antaeus - Mythopedia
Sep 11, 2023 · 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
Mar 6, 2023 · 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 ...
Nemean Lion - Mythopedia
May 20, 2023 · In the 1990s TV series Hercules: The Legendary Journeys, for example, the hero slays the lion and then uses its hide to play with children. The lion also plays a minor role in the 1997 Disney film Hercules, in which it bears a striking resemblance to the lion Scar (the villain of Disney’s The Lion King).
Ladon – Mythopedia
Mar 23, 2023 · Seneca (either 54 BCE–39 CE or 4 BCE–65 CE): There is an allusion to how Heracles bested Ladon in the tragedy the Madness of Hercules (530ff). Lucan (39–65 CE): The serpent from whom Heracles stole the golden apples of the Hesperides is mentioned in Book 9 of the epic Civil War (360ff).
Cerberus – Mythopedia
Mar 8, 2023 · 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.
Hydra - Mythopedia
May 20, 2023 · 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.
Alcestis (daughter of Pelias) – Mythopedia
Mar 11, 2023 · Hercules 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.
Stymphalian Birds – Mythopedia
Jan 26, 2023 · 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 …
Erymanthian Boar – Mythopedia
Mar 22, 2023 · In particular, the Erymanthian Boar can be found in contemporary retellings of the Heracles myth, including the TV series Hercules: The Legendary Journeys and the 2014 film Hercules. In one comedic reinterpretation of the myth, from Helen Eastman’s play Hercules , the Erymanthian Boar becomes the Erymanthian bore , a member of the Oxbridge ...