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...

The paintings described art work is Sculpture of Heracles carrying the Erymanthian boar 248739, Marble, Metropolitan Museum of art, NY, Gallery 162, Collection number 13.60 by way of an unknown artist. It is a piece of marble relief with Herakles carrying the Erymanthian boar. The relief dates to about 27...

Cornelis Cornelisz van Haarlem, who lived from 1562 to 1638, was a Northern Mannerism pioneer as well as a Dutch Golden Age painter. The painter was born in Haarlem and received his education in Antwerp. The artist was influenced by Italian painters of the Baroque and Mannerism periods, as well...

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...