Heracles

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Farnese Hercules

relief depicting the Labours of Hercules

Heracles fighting the Amazons

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Heracles breaking the horns of the hind of Arcadia

Antoine Bourdelle: Herakles

Attic red-figure kylix by Epictetus showing Heracles slaying Busiris, c. 520 bc; in the British Museum, London.

Heracles battling the Lernaean Hydra

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Farnese Hercules

relief depicting the Labours of Hercules

Heracles fighting the Amazons

Heracles breaking the horns of the hind of Arcadia

Antoine Bourdelle: Herakles

Attic red-figure kylix by Epictetus showing Heracles slaying Busiris, c. 520 bc; in the British Museum, London.

Heracles battling the Lernaean Hydra

Antonio Pollaiuolo: Hercules and Antaeus

Cancer: The zodiac sign explained

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Isis Zeus Athena Apollo Horus Aphrodite Prometheus Odin Re Dionysus

Parthenon, Acropolis, Athens, Greece.

From Athena to Zeus: Basics of Greek Mythology

Hades. Persephone. Hades (aka Pluto or Pluton)& Persephone enthroned. God&Goddess of underworld sit. 3 headed dog Cerberus at feet. Females on harp and rebec (L)men on harps or tortured. Les Echecs amoureux, Manuscript produced 4 Louise de Savoy,15th c.

Ancient Greek Underworld Quiz

mythology. Greek. Hermes. (Roman Mercury)

Ancient Greek Gods and Demigods Quiz