Heracles of Greek Myth

- Yes, date unknown

• Name	Heracles of Greek Myth
  Gender	Male
  Death	Yes, date unknown
  Notes	«b»http://www.rpi.edu/~holmes/Hobbies/Genealogy/ps32/ps32_253.htm http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Francisco_de_Zurbar%C3%A1n_013.jpg «/b»In «u»Greek mythology «/u», «b»Heracles«/b» or «b»Herakles«/b» (pronounced «u»/'h?r?kli?z/ «/u» «u»HER-?-kleez «/u»; + a «u»compound «/u» of the goddess '«u»Hera «/u»' [ and the Greek word '«u»kleos «/u»' [ meaning "glory of Hera", or "glorious through Hera"), «b»Alcides«u»«/b»[2]«/u» or «b»Alcaeus«/b» (original name), was a «u»divine hero «/u», the son of «u»Zeus «/u» and «u»Alcmene «/u», foster son of «u»Amphitryon «/u» and great-grandson (and half-brother) of «u»Perseus «/u». He was the greatest of the Greek heroes, a paragon of masculinity, the ancestor of royal clans who claimed to be «u»Heracleidae «/u» and a champion of the «u»Olympian order «/u» against «u»chthonic «/u» monsters. In «u»Rome «/u» and the «u»modern «/u» «u»West «/u», he is known as «u»«b»«i»Hercules «/u»«/b»«/i», with whom the later «u»Roman Emperors «/u», in particular «u»Commodus «/u» and «u»Maximian «/u», often identified themselves. The Romans adopted the Greek version of his life and works essentially unchanged, but added anecdotal detail of their own, some of it linking the hero with the geography of the Central Mediterranean. Details of his «u»cult «/u» were adapted to Rome as well. Extraordinary strength, «u»courage «/u», ingenuity, and sexual prowess with both males and females were among his characteristic attributes. Although he was not as clever as the likes of «u»Odysseus «/u» or «u»Nestor «/u», Heracles used his wits on several occasions when his strength did not suffice, such as when laboring for the king «u»Augeas «/u» of «u»Elis «/u»,
  Person ID	I60650	Glenn Cook Family
  Last Modified	19 Jun 2013

  
  

  Father	Amphitryon of Mycenae   d. Yes, date unknown
  Mother	Alcmene, of Mycenae   d. Yes, date unknown
  Family ID	F551617633	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Deianeira of Greek Myth   d. Yes, date unknown
  Children	1. Hyllus   d. Yes, date unknown
  Family ID	F551617056	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	19 Jun 2013

  
  

• Photos » Slide Show		Hercules with the apple of Hesperides A Roman statue of Hercules with the apple of Hesperides
  		Heracles Bronze Herakles statuette from Ai Khanoum, Bactria, 2nd century BCE.
  		Heracles Heracles and Iolaus, with Eros between them. 4th c. BCE Etruscan ritual vessel
  		Heracles suckling at Hera's breast The topos of Heracles suckling at Hera's breast was especially popular in Magna Graecia, here on a mid-4th century Apulian painted vase; Etruscan mythology adopted this iconic image
  		Heracles and the Nemean lion Heracles and the Nemean lion. Black-figure lekythos worked by the Painter of Athens 581, ca. 500 BC. Museum of Cycladic Art in Athens.
  		Heracles, a Roman bronze Louvre Museum