Labors of Herakles

15 07, 2017

Herakles and the hydra – Labors of Herakles

By |2019-10-20T14:10:21-07:00July 15th, 2017|Greeks, Literature|Comments Off on Herakles and the hydra – Labors of Herakles

Herakles fights the Hydra (Athenian red-figure vase, ca. 475 BC, Palermo, Sicily) Another labor for Herakles King Eurystheus then told Herakles he had to go kill the Hydra for another one of [...]

14 07, 2017

Herakles and Busiris – Labors of Herakles

By |2019-02-25T06:36:00-08:00July 14th, 2017|Greeks, Literature|Comments Off on Herakles and Busiris – Labors of Herakles

Hercules kills the Egyptians (Athens, 400s BC) Another Herakles story In this story, Herakles traveled to Egypt, where he met the king of Egypt, the Pharaoh Busiris. Who is Herakles? New Kingdom Egypt More [...]

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