Essays on Hercules

Myth can be described as a symbolic narrative that usually does not have a clear origin and mostly is partly traditional and relates to some actual event observed or experienced by members of a given society. This paper will discuss the hero’s myth of Hercules. Hercules is a hero god in...

Hercules: A Classical Hero Hercules is a classical hero in Greek mythology. Hercules was the son of Zeus and the mortal lady Alcmena. Hercules was a legendary figure best remembered for his 12 labors, the first of which, the Nemean lion slaughter, supplied him with his unique lion-skin and club. His...

Figure 1: Sculpture of Heracles carrying the Erymanthian boar. Figure 1 The Hercules art work is a piece of marble relief with Heracles carrying the Erymanthian boar. The Image days about 27 BC to about 68 A.D at some stage in the Augustan or Julio-Claudian era associated with the Roman empires Sidamara...