Heracles

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Farnese Hercules

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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

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View the animation to know the representation of the Greek hero Heracles (or Hercules) in films and television

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Isis Zeus Athena Apollo Horus Aphrodite Prometheus Odin Re Dionysus

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mythology. Greek. Hermes. (Roman Mercury)

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