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class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.1</span> <span>Road of Hercules</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Road_of_Hercules-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Worship_from_women" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Worship_from_women"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.2</span> <span>Worship from women</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Worship_from_women-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Worship_in_myth" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Worship_in_myth"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.3</span> <span>Worship in myth</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Worship_in_myth-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Hercules_and_the_Roman_triumph" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Hercules_and_the_Roman_triumph"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.4</span> <span>Hercules and the Roman triumph</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Hercules_and_the_Roman_triumph-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-In_art" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#In_art"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.5</span> <span>In art</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-In_art-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Roman_era_2" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Roman_era_2"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.6</span> <span>Roman era</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Roman_era_2-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Modern_era" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Modern_era"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.7</span> <span>Modern era</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Modern_era-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-In_numismatics" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#In_numismatics"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.8</span> <span>In numismatics</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-In_numismatics-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Military" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Military"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.9</span> <span>Military</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Military-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Other_cultural_references" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Other_cultural_references"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.10</span> <span>Other cultural references</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Other_cultural_references-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-In_films" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#In_films"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.11</span> <span>In films</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-In_films-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-See_also" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#See_also"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6</span> <span>See also</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-See_also-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-References" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#References"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">7</span> <span>References</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-References-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-External_links" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#External_links"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">8</span> <span>External links</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-External_links-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </div> </div> </nav> </div> </div> <div class="mw-content-container"> <main id="content" class="mw-body"> <header class="mw-body-header vector-page-titlebar"> <nav aria-label="Contents" class="vector-toc-landmark"> <div id="vector-page-titlebar-toc" class="vector-dropdown vector-page-titlebar-toc vector-button-flush-left" > <input type="checkbox" id="vector-page-titlebar-toc-checkbox" role="button" aria-haspopup="true" data-event-name="ui.dropdown-vector-page-titlebar-toc" class="vector-dropdown-checkbox " aria-label="Toggle the table of contents" > <label id="vector-page-titlebar-toc-label" 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href="https://am.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%88%84%E1%88%AD%E1%8A%A9%E1%88%8C%E1%88%B5_%E1%88%8A%E1%89%A2%E1%8A%A9%E1%88%B5" title="ሄርኩሌስ ሊቢኩስ – Amharic" lang="am" hreflang="am" data-title="ሄርኩሌስ ሊቢኩስ" data-language-autonym="አማርኛ" data-language-local-name="Amharic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>አማርኛ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ar mw-list-item"><a href="https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%87%D8%B1%D9%82%D9%84_(%D8%A5%D9%84%D9%87)" title="هرقل (إله) – Arabic" lang="ar" hreflang="ar" data-title="هرقل (إله)" data-language-autonym="العربية" data-language-local-name="Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>العربية</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-an mw-list-item"><a href="https://an.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hercules" title="Hercules – Aragonese" lang="an" hreflang="an" data-title="Hercules" data-language-autonym="Aragonés" data-language-local-name="Aragonese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Aragonés</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bn mw-list-item"><a href="https://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%B9%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%95%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%89%E0%A6%B2%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%B8" title="হারকিউলিস – Bangla" lang="bn" hreflang="bn" data-title="হারকিউলিস" data-language-autonym="বাংলা" data-language-local-name="Bangla" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>বাংলা</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bg mw-list-item"><a href="https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A5%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%BA%D1%83%D0%BB%D0%B5%D1%81" title="Херкулес – Bulgarian" lang="bg" hreflang="bg" data-title="Херкулес" data-language-autonym="Български" data-language-local-name="Bulgarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Български</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bs mw-list-item"><a href="https://bs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herkul" title="Herkul – Bosnian" lang="bs" hreflang="bs" data-title="Herkul" data-language-autonym="Bosanski" data-language-local-name="Bosnian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bosanski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-br mw-list-item"><a href="https://br.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herkules" title="Herkules – Breton" lang="br" hreflang="br" data-title="Herkules" data-language-autonym="Brezhoneg" data-language-local-name="Breton" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Brezhoneg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/H%C3%A8rcules" title="Hèrcules – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Hèrcules" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-co mw-list-item"><a href="https://co.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erculu" title="Erculu – Corsican" lang="co" hreflang="co" data-title="Erculu" data-language-autonym="Corsu" data-language-local-name="Corsican" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Corsu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/H%C3%A9rcules" title="Hércules – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Hércules" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herkulo" title="Herkulo – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Herkulo" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herkules" title="Herkules – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Herkules" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%87%D8%B1%DA%A9%D9%88%D9%84" title="هرکول – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="هرکول" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gl mw-list-item"><a href="https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/H%C3%A9rcules_(mitolox%C3%ADa)" title="Hércules (mitoloxía) – Galician" lang="gl" hreflang="gl" data-title="Hércules (mitoloxía)" data-language-autonym="Galego" data-language-local-name="Galician" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Galego</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hr mw-list-item"><a href="https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herkul_(mitologija)" title="Herkul (mitologija) – Croatian" lang="hr" hreflang="hr" data-title="Herkul (mitologija)" data-language-autonym="Hrvatski" data-language-local-name="Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Hrvatski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herkules" title="Herkules – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Herkules" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ia mw-list-item"><a href="https://ia.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hercules" title="Hercules – Interlingua" lang="ia" hreflang="ia" data-title="Hercules" data-language-autonym="Interlingua" data-language-local-name="Interlingua" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Interlingua</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ercole" title="Ercole – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Ercole" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lo mw-list-item"><a href="https://lo.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%BB%81%E0%BA%AE%E0%BA%81%E0%BA%81%E0%BA%B9%E0%BA%99" title="ແຮກກູນ – Lao" lang="lo" hreflang="lo" data-title="ແຮກກູນ" data-language-autonym="ລາວ" data-language-local-name="Lao" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ລາວ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lfn mw-list-item"><a href="https://lfn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hercule" title="Hercule – Lingua Franca Nova" lang="lfn" hreflang="lfn" data-title="Hercule" data-language-autonym="Lingua Franca Nova" data-language-local-name="Lingua Franca Nova" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lingua Franca Nova</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lmo mw-list-item"><a href="https://lmo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ercol" title="Ercol – Lombard" lang="lmo" hreflang="lmo" data-title="Ercol" data-language-autonym="Lombard" data-language-local-name="Lombard" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lombard</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hercules" title="Hercules – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="Hercules" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hungarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Magyar</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mk mw-list-item"><a href="https://mk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A5%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%BA%D1%83%D0%BB" title="Херкул – Macedonian" lang="mk" hreflang="mk" data-title="Херкул" data-language-autonym="Македонски" data-language-local-name="Macedonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Македонски</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ml mw-list-item"><a href="https://ml.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B4%B9%E0%B5%86%E0%B5%BC%E0%B4%95%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%95%E0%B5%81%E0%B4%B2%E0%B5%80%E0%B4%B8%E0%B5%8D" title="ഹെർക്കുലീസ് – Malayalam" lang="ml" hreflang="ml" data-title="ഹെർക്കുലീസ്" data-language-autonym="മലയാളം" data-language-local-name="Malayalam" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>മലയാളം</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-arz mw-list-item"><a href="https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%87%D9%8A%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%83%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%B3" title="هيراكليس – Egyptian Arabic" lang="arz" hreflang="arz" data-title="هيراكليس" data-language-autonym="مصرى" data-language-local-name="Egyptian Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>مصرى</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mni mw-list-item"><a href="https://mni.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EA%AF%8D%EA%AF%94%EA%AF%80%EA%AF%A8%EA%AF%82%EA%AF%A4%EA%AF%81" title="ꯍꯔꯀꯨꯂꯤꯁ – Manipuri" lang="mni" hreflang="mni" data-title="ꯍꯔꯀꯨꯂꯤꯁ" data-language-autonym="ꯃꯤꯇꯩ ꯂꯣꯟ" data-language-local-name="Manipuri" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ꯃꯤꯇꯩ ꯂꯣꯟ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-my mw-list-item"><a href="https://my.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%80%9F%E1%80%AC%E1%80%B8%E1%80%80%E1%80%BB%E1%80%B0%E1%80%B8%E1%80%9C%E1%80%AE%E1%80%B8" title="ဟားကျူးလီး – Burmese" lang="my" hreflang="my" data-title="ဟားကျူးလီး" data-language-autonym="မြန်မာဘာသာ" data-language-local-name="Burmese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>မြန်မာဘာသာ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hercules_(mythologie)" title="Hercules (mythologie) – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Hercules (mythologie)" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ne mw-list-item"><a href="https://ne.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%B9%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%81%E0%A4%B2%E0%A4%B8" title="हर्कुलस – Nepali" lang="ne" hreflang="ne" data-title="हर्कुलस" data-language-autonym="नेपाली" data-language-local-name="Nepali" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>नेपाली</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pa mw-list-item"><a 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For other uses, see <a href="/wiki/Hercules_(disambiguation)" class="mw-disambig" title="Hercules (disambiguation)">Hercules (disambiguation)</a>.</div> <p class="mw-empty-elt"> </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1257001546">.mw-parser-output .infobox-subbox{padding:0;border:none;margin:-3px;width:auto;min-width:100%;font-size:100%;clear:none;float:none;background-color:transparent}.mw-parser-output .infobox-3cols-child{margin:auto}.mw-parser-output .infobox .navbar{font-size:100%}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme)>div:not(.notheme)[style]{background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme) div:not(.notheme){background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media(min-width:640px){body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table{display:table!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>caption{display:table-caption!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>tbody{display:table-row-group}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table tr{display:table-row!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table th,body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table td{padding-left:inherit;padding-right:inherit}}</style><table class="infobox"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above" style="font-size:125%;background-color: #F0ACAC;">Hercules</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-subheader"><div style="font-size: 110%;">God of strength and heroes</div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Hercules_combatant_Achelous_(8655488835).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9a/Hercules_combatant_Achelous_%288655488835%29.jpg/220px-Hercules_combatant_Achelous_%288655488835%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="330" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9a/Hercules_combatant_Achelous_%288655488835%29.jpg/330px-Hercules_combatant_Achelous_%288655488835%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9a/Hercules_combatant_Achelous_%288655488835%29.jpg/440px-Hercules_combatant_Achelous_%288655488835%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2592" data-file-height="3888" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption">Hercules battles <a href="/wiki/Achelous" title="Achelous">Achelous</a>, metamorphed into a serpent, 1824, by François Joseph Bosio. <a href="/wiki/Louvre" title="Louvre">Louvre</a> LL 325.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Abode</th><td class="infobox-data">Rome</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Symbol</th><td class="infobox-data">Club, Nemean Lion, bow and arrows</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Parents</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Jupiter_(mythology)" class="mw-redirect" title="Jupiter (mythology)">Jupiter</a> and <a href="/wiki/Alcmene" title="Alcmene">Alcmena</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #F0ACAC;">Equivalents</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Etruscan</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Hercle" title="Hercle">Hercle</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Greek</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Heracles" title="Heracles">Heracles</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Norse</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Hercules_Magusanus" title="Hercules Magusanus">Hercules Magusanus</a></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Hercules</b> (<span class="rt-commentedText nowrap"><span class="IPA nopopups noexcerpt" lang="en-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Help:IPA/English" title="Help:IPA/English">/<span style="border-bottom:1px dotted"><span title="/ˈ/: primary stress follows">ˈ</span><span title="'h' in 'hi'">h</span><span title="/ɜːr/: 'ur' in 'fur'">ɜːr</span><span title="'k' in 'kind'">k</span><span title="/j/: 'y' in 'yes'">j</span><span title="/ʊ/: 'u' in 'push'">ʊ</span><span title="/ˌ/: secondary stress follows">ˌ</span><span title="'l' in 'lie'">l</span><span title="/iː/: 'ee' in 'fleece'">iː</span><span title="'z' in 'zoom'">z</span></span>/</a></span></span>, <span class="rt-commentedText nowrap"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1177148991">.mw-parser-output .IPA-label-small{font-size:85%}.mw-parser-output .references .IPA-label-small,.mw-parser-output .infobox .IPA-label-small,.mw-parser-output .navbox .IPA-label-small{font-size:100%}</style><span class="IPA-label IPA-label-small"><a href="/wiki/American_English" title="American English">US</a>: </span><span class="IPA nopopups noexcerpt" lang="en-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Help:IPA/English" title="Help:IPA/English">/-<span style="border-bottom:1px dotted"><span title="'k' in 'kind'">k</span><span title="/j/: 'y' in 'yes'">j</span><span title="/ə/: 'a' in 'about'">ə</span></span>-/</a></span></span>)<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> is the Roman equivalent of the Greek <a href="/wiki/Divinity" title="Divinity">divine</a> <a href="/wiki/Hero" title="Hero">hero</a> <a href="/wiki/Heracles" title="Heracles">Heracles</a>, son of <a href="/wiki/Jupiter_(mythology)" class="mw-redirect" title="Jupiter (mythology)">Jupiter</a> and the mortal <a href="/wiki/Alcmene" title="Alcmene">Alcmena</a>. In <a href="/wiki/Classical_mythology" title="Classical mythology">classical mythology</a>, Hercules is famous for his strength and for his numerous far-ranging adventures. </p><p>The Romans adapted the Greek hero's <a href="/wiki/Iconography" title="Iconography">iconography</a> and myths for their literature and art under the name <i>Hercules</i>. In later <a href="/wiki/Western_art" class="mw-redirect" title="Western art">Western art</a> and literature and in <a href="/wiki/Popular_culture" title="Popular culture">popular culture</a>, <i>Hercules</i> is more commonly used than <i>Heracles</i> as the name of the hero. Hercules is a multifaceted figure with contradictory characteristics, which enabled later artists and writers to pick and choose how to represent him.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This article provides an introduction to representations of Hercules in the <a href="/wiki/Classical_tradition" title="Classical tradition">later tradition</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Mythology">Mythology</h2></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Birth_and_early_life">Birth and early life</h3></div> <p>In Roman mythology, although Hercules was seen as the champion of the weak and a great protector, his personal problems started at birth. <a href="/wiki/Juno_(mythology)" title="Juno (mythology)">Juno</a> sent two witches to prevent the birth, but they were tricked by one of <a href="/wiki/Alcmene" title="Alcmene">Alcmene</a>'s servants and sent to another room. Juno then sent <a href="/wiki/Snake" title="Snake">serpents</a> to kill him in his cradle, but Hercules strangled them both. In one version of the myth, Alcmene abandoned her baby in the woods in order to protect him from Juno's wrath, but he was found by the goddess <a href="/wiki/Minerva" title="Minerva">Minerva</a> who brought him to Juno, claiming he was an orphan child left in the woods who needed nourishment. Juno suckled Hercules at her own breast until the infant bit her nipple, at which point she pushed him away, spilling her milk across the night sky and so forming the <a href="/wiki/Milky_Way" title="Milky Way">Milky Way</a>. She then gave the infant back to Minerva and told her to take care of the baby herself. In feeding the child from her own breast, the goddess inadvertently imbued him with further strength and power. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Death">Death</h3></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Heracles#Death" title="Heracles">Heracles § Death</a></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Roman_era">Roman era</h2></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main articles: <a href="/wiki/Hercules_in_ancient_Rome" title="Hercules in ancient Rome">Hercules in ancient Rome</a> and <a href="/wiki/Heracles" title="Heracles">Heracles</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Herakles_snake_Musei_Capitolini_MC247.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/10/Herakles_snake_Musei_Capitolini_MC247.jpg/170px-Herakles_snake_Musei_Capitolini_MC247.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="227" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/10/Herakles_snake_Musei_Capitolini_MC247.jpg/255px-Herakles_snake_Musei_Capitolini_MC247.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/10/Herakles_snake_Musei_Capitolini_MC247.jpg/340px-Herakles_snake_Musei_Capitolini_MC247.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1900" data-file-height="2540" /></a><figcaption>Baby Hercules strangling a <a href="/wiki/Snake" title="Snake">snake</a> sent to kill him in his <a href="/wiki/Bassinet" title="Bassinet">cradle</a> (Roman marble, 2nd century CE, in the <a href="/wiki/Capitoline_Museums" title="Capitoline Museums">Capitoline Museums</a> of <a href="/wiki/Rome" title="Rome">Rome</a>, Italy).</figcaption></figure> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Latin" title="Latin">Latin</a> name <i>Hercules</i> was borrowed through <a href="/wiki/Etruscan_language" title="Etruscan language">Etruscan</a>, where it is represented variously as <a href="/wiki/Hercle" title="Hercle">Heracle</a>, Hercle, and other forms. Hercules was a favorite subject for <a href="/wiki/Etruscan_art" title="Etruscan art">Etruscan art</a>, and appears often on <a href="/wiki/Bronze_mirror" title="Bronze mirror">bronze mirrors</a>. The Etruscan form <i>Herceler</i> derives from the Greek <i>Heracles</i> via <a href="/wiki/Syncope_(phonetics)" class="mw-redirect" title="Syncope (phonetics)">syncope</a>. A mild oath invoking Hercules (<i>Hercule!</i> or <i>Mehercle!</i>) was a common <a href="/wiki/Interjection" title="Interjection">interjection</a> in <a href="/wiki/Classical_Latin" title="Classical Latin">Classical Latin</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Hercules had a number of <a href="/wiki/Roman_mythology" title="Roman mythology">myths</a> that were distinctly Roman. One of these is Hercules' defeat of <a href="/wiki/Cacus" title="Cacus">Cacus</a>, who was terrorizing the countryside of Rome. The hero was associated with the <a href="/wiki/Aventine_Hill" title="Aventine Hill">Aventine Hill</a> through his son <a href="/wiki/Aventinus_(mythology)" title="Aventinus (mythology)">Aventinus</a>. <a href="/wiki/Mark_Antony" title="Mark Antony">Mark Antony</a> considered him a personal patron god, as did the emperor <a href="/wiki/Commodus" title="Commodus">Commodus</a>. Hercules received various forms of <a href="/wiki/Religion_in_ancient_Rome" title="Religion in ancient Rome">religious veneration</a>, including as a <a href="/wiki/List_of_Roman_birth_and_childhood_deities" title="List of Roman birth and childhood deities">deity concerned with children and childbirth</a>, in part because of myths about his precocious infancy, and in part because he fathered countless children. Roman brides wore a special belt tied with the "<a href="/wiki/Hercules_knot" class="mw-redirect" title="Hercules knot">knot of Hercules</a>", which was supposed to be hard to untie.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The comic playwright <a href="/wiki/Plautus" title="Plautus">Plautus</a> presents the myth of Hercules' conception as a sex comedy in his play <i><a href="/wiki/Amphitryon_(Plautus_play)" title="Amphitryon (Plautus play)">Amphitryon</a></i>; <a href="/wiki/Seneca_the_Younger" title="Seneca the Younger">Seneca</a> wrote the tragedy <i>Hercules Furens</i> about his bout with madness. During the <a href="/wiki/Roman_Empire" title="Roman Empire">Roman Imperial era</a>, Hercules was worshipped locally from <a href="/wiki/Hispania" title="Hispania">Hispania</a> through <a href="/wiki/Gaul" title="Gaul">Gaul</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Germanic_association">Germanic association</h3></div> <figure class="mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:I08_274_Augustalenkolleg,_Herkulesmotiv.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ad/I08_274_Augustalenkolleg%2C_Herkulesmotiv.jpg/200px-I08_274_Augustalenkolleg%2C_Herkulesmotiv.jpg" decoding="async" width="200" height="133" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ad/I08_274_Augustalenkolleg%2C_Herkulesmotiv.jpg/300px-I08_274_Augustalenkolleg%2C_Herkulesmotiv.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ad/I08_274_Augustalenkolleg%2C_Herkulesmotiv.jpg/400px-I08_274_Augustalenkolleg%2C_Herkulesmotiv.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4248" data-file-height="2832" /></a><figcaption>A fresco from <a href="/wiki/Herculaneum" title="Herculaneum">Herculaneum</a> depicting <a href="/wiki/Heracles" title="Heracles">Heracles</a> and <a href="/wiki/Achelous" title="Achelous">Achelous</a> from <a href="/wiki/Greek_mythology" title="Greek mythology">Greco</a>-<a href="/wiki/Roman_mythology" title="Roman mythology">Roman mythology</a>, 1st century CE.</figcaption></figure> <p><a href="/wiki/Tacitus" title="Tacitus">Tacitus</a> records a special affinity of the <a href="/wiki/Germanic_peoples" title="Germanic peoples">Germanic peoples</a> for Hercules. In chapter 3 of his <i><a href="/wiki/Germania_(book)" title="Germania (book)">Germania</a></i>, Tacitus states: </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1244412712">.mw-parser-output .templatequote{overflow:hidden;margin:1em 0;padding:0 32px}.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{line-height:1.5em;text-align:left;margin-top:0}@media(min-width:500px){.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{padding-left:1.6em}}</style><blockquote class="templatequote"><p>... they say that Hercules, too, once visited them; and when going into battle, they sang of him first of all heroes. They have also those songs of theirs, by the recital of this <i>barditus</i><sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> as they call it, they rouse their courage, while from the note they augur the result of the approaching conflict. For, as their line shouts, they inspire or feel alarm.</p></blockquote> <p>Some have taken this as Tacitus equating the Germanic <i><a href="/wiki/Thor" title="Thor">Þunraz</a></i> with Hercules by way of <i>interpretatio romana</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In the Roman era <a href="/wiki/Hercules%27_Club_(amulet)" title="Hercules' Club (amulet)">Hercules' Club</a> amulets appear from the 2nd to 3rd century, distributed over the empire (including <a href="/wiki/Roman_Britain" title="Roman Britain">Roman Britain</a>, cf. Cool 1986), mostly made of gold, shaped like wooden clubs. A specimen found in <a href="/wiki/K%C3%B6ln-Nippes" class="mw-redirect" title="Köln-Nippes">Köln-Nippes</a> bears the inscription <small>"DEO HER</small>[culi]", confirming the association with Hercules. </p><p>In the 5th to 7th centuries, during the <a href="/wiki/Migration_Period" title="Migration Period">Migration Period</a>, the amulet is theorized to have rapidly spread from the <a href="/wiki/Elbe_Germanic" title="Elbe Germanic">Elbe Germanic</a> area across Europe. These Germanic "<a href="/wiki/Thor" title="Thor">Donar's Clubs</a>" were made from deer antler, bone or wood, more rarely also from bronze or precious metals. The amulet type is replaced by the <a href="/wiki/Viking_Age" title="Viking Age">Viking Age</a> <a href="/wiki/Mj%C3%B6lnir" title="Mjölnir">Thor's hammer</a> pendants in the course of the <a href="/wiki/Christianization_of_Scandinavia" title="Christianization of Scandinavia">Christianization of Scandinavia</a> from the 8th to 9th century. </p> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Medieval_mythography">Medieval mythography</h2></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Histoires_de_Troyes_-_Nemeian_Lion.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/83/Histoires_de_Troyes_-_Nemeian_Lion.jpg/170px-Histoires_de_Troyes_-_Nemeian_Lion.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="187" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/83/Histoires_de_Troyes_-_Nemeian_Lion.jpg/255px-Histoires_de_Troyes_-_Nemeian_Lion.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/83/Histoires_de_Troyes_-_Nemeian_Lion.jpg 2x" data-file-width="283" data-file-height="312" /></a><figcaption>Hercules and the <a href="/wiki/Nemean_lion" title="Nemean lion">Nemean lion</a> in the 15th-century <i><a href="/wiki/Recuyell_of_the_Historyes_of_Troye" title="Recuyell of the Historyes of Troye">Histoires de Troyes</a></i></figcaption></figure> <p>After the Roman Empire became <a href="/wiki/Constantine_the_Great_and_Christianity" title="Constantine the Great and Christianity">Christianized</a>, mythological narratives were often reinterpreted as <a href="/wiki/Allegory" title="Allegory">allegory</a>, influenced by the philosophy of <a href="/wiki/Late_antiquity" title="Late antiquity">late antiquity</a>. In the 4th century, <a href="/wiki/Maurus_Servius_Honoratus" class="mw-redirect" title="Maurus Servius Honoratus">Servius</a> had described Hercules' return from the underworld as representing his ability to overcome earthly desires and vices, or the earth itself as a consumer of bodies.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In medieval mythography, Hercules was one of the heroes seen as a strong role model who demonstrated both valor and wisdom, while the monsters he battles were regarded as moral obstacles.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> One <a href="/wiki/Glossator" title="Glossator">glossator</a> noted that when <a href="/wiki/Hercules_(constellation)" title="Hercules (constellation)">Hercules became a constellation</a>, he showed that strength was necessary to gain entrance to Heaven.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Medieval mythography was written almost entirely in Latin, and original Greek texts were little used as sources for Hercules' myths. </p> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Renaissance_mythography">Renaissance mythography</h2></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Henry_IV_en_Herculeus_terrassant_l_Hydre_de_Lerne_cad_La_ligue_Catholique_Atelier_Toussaint_Dubreuil_circa_1600.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d8/Henry_IV_en_Herculeus_terrassant_l_Hydre_de_Lerne_cad_La_ligue_Catholique_Atelier_Toussaint_Dubreuil_circa_1600.jpg/220px-Henry_IV_en_Herculeus_terrassant_l_Hydre_de_Lerne_cad_La_ligue_Catholique_Atelier_Toussaint_Dubreuil_circa_1600.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="272" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d8/Henry_IV_en_Herculeus_terrassant_l_Hydre_de_Lerne_cad_La_ligue_Catholique_Atelier_Toussaint_Dubreuil_circa_1600.jpg/330px-Henry_IV_en_Herculeus_terrassant_l_Hydre_de_Lerne_cad_La_ligue_Catholique_Atelier_Toussaint_Dubreuil_circa_1600.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d8/Henry_IV_en_Herculeus_terrassant_l_Hydre_de_Lerne_cad_La_ligue_Catholique_Atelier_Toussaint_Dubreuil_circa_1600.jpg/440px-Henry_IV_en_Herculeus_terrassant_l_Hydre_de_Lerne_cad_La_ligue_Catholique_Atelier_Toussaint_Dubreuil_circa_1600.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1185" data-file-height="1464" /></a><figcaption>King <a href="/wiki/Henry_IV_of_France" title="Henry IV of France">Henry IV of France</a> depicted as Hercules vanquishing the <a href="/wiki/Lernaean_Hydra" title="Lernaean Hydra">Lernaean Hydra</a> (i.e. the <a href="/wiki/Catholic_League_(French)" title="Catholic League (French)">Catholic League</a>), by <a href="/wiki/Toussaint_Dubreuil" title="Toussaint Dubreuil">Toussaint Dubreuil</a>, <abbr title="circa">c.</abbr><span style="white-space:nowrap;"> 1600</span></figcaption></figure> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Renaissance" title="Renaissance">Renaissance</a> and the invention of the <a href="/wiki/Printing_press" title="Printing press">printing press</a> brought a renewed interest in and publication of Greek literature. Renaissance mythography drew more extensively on the Greek tradition of Heracles, typically under the Romanized name Hercules, or the alternate name <a href="/wiki/Heracles" title="Heracles">Alcides</a>. In a chapter of his book <i>Mythologiae</i> (1567), the influential mythographer <a href="/wiki/Natale_Conti" class="mw-redirect" title="Natale Conti">Natale Conti</a> collected and summarized an extensive range of myths concerning the birth, adventures, and death of the hero under his Roman name Hercules. Conti begins his lengthy chapter on Hercules with an overview description that continues the moralizing impulse of the Middle Ages: </p> <blockquote> <p>Hercules, who subdued and destroyed monsters, bandits, and criminals, was justly famous and renowned for his great courage. His great and glorious reputation was worldwide, and so firmly entrenched that he'll always be remembered. In fact the ancients honored him with his own temples, altars, ceremonies, and priests. But it was his wisdom and great soul that earned those honors; noble blood, physical strength, and political power just aren't good enough.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> </blockquote> <p>In 1600, the citizens of <a href="/wiki/Avignon" title="Avignon">Avignon</a> bestowed on <a href="/wiki/Henry_of_Navarre" class="mw-redirect" title="Henry of Navarre">Henry of Navarre</a> (the future King <a href="/wiki/Henry_IV_of_France" title="Henry IV of France">Henry IV of France</a>) the title of the <i>Hercule Gaulois</i> ("Gallic Hercules"), justifying the extravagant flattery with a genealogy that traced the origin of the House of Navarre to a nephew of Hercules' son Hispalus.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Worship">Worship</h2></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Road_of_Hercules">Road of Hercules</h3></div> <p>The Road of Hercules is a route across Southern Gaul that is associated with the path Hercules took during his 10th labor of retrieving the Cattle of Geryon from the Red Isles.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Hannibal took the same path on his march towards Italy and encouraged the belief that he was the second Hercules.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_13-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Primary sources often make comparisons between Hercules and Hannibal.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_13-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Hannibal further tried to invoke parallels between himself and Hercules by starting his march on Italy by visiting the shrine of Hercules at Gades. While crossing the alps, he performed labors in a heroic manner. A famous example was noted by Livy, when Hannibal fractured the side of a cliff that was blocking his march.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_13-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Worship_from_women">Worship from women</h3></div> <p>In ancient Roman society women were usually limited to two types of cults: those that addressed feminine matters such as childbirth, and cults that required virginal chastity.<sup id="cite_ref-:1_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> However, there is evidence suggesting there were female worshippers of Apollo, Mars, Jupiter, and Hercules.<sup id="cite_ref-:1_14-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Some scholars believe that women were completely prohibited from any of Hercules's cults. Others believe it was only the "Ara Maxima" at which they were not allowed to worship.<sup id="cite_ref-:1_14-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Macrobius" title="Macrobius">Macrobius</a> in his first book of <i>Saturnalia</i> paraphrases from Varro: "For when Hercules was bringing the cattle of Geryon through Italy, a woman replied to the thirsty hero that she could not give him water because it was the day of the Goddess Women and it was unlawful for a man to taste what had been prepared for her. Hercules, therefore, when he was about to offer a sacrifice forbid the presence of women and ordered Potitius and Pinarius who were in charge of his rites, not to allow any women from taking part".<sup id="cite_ref-:1_14-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Macrobius states that women were restricted in their participation in Hercules cults, but to what extent remains ambiguous. He mentions that women were not allowed to participate in Sacrum which is general term used to describe anything that was believed to have belonged to the gods. This could include anything from a precious item to a temple. Due to the general nature of a Sacrum, we can not judge the extent of the prohibition from Macrobius alone.<sup id="cite_ref-:1_14-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> There are also ancient writings on this topic from Aulus Gellius when speaking on how Romans swore oaths. He mentioned that Roman women do not swear on Hercules, nor do Roman men swear on Castor.<sup id="cite_ref-:1_14-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He went on to say that women refrain from sacrificing to Hercules.<sup id="cite_ref-:1_14-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Propertius in his poem 4.9 also mentions similar information as Macrobius. This is evidence that he was also using Varro as a source.<sup id="cite_ref-:1_14-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Worship_in_myth">Worship in myth</h3></div> <p>There is evidence of Hercules worship in myth in the Latin epic poem, the <i><a href="/wiki/Aeneid" title="Aeneid">Aeneid</a></i>. In the 8th book of the poem <a href="/wiki/Aeneas" title="Aeneas">Aeneas</a> finally reaches the future site of Rome, where he meets <a href="/wiki/Evander_of_Pallantium" title="Evander of Pallantium">Evander</a> and the Arcadians making sacrifices to Hercules on the banks of the Tiber river.<sup id="cite_ref-:2_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:2-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> They share a feast, and Evander tells the story of how Hercules defeated the monster Cascus, and describes him as a triumphant hero.<sup id="cite_ref-:2_15-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:2-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Translated from the Latin text of Vergil, Evander stated: "Time brought to us in our time of need the aid and arrival of a god. For there came that mightiest avenger, the victor Hercules, proud with the slaughter and the spoils of threefold Geryon, and he drove the mighty bulls here, and the cattle filled both valley and riverside.<sup id="cite_ref-:2_15-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:2-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Hercules was also mentioned in the Fables of <a href="/wiki/Gaius_Julius_Hyginus" title="Gaius Julius Hyginus">Gaius Julius Hyginus</a>. For example, in his fable about <a href="/wiki/Philoctetes" title="Philoctetes">Philoctetes</a> he tells the story of how Philoctetes built a funeral pyre for Hercules so his body could be consumed and raised to immortality.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Hercules_and_the_Roman_triumph">Hercules and the Roman triumph</h3></div> <p>According to Livy (9.44.16) Romans were commemorating military victories by building statues to Hercules as early as 305 BCE. Also, philosopher <a href="/wiki/Pliny_the_Elder" title="Pliny the Elder">Pliny the Elder</a> dates Hercules worship back to the time of Evander, by accrediting him with erecting a statue in the Forum Boarium of Hercules.<sup id="cite_ref-:22_17-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:22-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Scholars agree that there would have been 5–7 temples in Augustan Rome.<sup id="cite_ref-:22_17-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:22-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> There are believed to be related Republican <i>triumphatores</i>, however, not necessarily triumphal dedications. There are two temples located in the Campus Martius. One, being the Temple of Hercules Musarum, dedicated between 187 and 179 BCE by M. Fulvius Nobilior.<sup id="cite_ref-:22_17-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:22-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> And the other being the Temple of Hercules Custos, likely renovated by Sulla in the 80s BCE.<sup id="cite_ref-:22_17-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:22-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="In_art">In art</h3></div> <p>In Roman works of art and in Renaissance and post-Renaissance art, Hercules can be identified by his attributes, the <a href="/wiki/Nemean_Lion" class="mw-redirect" title="Nemean Lion">lion skin</a> and the gnarled <a href="/wiki/Club_(weapon)" title="Club (weapon)">club</a> (his favorite weapon); in <a href="/wiki/Mosaic" title="Mosaic">mosaic</a> he is shown tanned bronze, a virile aspect.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In the twentieth century, the <i><a href="/wiki/Farnese_Hercules" title="Farnese Hercules">Farnese Hercules</a></i> has inspired artists such as <a href="/wiki/Jeff_Koons" title="Jeff Koons">Jeff Koons</a>, <a href="/wiki/Matthew_Darbyshire" title="Matthew Darbyshire">Matthew Darbyshire</a> and <a href="/wiki/Robert_Mapplethorpe" title="Robert Mapplethorpe">Robert Mapplethorpe</a> to reinterpret Hercules for new audiences.<sup id="cite_ref-:3_19-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:3-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The choice of deliberately white materials by Koons and Darbyshire has been interpreted as perpetuation of colourism in how the classical world is viewed.<sup id="cite_ref-:3_19-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:3-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Mapplethorpe's work with black model Derrick Cross can be seen as a reaction to Neo-classical colourism, resisting the portrayal of Hercules as white.<sup id="cite_ref-:3_19-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:3-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Roman_era_2">Roman era</h3></div> <ul class="gallery mw-gallery-packed"> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 122.66666666667px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 120.66666666667px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Heracles_Pio-Clementino_Inv252.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Hercules of the Forum Boarium (Hellenistic, 2nd century BCE)"><img alt="Hercules of the Forum Boarium (Hellenistic, 2nd century BCE)" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0d/Heracles_Pio-Clementino_Inv252.jpg/181px-Heracles_Pio-Clementino_Inv252.jpg" decoding="async" width="121" height="220" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0d/Heracles_Pio-Clementino_Inv252.jpg/272px-Heracles_Pio-Clementino_Inv252.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0d/Heracles_Pio-Clementino_Inv252.jpg/363px-Heracles_Pio-Clementino_Inv252.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1530" data-file-height="2780" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><i><a href="/wiki/Hercules_of_the_Forum_Boarium" title="Hercules of the Forum Boarium">Hercules of the Forum Boarium</a></i> (Hellenistic, 2nd century BCE)</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 198.66666666667px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 196.66666666667px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Affresco_romano_eracle_ebbro_e_onfale.JPG" class="mw-file-description" title="Hercules drunk and Omphale. Fresco from House of the Prince of Montenegro, Pompeii, 25–35 CE"><img alt="Hercules drunk and Omphale. Fresco from House of the Prince of Montenegro, Pompeii, 25–35 CE" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/63/Affresco_romano_eracle_ebbro_e_onfale.JPG/295px-Affresco_romano_eracle_ebbro_e_onfale.JPG" decoding="async" width="197" height="220" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/63/Affresco_romano_eracle_ebbro_e_onfale.JPG/443px-Affresco_romano_eracle_ebbro_e_onfale.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/63/Affresco_romano_eracle_ebbro_e_onfale.JPG/591px-Affresco_romano_eracle_ebbro_e_onfale.JPG 2x" data-file-width="1822" data-file-height="2035" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Hercules drunk and <a href="/wiki/Omphale" title="Omphale">Omphale</a>. Fresco from House of the Prince of Montenegro, <a href="/wiki/Pompeii" title="Pompeii">Pompeii</a>, 25–35 CE</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 168px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 166px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Hercules_Nessus_MAN_Napoli_Inv9001.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Hercules carrying his son Hyllus looks at the centaur Nessus, who is about to carry Deianira across the river on his back. Fresco from Pompeii, 30–45 CE"><img alt="Hercules carrying his son Hyllus looks at the centaur Nessus, who is about to carry Deianira across the river on his back. Fresco from Pompeii, 30–45 CE" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Hercules_Nessus_MAN_Napoli_Inv9001.jpg/249px-Hercules_Nessus_MAN_Napoli_Inv9001.jpg" decoding="async" width="166" height="220" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Hercules_Nessus_MAN_Napoli_Inv9001.jpg/374px-Hercules_Nessus_MAN_Napoli_Inv9001.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Hercules_Nessus_MAN_Napoli_Inv9001.jpg/498px-Hercules_Nessus_MAN_Napoli_Inv9001.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2643" data-file-height="3500" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Hercules carrying his son <a href="/wiki/Hyllus" title="Hyllus">Hyllus</a> looks at the centaur <a href="/wiki/Nessus_(mythology)" title="Nessus (mythology)">Nessus</a>, who is about to carry <a href="/wiki/Deianira" title="Deianira">Deianira</a> across the river on his back. Fresco from Pompeii, 30–45 CE</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 202.66666666667px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 200.66666666667px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Herculaneum_Collegio_degli_Augustali_Ercole_sull%27Olimpo.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Hercules in Olympus with Juno and Minerva, fresco from Herculaneum, 1st century CE"><img alt="Hercules in Olympus with Juno and Minerva, fresco from Herculaneum, 1st century CE" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Herculaneum_Collegio_degli_Augustali_Ercole_sull%27Olimpo.jpg/301px-Herculaneum_Collegio_degli_Augustali_Ercole_sull%27Olimpo.jpg" decoding="async" width="201" height="220" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Herculaneum_Collegio_degli_Augustali_Ercole_sull%27Olimpo.jpg/451px-Herculaneum_Collegio_degli_Augustali_Ercole_sull%27Olimpo.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Herculaneum_Collegio_degli_Augustali_Ercole_sull%27Olimpo.jpg/602px-Herculaneum_Collegio_degli_Augustali_Ercole_sull%27Olimpo.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1004" data-file-height="1101" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Hercules in Olympus with <a href="/wiki/Juno_(mythology)" title="Juno (mythology)">Juno</a> and <a href="/wiki/Minerva" title="Minerva">Minerva</a>, fresco from <a href="/wiki/Herculaneum" title="Herculaneum">Herculaneum</a>, 1st century CE</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 295.33333333333px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 293.33333333333px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Hercules_and_Iolaus_mosaic_-_Anzio_Nymphaeum.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Hercules and Iolaus (1st century CE mosaic from the Anzio Nymphaeum, Rome)"><img alt="Hercules and Iolaus (1st century CE mosaic from the Anzio Nymphaeum, Rome)" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/26/Hercules_and_Iolaus_mosaic_-_Anzio_Nymphaeum.jpg/440px-Hercules_and_Iolaus_mosaic_-_Anzio_Nymphaeum.jpg" decoding="async" width="294" height="220" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/26/Hercules_and_Iolaus_mosaic_-_Anzio_Nymphaeum.jpg/660px-Hercules_and_Iolaus_mosaic_-_Anzio_Nymphaeum.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/26/Hercules_and_Iolaus_mosaic_-_Anzio_Nymphaeum.jpg/880px-Hercules_and_Iolaus_mosaic_-_Anzio_Nymphaeum.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2641" data-file-height="1981" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Hercules and <a href="/wiki/Iolaus" title="Iolaus">Iolaus</a> (1st century CE mosaic from the Anzio Nymphaeum, Rome)</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 132.66666666667px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 130.66666666667px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Hercules_Hatra_Iraq_Parthian_period_1st_2nd_century_CE.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Hercules (Hatra, Iraq, Parthian period, 1st–2nd century CE)"><img alt="Hercules (Hatra, Iraq, Parthian period, 1st–2nd century CE)" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b3/Hercules_Hatra_Iraq_Parthian_period_1st_2nd_century_CE.jpg/196px-Hercules_Hatra_Iraq_Parthian_period_1st_2nd_century_CE.jpg" decoding="async" width="131" height="220" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b3/Hercules_Hatra_Iraq_Parthian_period_1st_2nd_century_CE.jpg/293px-Hercules_Hatra_Iraq_Parthian_period_1st_2nd_century_CE.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b3/Hercules_Hatra_Iraq_Parthian_period_1st_2nd_century_CE.jpg/391px-Hercules_Hatra_Iraq_Parthian_period_1st_2nd_century_CE.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1659" data-file-height="2797" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Hercules (<a href="/wiki/Hatra" title="Hatra">Hatra</a>, Iraq, <a href="/wiki/Parthian_Empire" title="Parthian Empire">Parthian period</a>, 1st–2nd century CE)</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 166.66666666667px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 164.66666666667px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Muze_001.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Hercules bronze statuette, 2nd century CE (museum of Alanya, Turkey)"><img alt="Hercules bronze statuette, 2nd century CE (museum of Alanya, Turkey)" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/d/dd/Muze_001.jpg/247px-Muze_001.jpg" decoding="async" width="165" height="220" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/d/dd/Muze_001.jpg/371px-Muze_001.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/d/dd/Muze_001.jpg/495px-Muze_001.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2448" data-file-height="3264" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Hercules bronze statuette, 2nd century CE (museum of <a href="/wiki/Alanya" title="Alanya">Alanya</a>, Turkey)</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 295.33333333333px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 293.33333333333px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Missorium_Herakles_lion_Cdm_Paris_56-345_n3.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Hercules and the Nemean Lion (detail), silver plate, 6th century (Cabinet des Médailles, Paris)"><img alt="Hercules and the Nemean Lion (detail), silver plate, 6th century (Cabinet des Médailles, Paris)" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/Missorium_Herakles_lion_Cdm_Paris_56-345_n3.jpg/440px-Missorium_Herakles_lion_Cdm_Paris_56-345_n3.jpg" decoding="async" width="294" height="220" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/Missorium_Herakles_lion_Cdm_Paris_56-345_n3.jpg/660px-Missorium_Herakles_lion_Cdm_Paris_56-345_n3.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/Missorium_Herakles_lion_Cdm_Paris_56-345_n3.jpg/880px-Missorium_Herakles_lion_Cdm_Paris_56-345_n3.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2048" data-file-height="1536" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Hercules and the <a href="/wiki/Nemean_Lion" class="mw-redirect" title="Nemean Lion">Nemean Lion</a> (detail), <a href="/wiki/Silver" title="Silver">silver</a> <a href="/wiki/Plate_(dishware)" title="Plate (dishware)">plate</a>, 6th century (<a href="/wiki/Cabinet_des_M%C3%A9dailles" class="mw-redirect" title="Cabinet des Médailles">Cabinet des Médailles</a>, Paris)</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 228.66666666667px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 226.66666666667px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Affresco_romano_-_eracle_ed_onfale_-_area_vesuviana.JPG" class="mw-file-description" title="Heracles and Omphale, Roman fresco, Pompeian Fourth Style (45–79 CE), Naples National Archaeological Museum, Italy"><img alt="Heracles and Omphale, Roman fresco, Pompeian Fourth Style (45–79 CE), Naples National Archaeological Museum, Italy" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/12/Affresco_romano_-_eracle_ed_onfale_-_area_vesuviana.JPG/340px-Affresco_romano_-_eracle_ed_onfale_-_area_vesuviana.JPG" decoding="async" width="227" height="220" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/12/Affresco_romano_-_eracle_ed_onfale_-_area_vesuviana.JPG/510px-Affresco_romano_-_eracle_ed_onfale_-_area_vesuviana.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/12/Affresco_romano_-_eracle_ed_onfale_-_area_vesuviana.JPG/679px-Affresco_romano_-_eracle_ed_onfale_-_area_vesuviana.JPG 2x" data-file-width="2073" data-file-height="2014" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Heracles and <a href="/wiki/Omphale" title="Omphale">Omphale</a>, Roman fresco, <a href="/wiki/Pompeian_Styles" title="Pompeian Styles">Pompeian Fourth Style</a> (45–79 CE), <a href="/wiki/Naples_National_Archaeological_Museum" class="mw-redirect" title="Naples National Archaeological Museum">Naples National Archaeological Museum</a>, Italy</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 222px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 220px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Tesoro_di_hildesheim,_argento,_I_sec_ac-I_dc_ca.,_piatto_da_parata_con_ercole_bambino_e_i_serpenti_01.JPG" class="mw-file-description" title="A Roman gilded silver bowl depicting the boy Hercules strangling two serpents, from the Hildesheim Treasure, 1st century CE, Altes Museum"><img alt="A Roman gilded silver bowl depicting the boy Hercules strangling two serpents, from the Hildesheim Treasure, 1st century CE, Altes Museum" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/Tesoro_di_hildesheim%2C_argento%2C_I_sec_ac-I_dc_ca.%2C_piatto_da_parata_con_ercole_bambino_e_i_serpenti_01.JPG/330px-Tesoro_di_hildesheim%2C_argento%2C_I_sec_ac-I_dc_ca.%2C_piatto_da_parata_con_ercole_bambino_e_i_serpenti_01.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="220" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/Tesoro_di_hildesheim%2C_argento%2C_I_sec_ac-I_dc_ca.%2C_piatto_da_parata_con_ercole_bambino_e_i_serpenti_01.JPG/495px-Tesoro_di_hildesheim%2C_argento%2C_I_sec_ac-I_dc_ca.%2C_piatto_da_parata_con_ercole_bambino_e_i_serpenti_01.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/Tesoro_di_hildesheim%2C_argento%2C_I_sec_ac-I_dc_ca.%2C_piatto_da_parata_con_ercole_bambino_e_i_serpenti_01.JPG/660px-Tesoro_di_hildesheim%2C_argento%2C_I_sec_ac-I_dc_ca.%2C_piatto_da_parata_con_ercole_bambino_e_i_serpenti_01.JPG 2x" data-file-width="1876" data-file-height="1876" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">A Roman gilded silver bowl depicting the boy Hercules strangling two serpents, from the <a href="/wiki/Hildesheim_Treasure" title="Hildesheim Treasure">Hildesheim Treasure</a>, 1st century CE, <a href="/wiki/Altes_Museum" title="Altes Museum">Altes Museum</a></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 166.66666666667px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 164.66666666667px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Head_from_statue_of_Herakles_(Hercules)_Roman_117-188_CE_from_villa_of_the_emperor_Hadrian_at_Tivoli,_Italy_BM_2.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Head from statue of Herakles (Hercules) Roman 117–188 CE from villa of the emperor Hadrian at Tivoli, Italy at the British Museum"><img alt="Head from statue of Herakles (Hercules) Roman 117–188 CE from villa of the emperor Hadrian at Tivoli, Italy at the British Museum" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/27/Head_from_statue_of_Herakles_%28Hercules%29_Roman_117-188_CE_from_villa_of_the_emperor_Hadrian_at_Tivoli%2C_Italy_BM_2.jpg/247px-Head_from_statue_of_Herakles_%28Hercules%29_Roman_117-188_CE_from_villa_of_the_emperor_Hadrian_at_Tivoli%2C_Italy_BM_2.jpg" decoding="async" width="165" height="220" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/27/Head_from_statue_of_Herakles_%28Hercules%29_Roman_117-188_CE_from_villa_of_the_emperor_Hadrian_at_Tivoli%2C_Italy_BM_2.jpg/371px-Head_from_statue_of_Herakles_%28Hercules%29_Roman_117-188_CE_from_villa_of_the_emperor_Hadrian_at_Tivoli%2C_Italy_BM_2.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/27/Head_from_statue_of_Herakles_%28Hercules%29_Roman_117-188_CE_from_villa_of_the_emperor_Hadrian_at_Tivoli%2C_Italy_BM_2.jpg/495px-Head_from_statue_of_Herakles_%28Hercules%29_Roman_117-188_CE_from_villa_of_the_emperor_Hadrian_at_Tivoli%2C_Italy_BM_2.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3000" data-file-height="4000" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Head from statue of Herakles (Hercules) Roman 117–188 CE from villa of the emperor Hadrian at Tivoli, Italy at the British Museum</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 166.66666666667px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 164.66666666667px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Herakles_with_the_Apples_of_the_Hesperides_Roman_1st_century_CE_from_a_temple_at_Byblos_Lebanon_BM.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Hercules (Herakles) with the Apples of the Hesperides Roman 1st century CE from a temple at Byblos, Lebanon at the British Museum"><img alt="Hercules (Herakles) with the Apples of the Hesperides Roman 1st century CE from a temple at Byblos, Lebanon at the British Museum" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4d/Herakles_with_the_Apples_of_the_Hesperides_Roman_1st_century_CE_from_a_temple_at_Byblos_Lebanon_BM.jpg/247px-Herakles_with_the_Apples_of_the_Hesperides_Roman_1st_century_CE_from_a_temple_at_Byblos_Lebanon_BM.jpg" decoding="async" width="165" height="220" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4d/Herakles_with_the_Apples_of_the_Hesperides_Roman_1st_century_CE_from_a_temple_at_Byblos_Lebanon_BM.jpg/371px-Herakles_with_the_Apples_of_the_Hesperides_Roman_1st_century_CE_from_a_temple_at_Byblos_Lebanon_BM.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4d/Herakles_with_the_Apples_of_the_Hesperides_Roman_1st_century_CE_from_a_temple_at_Byblos_Lebanon_BM.jpg/495px-Herakles_with_the_Apples_of_the_Hesperides_Roman_1st_century_CE_from_a_temple_at_Byblos_Lebanon_BM.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3000" data-file-height="4000" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Hercules (Herakles) with the Apples of the Hesperides Roman 1st century CE from a temple at Byblos, Lebanon at the British Museum</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 166.66666666667px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 164.66666666667px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Hercules_from_Cappadocia_or_Caesarea_1st_century_BCE_-_1st_century_CE_Walters_Art_Museum.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Hercules from Cappadocia or Caesarea 1st century BCE – 1st century CE, Walters Art Museum"><img alt="Hercules from Cappadocia or Caesarea 1st century BCE – 1st century CE, Walters Art Museum" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3d/Hercules_from_Cappadocia_or_Caesarea_1st_century_BCE_-_1st_century_CE_Walters_Art_Museum.jpg/247px-Hercules_from_Cappadocia_or_Caesarea_1st_century_BCE_-_1st_century_CE_Walters_Art_Museum.jpg" decoding="async" width="165" height="220" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3d/Hercules_from_Cappadocia_or_Caesarea_1st_century_BCE_-_1st_century_CE_Walters_Art_Museum.jpg/371px-Hercules_from_Cappadocia_or_Caesarea_1st_century_BCE_-_1st_century_CE_Walters_Art_Museum.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3d/Hercules_from_Cappadocia_or_Caesarea_1st_century_BCE_-_1st_century_CE_Walters_Art_Museum.jpg/495px-Hercules_from_Cappadocia_or_Caesarea_1st_century_BCE_-_1st_century_CE_Walters_Art_Museum.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3000" data-file-height="4000" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Hercules from Cappadocia or Caesarea 1st century BCE – 1st century CE, Walters Art Museum</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 166.66666666667px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 164.66666666667px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Hercules_slaying_the_Hydra_Roman_copy_of_4th_century_BCE_original_by_Lysippos_Capitoline_Museum.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Hercules slaying the Hydra Roman copy of 4th century BCE original by Lysippos, Capitoline Museum"><img alt="Hercules slaying the Hydra Roman copy of 4th century BCE original by Lysippos, Capitoline Museum" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e3/Hercules_slaying_the_Hydra_Roman_copy_of_4th_century_BCE_original_by_Lysippos_Capitoline_Museum.jpg/247px-Hercules_slaying_the_Hydra_Roman_copy_of_4th_century_BCE_original_by_Lysippos_Capitoline_Museum.jpg" decoding="async" width="165" height="220" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e3/Hercules_slaying_the_Hydra_Roman_copy_of_4th_century_BCE_original_by_Lysippos_Capitoline_Museum.jpg/371px-Hercules_slaying_the_Hydra_Roman_copy_of_4th_century_BCE_original_by_Lysippos_Capitoline_Museum.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e3/Hercules_slaying_the_Hydra_Roman_copy_of_4th_century_BCE_original_by_Lysippos_Capitoline_Museum.jpg/495px-Hercules_slaying_the_Hydra_Roman_copy_of_4th_century_BCE_original_by_Lysippos_Capitoline_Museum.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2304" data-file-height="3072" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Hercules slaying the Hydra Roman copy of 4th century BCE original by Lysippos, Capitoline Museum</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 161.33333333333px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 159.33333333333px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Hercules_Roman_1st_century_BCE_-_1st_century_CE_Walters_Art_Museum.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Hercules Roman 1st century BCE – 1st century CE, Walters Art Museum"><img alt="Hercules Roman 1st century BCE – 1st century CE, Walters Art Museum" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6f/Hercules_Roman_1st_century_BCE_-_1st_century_CE_Walters_Art_Museum.jpg/239px-Hercules_Roman_1st_century_BCE_-_1st_century_CE_Walters_Art_Museum.jpg" decoding="async" width="160" height="220" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6f/Hercules_Roman_1st_century_BCE_-_1st_century_CE_Walters_Art_Museum.jpg/359px-Hercules_Roman_1st_century_BCE_-_1st_century_CE_Walters_Art_Museum.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6f/Hercules_Roman_1st_century_BCE_-_1st_century_CE_Walters_Art_Museum.jpg/479px-Hercules_Roman_1st_century_BCE_-_1st_century_CE_Walters_Art_Museum.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2904" data-file-height="4000" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Hercules Roman 1st century BCE – 1st century CE, Walters Art Museum</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 122.66666666667px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 120.66666666667px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Herakles_and_Telephos_Louvre_MR219.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Herakles and Telephos Louvre MR219"><img alt="Herakles and Telephos Louvre MR219" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/93/Herakles_and_Telephos_Louvre_MR219.jpg/181px-Herakles_and_Telephos_Louvre_MR219.jpg" decoding="async" width="121" height="220" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/93/Herakles_and_Telephos_Louvre_MR219.jpg/272px-Herakles_and_Telephos_Louvre_MR219.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/93/Herakles_and_Telephos_Louvre_MR219.jpg/362px-Herakles_and_Telephos_Louvre_MR219.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2000" data-file-height="3640" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Herakles and Telephos Louvre MR219</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 106.66666666667px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 104.66666666667px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Ercole_seduto_(epitrapezios),_50_ac-50_dc_ca.,_con_braccia,_clava_e_gambe_sotto_il_ginocchio_di_restauro_02.JPG" class="mw-file-description" title="Hercules, 50 BCE – 50 CE, MAN Florence"><img alt="Hercules, 50 BCE – 50 CE, MAN Florence" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/10/Ercole_seduto_%28epitrapezios%29%2C_50_ac-50_dc_ca.%2C_con_braccia%2C_clava_e_gambe_sotto_il_ginocchio_di_restauro_02.JPG/157px-Ercole_seduto_%28epitrapezios%29%2C_50_ac-50_dc_ca.%2C_con_braccia%2C_clava_e_gambe_sotto_il_ginocchio_di_restauro_02.JPG" decoding="async" width="105" height="220" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/10/Ercole_seduto_%28epitrapezios%29%2C_50_ac-50_dc_ca.%2C_con_braccia%2C_clava_e_gambe_sotto_il_ginocchio_di_restauro_02.JPG/235px-Ercole_seduto_%28epitrapezios%29%2C_50_ac-50_dc_ca.%2C_con_braccia%2C_clava_e_gambe_sotto_il_ginocchio_di_restauro_02.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/10/Ercole_seduto_%28epitrapezios%29%2C_50_ac-50_dc_ca.%2C_con_braccia%2C_clava_e_gambe_sotto_il_ginocchio_di_restauro_02.JPG/314px-Ercole_seduto_%28epitrapezios%29%2C_50_ac-50_dc_ca.%2C_con_braccia%2C_clava_e_gambe_sotto_il_ginocchio_di_restauro_02.JPG 2x" data-file-width="1452" data-file-height="3052" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Hercules, 50 BCE – 50 CE, MAN Florence</div> </li> </ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Modern_era">Modern era</h3></div> <ul class="gallery mw-gallery-packed"> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 161.33333333333px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 159.33333333333px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Hendrik_Goltzius,_The_Great_Hercules,_1589,_NGA_70311.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="The Giant Hercules (1589) by Hendrik Goltzius"><img alt="The Giant Hercules (1589) by Hendrik Goltzius" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Hendrik_Goltzius%2C_The_Great_Hercules%2C_1589%2C_NGA_70311.jpg/239px-Hendrik_Goltzius%2C_The_Great_Hercules%2C_1589%2C_NGA_70311.jpg" decoding="async" width="160" height="220" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Hendrik_Goltzius%2C_The_Great_Hercules%2C_1589%2C_NGA_70311.jpg/359px-Hendrik_Goltzius%2C_The_Great_Hercules%2C_1589%2C_NGA_70311.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Hendrik_Goltzius%2C_The_Great_Hercules%2C_1589%2C_NGA_70311.jpg/478px-Hendrik_Goltzius%2C_The_Great_Hercules%2C_1589%2C_NGA_70311.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2900" data-file-height="4000" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><i>The Giant Hercules</i> (1589) by <a href="/wiki/Hendrik_Goltzius" class="mw-redirect" title="Hendrik Goltzius">Hendrik Goltzius</a></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 180.66666666667px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 178.66666666667px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Lucas_Faydherbe,_Buste_van_Hercules_-_Buste_d%27Hercule,_KBS-FRB.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Lucas Faydherbe, Bust of Hercules – collection King Baudouin Foundation"><img alt="Lucas Faydherbe, Bust of Hercules – collection King Baudouin Foundation" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/Lucas_Faydherbe%2C_Buste_van_Hercules_-_Buste_d%27Hercule%2C_KBS-FRB.jpg/268px-Lucas_Faydherbe%2C_Buste_van_Hercules_-_Buste_d%27Hercule%2C_KBS-FRB.jpg" decoding="async" width="179" height="220" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/Lucas_Faydherbe%2C_Buste_van_Hercules_-_Buste_d%27Hercule%2C_KBS-FRB.jpg/403px-Lucas_Faydherbe%2C_Buste_van_Hercules_-_Buste_d%27Hercule%2C_KBS-FRB.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/Lucas_Faydherbe%2C_Buste_van_Hercules_-_Buste_d%27Hercule%2C_KBS-FRB.jpg/537px-Lucas_Faydherbe%2C_Buste_van_Hercules_-_Buste_d%27Hercule%2C_KBS-FRB.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1984" data-file-height="2438" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><a href="/wiki/Lucas_Faydherbe" title="Lucas Faydherbe">Lucas Faydherbe</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bust_of_Hercules" title="Bust of Hercules">Bust of Hercules</a> – collection <a href="/wiki/King_Baudouin_Foundation" title="King Baudouin Foundation">King Baudouin Foundation</a></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 201.33333333333px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 199.33333333333px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Peter_Paul_Rubens_-_Drunk_Hercules_supported_by_a_couple_of_Satyrs.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="The Drunken Hercules (1612–1614) by Rubens"><img alt="The Drunken Hercules (1612–1614) by Rubens" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7e/Peter_Paul_Rubens_-_Drunk_Hercules_supported_by_a_couple_of_Satyrs.jpg/299px-Peter_Paul_Rubens_-_Drunk_Hercules_supported_by_a_couple_of_Satyrs.jpg" decoding="async" width="200" height="220" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7e/Peter_Paul_Rubens_-_Drunk_Hercules_supported_by_a_couple_of_Satyrs.jpg/448px-Peter_Paul_Rubens_-_Drunk_Hercules_supported_by_a_couple_of_Satyrs.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7e/Peter_Paul_Rubens_-_Drunk_Hercules_supported_by_a_couple_of_Satyrs.jpg/597px-Peter_Paul_Rubens_-_Drunk_Hercules_supported_by_a_couple_of_Satyrs.jpg 2x" data-file-width="905" data-file-height="1000" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><i>The Drunken Hercules</i> (1612–1614) by <a href="/wiki/Rubens" class="mw-redirect" title="Rubens">Rubens</a></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 166.66666666667px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 164.66666666667px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:HerculeDejanire.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Hercules and Deianira (18th century copy of a lost original), from I Modi"><img alt="Hercules and Deianira (18th century copy of a lost original), from I Modi" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9a/HerculeDejanire.jpg/247px-HerculeDejanire.jpg" decoding="async" width="165" height="220" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9a/HerculeDejanire.jpg/371px-HerculeDejanire.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9a/HerculeDejanire.jpg/495px-HerculeDejanire.jpg 2x" data-file-width="650" data-file-height="867" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><i>Hercules and <a href="/wiki/Deianira" title="Deianira">Deianira</a></i> (18th century copy of a lost original), from <a href="/wiki/I_Modi" title="I Modi">I Modi</a></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 174.66666666667px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 172.66666666667px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Brooklyn_Museum_-_Les_%C3%89curies_d%27Augias_-_Honor%C3%A9_Daumier.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Hercules in the Augean stable (1842, Honoré Daumier)"><img alt="Hercules in the Augean stable (1842, Honoré Daumier)" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/52/Brooklyn_Museum_-_Les_%C3%89curies_d%27Augias_-_Honor%C3%A9_Daumier.jpg/259px-Brooklyn_Museum_-_Les_%C3%89curies_d%27Augias_-_Honor%C3%A9_Daumier.jpg" decoding="async" width="173" height="220" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/52/Brooklyn_Museum_-_Les_%C3%89curies_d%27Augias_-_Honor%C3%A9_Daumier.jpg/389px-Brooklyn_Museum_-_Les_%C3%89curies_d%27Augias_-_Honor%C3%A9_Daumier.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/52/Brooklyn_Museum_-_Les_%C3%89curies_d%27Augias_-_Honor%C3%A9_Daumier.jpg/518px-Brooklyn_Museum_-_Les_%C3%89curies_d%27Augias_-_Honor%C3%A9_Daumier.jpg 2x" data-file-width="603" data-file-height="768" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Hercules in the <a href="/wiki/Augean_stable" class="mw-redirect" title="Augean stable">Augean stable</a> (1842, <a href="/wiki/Honor%C3%A9_Daumier" title="Honoré Daumier">Honoré Daumier</a>)</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 157.33333333333px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 155.33333333333px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Hercules_Comic_Cover.JPG" class="mw-file-description" title="Comic book cover (c. 1958)"><img alt="Comic book cover (c. 1958)" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/28/Hercules_Comic_Cover.JPG/233px-Hercules_Comic_Cover.JPG" decoding="async" width="156" height="220" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/28/Hercules_Comic_Cover.JPG/350px-Hercules_Comic_Cover.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/28/Hercules_Comic_Cover.JPG/466px-Hercules_Comic_Cover.JPG 2x" data-file-width="521" data-file-height="737" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><a href="/wiki/Hercules_(comics)" title="Hercules (comics)">Comic book</a> cover (<abbr title="circa">c.</abbr><span style="white-space:nowrap;"> 1958</span>)</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 163.33333333333px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 161.33333333333px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Bartholom%C3%A4us_Spranger_-_Hercules,_Deianira_and_the_Centaur_Nessus_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Hercules, Deianira and the Centaur Nessus, by Bartholomäus Spranger, 1580–1582"><img alt="Hercules, Deianira and the Centaur Nessus, by Bartholomäus Spranger, 1580–1582" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Bartholom%C3%A4us_Spranger_-_Hercules%2C_Deianira_and_the_Centaur_Nessus_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg/242px-Bartholom%C3%A4us_Spranger_-_Hercules%2C_Deianira_and_the_Centaur_Nessus_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg" decoding="async" width="162" height="220" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Bartholom%C3%A4us_Spranger_-_Hercules%2C_Deianira_and_the_Centaur_Nessus_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg/363px-Bartholom%C3%A4us_Spranger_-_Hercules%2C_Deianira_and_the_Centaur_Nessus_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Bartholom%C3%A4us_Spranger_-_Hercules%2C_Deianira_and_the_Centaur_Nessus_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg/484px-Bartholom%C3%A4us_Spranger_-_Hercules%2C_Deianira_and_the_Centaur_Nessus_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4839" data-file-height="6598" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><i>Hercules, <a href="/wiki/Deianira" title="Deianira">Deianira</a> and the Centaur Nessus</i>, by <a href="/wiki/Bartholom%C3%A4us_Spranger" class="mw-redirect" title="Bartholomäus Spranger">Bartholomäus Spranger</a>, 1580–1582</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 180px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 178px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Henry_IV_en_Herculeus_terrassant_l_Hydre_de_Lerne_cad_La_ligue_Catholique_Atelier_Toussaint_Dubreuil_circa_1600.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Henry IV of France, as Hercules vanquishing the Lernaean Hydra (i.e. the Catholic League), by Toussaint Dubreuil, c. 1600. Louvre Museum"><img alt="Henry IV of France, as Hercules vanquishing the Lernaean Hydra (i.e. the Catholic League), by Toussaint Dubreuil, c. 1600. Louvre Museum" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d8/Henry_IV_en_Herculeus_terrassant_l_Hydre_de_Lerne_cad_La_ligue_Catholique_Atelier_Toussaint_Dubreuil_circa_1600.jpg/267px-Henry_IV_en_Herculeus_terrassant_l_Hydre_de_Lerne_cad_La_ligue_Catholique_Atelier_Toussaint_Dubreuil_circa_1600.jpg" decoding="async" width="178" height="220" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d8/Henry_IV_en_Herculeus_terrassant_l_Hydre_de_Lerne_cad_La_ligue_Catholique_Atelier_Toussaint_Dubreuil_circa_1600.jpg/401px-Henry_IV_en_Herculeus_terrassant_l_Hydre_de_Lerne_cad_La_ligue_Catholique_Atelier_Toussaint_Dubreuil_circa_1600.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d8/Henry_IV_en_Herculeus_terrassant_l_Hydre_de_Lerne_cad_La_ligue_Catholique_Atelier_Toussaint_Dubreuil_circa_1600.jpg/534px-Henry_IV_en_Herculeus_terrassant_l_Hydre_de_Lerne_cad_La_ligue_Catholique_Atelier_Toussaint_Dubreuil_circa_1600.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1185" data-file-height="1464" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><a href="/wiki/Henry_IV_of_France" title="Henry IV of France">Henry IV of France</a>, as Hercules vanquishing the <a href="/wiki/Lernaean_Hydra" title="Lernaean Hydra">Lernaean Hydra</a> (i.e. the <a href="/wiki/Catholic_League_(French)" title="Catholic League (French)">Catholic League</a>), by <a href="/wiki/Toussaint_Dubreuil" title="Toussaint Dubreuil">Toussaint Dubreuil</a>, <abbr title="circa">c.</abbr><span style="white-space:nowrap;"> 1600</span>. <a href="/wiki/Louvre_Museum" class="mw-redirect" title="Louvre Museum">Louvre Museum</a></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 166.66666666667px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 164.66666666667px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Herakles_pyre_Coustou_Louvre_MR1809.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Hercules on the Pyre by Guillaume Coustou The Elder, 1704, Louvre MR1809"><img alt="Hercules on the Pyre by Guillaume Coustou The Elder, 1704, Louvre MR1809" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d5/Herakles_pyre_Coustou_Louvre_MR1809.jpg/247px-Herakles_pyre_Coustou_Louvre_MR1809.jpg" decoding="async" width="165" height="220" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d5/Herakles_pyre_Coustou_Louvre_MR1809.jpg/371px-Herakles_pyre_Coustou_Louvre_MR1809.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d5/Herakles_pyre_Coustou_Louvre_MR1809.jpg/495px-Herakles_pyre_Coustou_Louvre_MR1809.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1950" data-file-height="2600" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Hercules on the Pyre by Guillaume Coustou The Elder, 1704, Louvre MR1809</div> </li> </ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="In_numismatics">In numismatics</h3></div> <p>Hercules was among the earliest figures on ancient Roman coinage, and has been the main motif of many collector coins and medals since. One example is the Austrian <a href="/wiki/Euro_gold_and_silver_commemorative_coins_(Austria)#2002_coinage" title="Euro gold and silver commemorative coins (Austria)">20 euro Baroque Silver coin</a> issued on September 11, 2002. The obverse side of the coin shows the Grand Staircase in the town palace of <a href="/wiki/Prince_Eugene_of_Savoy" title="Prince Eugene of Savoy">Prince Eugene of Savoy</a> in <a href="/wiki/Vienna" title="Vienna">Vienna</a>, currently the Austrian Ministry of Finance. Gods and <a href="/wiki/Demi-gods" class="mw-redirect" title="Demi-gods">demi-gods</a> hold its flights, while Hercules stands at the turn of the stairs. </p> <ul class="gallery mw-gallery-traditional"> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:%C3%86_Triens_2710028.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Juno, with Hercules fighting a Centaur on reverse (Roman, 215–15 BCE)"><img alt="Juno, with Hercules fighting a Centaur on reverse (Roman, 215–15 BCE)" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/07/%C3%86_Triens_2710028.jpg/120px-%C3%86_Triens_2710028.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="58" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/07/%C3%86_Triens_2710028.jpg/180px-%C3%86_Triens_2710028.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/07/%C3%86_Triens_2710028.jpg/240px-%C3%86_Triens_2710028.jpg 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="389" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><a href="/wiki/Juno_(mythology)" title="Juno (mythology)">Juno</a>, with Hercules fighting a <a href="/wiki/Centaur" title="Centaur">Centaur</a> on reverse (Roman, 215–15 BCE)</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Denarius_Publius_Cornelius_Lentulus_Marcellinus_1_Obverse.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Club over his shoulder on a Roman denarius (c. 100 BCE)"><img alt="Club over his shoulder on a Roman denarius (c. 100 BCE)" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/74/Denarius_Publius_Cornelius_Lentulus_Marcellinus_1_Obverse.jpg/120px-Denarius_Publius_Cornelius_Lentulus_Marcellinus_1_Obverse.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="118" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/74/Denarius_Publius_Cornelius_Lentulus_Marcellinus_1_Obverse.jpg/180px-Denarius_Publius_Cornelius_Lentulus_Marcellinus_1_Obverse.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/74/Denarius_Publius_Cornelius_Lentulus_Marcellinus_1_Obverse.jpg/240px-Denarius_Publius_Cornelius_Lentulus_Marcellinus_1_Obverse.jpg 2x" data-file-width="310" data-file-height="306" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Club over his shoulder on a Roman <a href="/wiki/Denarius" title="Denarius">denarius</a> (<abbr title="circa">c.</abbr><span style="white-space:nowrap;"> 100 BCE</span>)</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:MAXIMINUS_II-RIC_VI_77-251201.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Maximinus II and Hercules with club and lionskin (Roman, 313 CE)"><img alt="Maximinus II and Hercules with club and lionskin (Roman, 313 CE)" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6b/MAXIMINUS_II-RIC_VI_77-251201.jpg/120px-MAXIMINUS_II-RIC_VI_77-251201.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="58" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6b/MAXIMINUS_II-RIC_VI_77-251201.jpg/180px-MAXIMINUS_II-RIC_VI_77-251201.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6b/MAXIMINUS_II-RIC_VI_77-251201.jpg/240px-MAXIMINUS_II-RIC_VI_77-251201.jpg 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="242" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><a href="/wiki/Maximinus_II" class="mw-redirect" title="Maximinus II">Maximinus II</a> and Hercules with club and lionskin (Roman, 313 CE)</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:5_French_francs_Hercule_de_Dupr%C3%A9_1996_F346-2_obverse.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Commemorative 5-franc piece (1996), Hercules in center"><img alt="Commemorative 5-franc piece (1996), Hercules in center" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/5_French_francs_Hercule_de_Dupr%C3%A9_1996_F346-2_obverse.jpg/120px-5_French_francs_Hercule_de_Dupr%C3%A9_1996_F346-2_obverse.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/5_French_francs_Hercule_de_Dupr%C3%A9_1996_F346-2_obverse.jpg/180px-5_French_francs_Hercule_de_Dupr%C3%A9_1996_F346-2_obverse.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/5_French_francs_Hercule_de_Dupr%C3%A9_1996_F346-2_obverse.jpg/240px-5_French_francs_Hercule_de_Dupr%C3%A9_1996_F346-2_obverse.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2000" data-file-height="2000" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Commemorative <a href="/wiki/Franc_(France)" class="mw-redirect" title="Franc (France)">5-franc</a> piece (1996), Hercules in center</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Caracalla_Denarius_Hercules_RIC192.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Hercules, as seen on a Denarius of the Roman Emperor Caracalla. Dated 212 CE"><img alt="Hercules, as seen on a Denarius of the Roman Emperor Caracalla. Dated 212 CE" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/38/Caracalla_Denarius_Hercules_RIC192.jpg/120px-Caracalla_Denarius_Hercules_RIC192.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="60" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/38/Caracalla_Denarius_Hercules_RIC192.jpg/180px-Caracalla_Denarius_Hercules_RIC192.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/38/Caracalla_Denarius_Hercules_RIC192.jpg/240px-Caracalla_Denarius_Hercules_RIC192.jpg 2x" data-file-width="784" data-file-height="392" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Hercules, as seen on a Denarius of the Roman Emperor Caracalla. Dated 212 CE</div> </li> </ul> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Military">Military</h3></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">For ships named Hercules, see <a href="/wiki/Hercules_(ship)" class="mw-redirect" title="Hercules (ship)">Hercules (ship)</a>.</div> <p>Six successive ships of the British <a href="/wiki/Royal_Navy" title="Royal Navy">Royal Navy</a>, from the 18th to the 20th century, bore the name <a href="/wiki/HMS_Hercules" title="HMS Hercules">HMS <i>Hercules</i></a>. </p><p>In the <a href="/wiki/French_Navy" title="French Navy">French Navy</a>, there were no less than nineteen ships called <i><a href="/wiki/French_ship_Hercule" title="French ship Hercule">Hercule</a></i>, plus three more named <i><a href="/wiki/HMS_Alcide" title="HMS Alcide">Alcide</a></i> which is another name of the same hero. </p><p>Hercules' name was also used for five ships of the <a href="/wiki/US_Navy" class="mw-redirect" title="US Navy">US Navy</a>, four ships of the <a href="/wiki/Spanish_Navy" title="Spanish Navy">Spanish Navy</a>, four of the <a href="/wiki/Argentine_Navy" title="Argentine Navy">Argentine Navy</a> and two of the <a href="/wiki/Swedish_Navy" title="Swedish Navy">Swedish Navy</a>, as well as for numerous civilian sailing and steam ships. </p><p>In modern aviation a <a href="/wiki/Military_transport_aircraft" title="Military transport aircraft">military transport aircraft</a> produced by <a href="/wiki/Lockheed_Martin" title="Lockheed Martin">Lockheed Martin</a> carries the title <a href="/wiki/Lockheed_C-130_Hercules" title="Lockheed C-130 Hercules">Lockheed C-130 Hercules</a>. </p><p><a href="/wiki/Operation_Herkules" title="Operation Herkules">Operation Herkules</a> was the German code-name given to an abortive plan for the invasion of <a href="/wiki/Malta" title="Malta">Malta</a> during the <a href="/wiki/Second_World_War" class="mw-redirect" title="Second World War">Second World War</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Other_cultural_references">Other cultural references</h3></div> <ul class="gallery mw-gallery-traditional"> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:PillarsHerculesPeutingeriana.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Pillars of Hercules, representing the Strait of Gibraltar (19th-century conjecture of the Tabula Peutingeriana)"><img alt="Pillars of Hercules, representing the Strait of Gibraltar (19th-century conjecture of the Tabula Peutingeriana)" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/23/PillarsHerculesPeutingeriana.jpg/90px-PillarsHerculesPeutingeriana.jpg" decoding="async" width="90" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/23/PillarsHerculesPeutingeriana.jpg/135px-PillarsHerculesPeutingeriana.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/23/PillarsHerculesPeutingeriana.jpg/181px-PillarsHerculesPeutingeriana.jpg 2x" data-file-width="274" data-file-height="364" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><a href="/wiki/Pillars_of_Hercules" title="Pillars of Hercules">Pillars of Hercules</a>, representing the <a href="/wiki/Strait_of_Gibraltar" title="Strait of Gibraltar">Strait of Gibraltar</a> (19th-century conjecture of the <i><a href="/wiki/Tabula_Peutingeriana" title="Tabula Peutingeriana">Tabula Peutingeriana</a></i>)</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Maczuga_Herkulesa_(background_Castle_Pieskowa_Ska%C5%82a).jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="The Cudgel of Hercules, a tall limestone rock formation, with Pieskowa Skała Castle in the background"><img alt="The Cudgel of Hercules, a tall limestone rock formation, with Pieskowa Skała Castle in the background" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3c/Maczuga_Herkulesa_%28background_Castle_Pieskowa_Ska%C5%82a%29.jpg/90px-Maczuga_Herkulesa_%28background_Castle_Pieskowa_Ska%C5%82a%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="90" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3c/Maczuga_Herkulesa_%28background_Castle_Pieskowa_Ska%C5%82a%29.jpg/135px-Maczuga_Herkulesa_%28background_Castle_Pieskowa_Ska%C5%82a%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3c/Maczuga_Herkulesa_%28background_Castle_Pieskowa_Ska%C5%82a%29.jpg/180px-Maczuga_Herkulesa_%28background_Castle_Pieskowa_Ska%C5%82a%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1704" data-file-height="2272" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><i><a href="/wiki/Maczuga_Herkulesa" title="Maczuga Herkulesa">The Cudgel of Hercules</a></i>, a tall <a href="/wiki/Limestone" title="Limestone">limestone</a> rock formation, with <a href="/wiki/Pieskowa_Ska%C5%82a" title="Pieskowa Skała">Pieskowa Skała Castle</a> in the background</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Royal_Coat_of_Arms_of_Greece.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Hercules as heraldic supporters in the royal arms of Greece, in use 1863–1973. The phrase "Ηρακλείς του στέμματος" ("Defenders of the Crown") has pejorative connotations ("chief henchmen") in Greek."><img alt="Hercules as heraldic supporters in the royal arms of Greece, in use 1863–1973. The phrase "Ηρακλείς του στέμματος" ("Defenders of the Crown") has pejorative connotations ("chief henchmen") in Greek." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/Royal_Coat_of_Arms_of_Greece.svg/102px-Royal_Coat_of_Arms_of_Greece.svg.png" decoding="async" width="102" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/Royal_Coat_of_Arms_of_Greece.svg/153px-Royal_Coat_of_Arms_of_Greece.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/Royal_Coat_of_Arms_of_Greece.svg/204px-Royal_Coat_of_Arms_of_Greece.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="602" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Hercules as <a href="/wiki/Supporter" title="Supporter">heraldic supporters</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Coat_of_arms_of_the_Kingdom_of_Greece" class="mw-redirect" title="Coat of arms of the Kingdom of Greece">royal arms</a> of <a href="/wiki/Greece" title="Greece">Greece</a>, in use 1863–1973. The phrase "Ηρακλείς του στέμματος" ("Defenders of the Crown") has pejorative connotations ("chief henchmen") in Greek.</div> </li> </ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="In_films">In films</h3></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">For a list of films featuring Hercules, see <a href="/wiki/Hercules_in_popular_culture#Filmography" class="mw-redirect" title="Hercules in popular culture">Hercules in popular culture § Filmography</a>.</div> <p>A series of nineteen Italian Hercules movies were made in the late 1950s and early 1960s. The actors who played Hercules in these films were <a href="/wiki/Steve_Reeves" title="Steve Reeves">Steve Reeves</a>, <a href="/wiki/Gordon_Scott" title="Gordon Scott">Gordon Scott</a>, Kirk Morris, <a href="/wiki/Mickey_Hargitay" title="Mickey Hargitay">Mickey Hargitay</a>, Mark Forest, Alan Steel, <a href="/wiki/Dan_Vadis" title="Dan Vadis">Dan Vadis</a>, <a href="/wiki/Brad_Harris" title="Brad Harris">Brad Harris</a>, <a href="/wiki/Reg_Park" title="Reg Park">Reg Park</a>, <a href="/wiki/Peter_Lupus" title="Peter Lupus">Peter Lupus</a> (billed as <a href="/wiki/Rock_Stevens" class="mw-redirect" title="Rock Stevens">Rock Stevens</a>) and Michael Lane. A number of English-dubbed Italian films that featured the name of Hercules in their title were not intended to be movies about Hercules. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_films_featuring_Hercules" title="List of films featuring Hercules">List of films featuring Hercules</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hercules_(comics)" title="Hercules (comics)">Hercules (comics)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hercules_(constellation)" title="Hercules (constellation)">Hercules (constellation)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hercules_in_popular_culture" class="mw-redirect" title="Hercules in popular culture">Hercules in popular culture</a> of the 20th and 21st centuries</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sword-and-sandal" title="Sword-and-sandal">Sword-and-sandal</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Hercules:_The_Legendary_Journeys" title="Hercules: The Legendary Journeys">Hercules: The Legendary Journeys</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Strength_(Tarot_card)" class="mw-redirect" title="Strength (Tarot card)">Strength (Tarot card)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Samson" title="Samson">Samson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gilgamesh" title="Gilgamesh">Gilgamesh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Melqart" title="Melqart">Melqart</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/C%C3%BA_Chulainn" title="Cú Chulainn">Cú Chulainn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Demigod" title="Demigod">Demigod</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2></div> <dl><dt>Notes</dt></dl> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap mw-references-columns"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="/wiki/Louvre" title="Louvre">Louvre</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://cartelfr.louvre.fr/cartelfr/visite?srv=car_not_frame&idNotice=556">L.L. 325</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200611155621/http://cartelfr.louvre.fr/cartelfr/visite?srv=car_not_frame&idNotice=556">Archived</a> 2020-06-11 at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a>.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-2">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/Hercules">"Hercules"</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/CollinsDictionary.com" class="mw-redirect" title="CollinsDictionary.com">CollinsDictionary.com</a></i>. <a href="/wiki/HarperCollins" title="HarperCollins">HarperCollins</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=CollinsDictionary.com&rft.atitle=Hercules&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.collinsdictionary.com%2Fdictionary%2Fenglish%2FHercules&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AHercules" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-3">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">"Hercules," in <i>The Classical Tradition</i> (Harvard University Press, 2010), p. 426.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-4">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">W. M. Lindsay, "Mehercle and Herc(v)lvs. [Mehercle and Herc(u)lus]" <i>The Classical Quarterly</i> <b>12</b>.2 (April 1918:58).</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-5">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="/wiki/Sextus_Pompeius_Festus" title="Sextus Pompeius Festus">Festus</a> 55 (edition of Lindsay); <a href="/wiki/William_Warde_Fowler" title="William Warde Fowler">William Warde Fowler</a>, <i>The Roman Festivals of the Period of the Republic</i> (London, 1908), p. 142; Karen K. Hersch, <i>The Roman Wedding: Ritual and Meaning in Antiquity</i> (Cambridge University Press, 2010), pp. 101, 110, 211.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-6">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">or, <i>baritus</i>, there being scribal variants. In the 17th century, the word entered the German language as <i>barditus</i> and was associated with the Celtic <a href="/wiki/Bard" title="Bard">bards</a>.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-7"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-7">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Simek, Rudolf (2007:140–142) translated by Angela Hall. <i>Dictionary of Northern Mythology</i>. D.S. Brewer. <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-85991-513-1" title="Special:BookSources/0-85991-513-1">0-85991-513-1</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-8"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-8">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="/wiki/Maurus_Servius_Honoratus" class="mw-redirect" title="Maurus Servius Honoratus">Servius</a>, note to <i><a href="/wiki/Aeneid" title="Aeneid">Aeneid</a></i> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Serv.+A.+6.395&fromdoc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.02.0053">6.395</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200801183425/http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Serv.+A.+6.395&fromdoc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.02.0053">Archived</a> 2020-08-01 at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a>; Jane Chance, <i>Medieval Mythography: From Roman North Africa to the School of Chartres, A.D. 433–1177</i> (University Press of Florida, 1994), p. 91.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-9"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-9">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Chance, <i>Medieval Mythography</i>, pp. 168, 218, 413.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-10"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-10">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Chance, <i>Medieval Mythography</i>, p. 219.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-11"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-11">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="/wiki/Natale_Conti" class="mw-redirect" title="Natale Conti">Natale Conti</a>, <i>Mythologiae</i> Book 7, Chapter 1, as translated by John Mulryan and Steven Brown (Arizona Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies, 2006), vol. 2, p. 566.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-12"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-12">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">The official account, <i>Labyrinthe royal...</i> quoted in <a href="/wiki/Jean_Seznec" title="Jean Seznec">Jean Seznec</a>, <i>The Survival of the Pagan Gods</i>, (B.F. Sessions, tr., 1995) p. 26</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-:0-13"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-:0_13-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-:0_13-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-:0_13-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-:0_13-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFDewitt2020" class="citation journal cs1">Dewitt, Norman (February 22, 2020). "Rome and the 'Road of Hercules'<span class="cs1-kern-right"></span>". <i>Transactions and Proceedings of the American Philological Association</i>. <b>72</b>: 59–69. <a href="/wiki/Doi_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="Doi (identifier)">doi</a>:<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://doi.org/10.2307%2F283041">10.2307/283041</a>. <a href="/wiki/JSTOR_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="JSTOR (identifier)">JSTOR</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.jstor.org/stable/283041">283041</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Transactions+and+Proceedings+of+the+American+Philological+Association&rft.atitle=Rome+and+the+%27Road+of+Hercules%27&rft.volume=72&rft.pages=59-69&rft.date=2020-02-22&rft_id=info%3Adoi%2F10.2307%2F283041&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.jstor.org%2Fstable%2F283041%23id-name%3DJSTOR&rft.aulast=Dewitt&rft.aufirst=Norman&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AHercules" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-:1-14"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-:1_14-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-:1_14-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-:1_14-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-:1_14-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-:1_14-4"><sup><i><b>e</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-:1_14-5"><sup><i><b>f</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-:1_14-6"><sup><i><b>g</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-:1_14-7"><sup><i><b>h</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFSchultz2020" class="citation journal cs1">Schultz, Cecelia (February 22, 2020). "Modern Prejudice and Ancient Praxis: Female Worship of Hercules at Rome". <i>Zeitschrift für Papyrologie und Epigraphik</i>. <b>133</b>: 291–97.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Zeitschrift+f%C3%BCr+Papyrologie+und+Epigraphik&rft.atitle=Modern+Prejudice+and+Ancient+Praxis%3A+Female+Worship+of+Hercules+at+Rome&rft.volume=133&rft.pages=291-97&rft.date=2020-02-22&rft.aulast=Schultz&rft.aufirst=Cecelia&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AHercules" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-:2-15"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-:2_15-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-:2_15-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-:2_15-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFLoar2020" class="citation journal cs1">Loar, Matthew (February 23, 2020). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://digitalcommons.unl.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1139&context=classicsfacpub">"Hercules, Mummius, and the Roman Triumph in Aeneid 8"</a>. <i>Classical Philology</i>. <b>112</b>: 45–62. <a href="/wiki/Doi_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="Doi (identifier)">doi</a>:<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://doi.org/10.1086%2F689726">10.1086/689726</a>. <a href="/wiki/S2CID_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="S2CID (identifier)">S2CID</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://api.semanticscholar.org/CorpusID:164402027">164402027</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Classical+Philology&rft.atitle=Hercules%2C+Mummius%2C+and+the+Roman+Triumph+in+Aeneid+8&rft.volume=112&rft.pages=45-62&rft.date=2020-02-23&rft_id=info%3Adoi%2F10.1086%2F689726&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fapi.semanticscholar.org%2FCorpusID%3A164402027%23id-name%3DS2CID&rft.aulast=Loar&rft.aufirst=Matthew&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fdigitalcommons.unl.edu%2Fcgi%2Fviewcontent.cgi%3Farticle%3D1139%26context%3Dclassicsfacpub&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AHercules" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-16"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-16">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFGrant" class="citation web cs1">Grant, Mary. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.theoi.com/Text/HyginusFabulae3.html">"Hyginus, Fabulae, 100–49"</a>. <i>Theoi Texts Library</i><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">March 7,</span> 2020</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Theoi+Texts+Library&rft.atitle=Hyginus%2C+Fabulae%2C+100%E2%80%9349&rft.aulast=Grant&rft.aufirst=Mary&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.theoi.com%2FText%2FHyginusFabulae3.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AHercules" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-:22-17"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-:22_17-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-:22_17-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-:22_17-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-:22_17-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFLoar2020" class="citation journal cs1">Loar, Matthew (February 23, 2020). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://digitalcommons.unl.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1139&context=classicsfacpub">"Hercules, Mummius, and the Roman Triumph in Aeneid 8"</a>. <i>Classical Philology</i>. <b>112</b>: 45–62. <a href="/wiki/Doi_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="Doi (identifier)">doi</a>:<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://doi.org/10.1086%2F689726">10.1086/689726</a>. <a href="/wiki/S2CID_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="S2CID (identifier)">S2CID</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://api.semanticscholar.org/CorpusID:164402027">164402027</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Classical+Philology&rft.atitle=Hercules%2C+Mummius%2C+and+the+Roman+Triumph+in+Aeneid+8&rft.volume=112&rft.pages=45-62&rft.date=2020-02-23&rft_id=info%3Adoi%2F10.1086%2F689726&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fapi.semanticscholar.org%2FCorpusID%3A164402027%23id-name%3DS2CID&rft.aulast=Loar&rft.aufirst=Matthew&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fdigitalcommons.unl.edu%2Fcgi%2Fviewcontent.cgi%3Farticle%3D1139%26context%3Dclassicsfacpub&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AHercules" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-18"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-18">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><i>Hercules</i> almost suggests "Hero". The Classical and Hellenistic convention in frescoes and mosaics, adopted by the Romans, is to show women as pale-skinned and men as tanned dark from their outdoor arena of action and exercising in the <a href="/wiki/Gymnasium_(ancient_Greece)" title="Gymnasium (ancient Greece)">gymnasium</a>.(See also <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://academic.reed.edu/humanities/110Tech/RomanAfrica2/pompei%26herc1.jpg">Reed.edu</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20060506182021/http://academic.reed.edu/humanities/110Tech/RomanAfrica2/pompei%26herc1.jpg">Archived</a> 2006-05-06 at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a>, jpg file. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://academic.reed.edu/humanities/110Tech/RomanAfrica2/#Subject">Reed.edu</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20060823062542/http://academic.reed.edu/humanities/110Tech/RomanAfrica2/#Subject">Archived</a> 2006-08-23 at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a>, subject).</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-:3-19"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-:3_19-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-:3_19-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-:3_19-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFHinds2020" class="citation web cs1">Hinds, Aimee (23 June 2020). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.thejugaadproject.pub/home/hercules-in-white-classical-reception-art-and-myth">"Hercules in White: Classical Reception, Art and Myth"</a>. <i>The Jugaad Project</i><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">2020-10-22</span></span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=The+Jugaad+Project&rft.atitle=Hercules+in+White%3A+Classical+Reception%2C+Art+and+Myth&rft.date=2020-06-23&rft.aulast=Hinds&rft.aufirst=Aimee&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.thejugaadproject.pub%2Fhome%2Fhercules-in-white-classical-reception-art-and-myth&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AHercules" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> </ol></div></div> <dl><dt>Sources</dt></dl> <ul><li>Charlotte Coffin. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.shakmyth.org/myth/111/hercules">"Hercules"</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20210228164206/http://www.shakmyth.org/myth/111/hercules">Archived</a> 2021-02-28 at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a> in Peyré, Yves (ed.) <i>A Dictionary of Shakespeare's Classical Mythology</i> (2009)</li> <li>Bertematti, Richard (2014). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.amazon.com/Heracliad-Epic-Saga-Hercules/dp/0990302717/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1430233139&sr=8-1&keywords=heracliad">"The Heracliad: The Epic Saga of Hercules"</a> (Tridium Press). <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0990302717" title="Special:BookSources/0990302717">0990302717</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="External_links">External links</h2></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1235681985">.mw-parser-output .side-box{margin:4px 0;box-sizing:border-box;border:1px solid #aaa;font-size:88%;line-height:1.25em;background-color:var(--background-color-interactive-subtle,#f8f9fa);display:flow-root}.mw-parser-output .side-box-abovebelow,.mw-parser-output .side-box-text{padding:0.25em 0.9em}.mw-parser-output .side-box-image{padding:2px 0 2px 0.9em;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .side-box-imageright{padding:2px 0.9em 2px 0;text-align:center}@media(min-width:500px){.mw-parser-output .side-box-flex{display:flex;align-items:center}.mw-parser-output .side-box-text{flex:1;min-width:0}}@media(min-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .side-box{width:238px}.mw-parser-output .side-box-right{clear:right;float:right;margin-left:1em}.mw-parser-output .side-box-left{margin-right:1em}}</style><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1237033735">@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .sistersitebox{display:none!important}}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .sistersitebox img[src*="Wiktionary-logo-en-v2.svg"]{background-color:white}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .sistersitebox img[src*="Wiktionary-logo-en-v2.svg"]{background-color:white}}</style><div class="side-box side-box-right plainlinks sistersitebox"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style> <div class="side-box-flex"> <div class="side-box-image"><span class="noviewer" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4a/Commons-logo.svg/30px-Commons-logo.svg.png" decoding="async" width="30" height="40" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4a/Commons-logo.svg/45px-Commons-logo.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4a/Commons-logo.svg/59px-Commons-logo.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1024" data-file-height="1376" /></span></span></div> <div class="side-box-text plainlist">Wikimedia Commons has media related to <span style="font-weight: bold; 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title="Labours of Hercules">Twelve Labours</a> of <a href="/wiki/Heracles" title="Heracles">Heracles</a></div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Nemean_lion" title="Nemean lion">Nemean lion</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lernaean_Hydra" title="Lernaean Hydra">Lernaean Hydra</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ceryneian_Hind" title="Ceryneian Hind">Ceryneian Hind</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Erymanthian_boar" title="Erymanthian boar">Erymanthian boar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Augeas" title="Augeas">Augean Stables</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stymphalian_birds" title="Stymphalian birds">Stymphalian birds</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cretan_Bull" title="Cretan Bull">Cretan Bull</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mares_of_Diomedes" title="Mares of Diomedes">Mares of Diomedes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hippolyta" title="Hippolyta">Girdle of Hippolyte</a></li> <li>Far-away monsters <ul><li><a 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href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239400231"><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist navbar-mini"><ul><li class="nv-view"><a href="/wiki/Template:Hercules_media" title="Template:Hercules media"><abbr title="View this template">v</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-talk"><a href="/wiki/Template_talk:Hercules_media" title="Template talk:Hercules media"><abbr title="Discuss this template">t</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-edit"><a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:Hercules_media" title="Special:EditPage/Template:Hercules media"><abbr title="Edit this template">e</abbr></a></li></ul></div><div id="Hercules_(Heracles)" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Hercules</a> (<a href="/wiki/Heracles" title="Heracles">Heracles</a>)</div></th></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2"><div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Hercle" title="Hercle">Hercle</a></li> <li>Ercole</li> <li>Hercule</li> <li>Alcide</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Family</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Zeus" title="Zeus">Zeus</a> (father)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alcmene" title="Alcmene">Alcmene</a> (mother)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Megara_(mythology)" class="mw-redirect" title="Megara (mythology)">Megara</a>, <a href="/wiki/Omphale" title="Omphale">Omphale</a>, <a href="/wiki/Deianira" title="Deianira">Deianira</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Hebe_(mythology)" title="Hebe (mythology)">Hebe</a> (wives)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Heracleidae" title="Heracleidae">Heracleidae</a> (children)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Events</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Milk_of_Hera" title="Milk of Hera">Creation of Milky Way</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hercules_at_the_crossroads" title="Hercules at the crossroads">Hercules at the crossroads</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Labours_of_Hercules" title="Labours of Hercules">Labours of Hercules</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hercules_in_ancient_Rome" title="Hercules in ancient Rome">Hercules in ancient Rome</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shirt_of_Nessus" title="Shirt of Nessus">Shirt of Nessus</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Literature</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Poems</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Heracles_Papyrus" title="Heracles Papyrus">Heracles Papyrus</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Shield_of_Heracles" title="Shield of Heracles">Shield of Heracles</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Catalogue_of_Women" title="Catalogue of Women">Catalogue of Women</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/L%27Atl%C3%A0ntida" title="L'Atlàntida">L'Atlàntida</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Plays</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Herakles_(Euripides)" title="Herakles (Euripides)">Herakles</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Women_of_Trachis" title="Women of Trachis">Women of Trachis</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Hercules_(Seneca)" title="Hercules (Seneca)">Hercules Furens</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Hercules_Oetaeus" title="Hercules Oetaeus">Hercules Oetaeus</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Other</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Labours_of_Hercules" title="The Labours of Hercules">The Labours of Hercules</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hercules_and_the_Wagoner" title="Hercules and the Wagoner">Hercules and the Wagoner</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Art</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Hercules_and_the_lion_of_Nemea_(Louvre_Museum,_L_31_MN_B909)" title="Hercules and the lion of Nemea (Louvre Museum, L 31 MN B909)">Hercules and the lion of Nemea</a></i> (5th century BCE)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Hercules_of_the_Forum_Boarium" title="Hercules of the Forum Boarium">Hercules of the Forum Boarium</a></i> (2nd century BCE)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Lansdowne_Heracles" title="Lansdowne Heracles">Lansdowne Heracles</a></i> (c. 125)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Statue_of_Hercules,_Dura-Europos" title="Statue of Hercules, Dura-Europos">Statue of Hercules, Dura-Europos</a> (c. 150–256)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Farnese_Hercules" title="Farnese Hercules">Farnese Hercules</a></i> (216)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Hercules_slaying_Antaeus" class="mw-redirect" title="Hercules slaying Antaeus">Hercules slaying Antaeus</a></i> (c. 1460)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Hercules_and_Deianira" title="Hercules and Deianira">Hercules and Deianira</a></i> (c. 1470)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Hercules_and_the_Hydra_(Pollaiolo)" class="mw-redirect" title="Hercules and the Hydra (Pollaiolo)">Hercules and the Hydra</a></i> (c. 1475)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Hercules_Killing_the_Stymphalian_Birds" title="Hercules Killing the Stymphalian Birds">Hercules Killing the Stymphalian Birds</a></i> (1500)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Hercules_and_Antaeus" title="Hercules and Antaeus">Hercules and Antaeus</a></i> (c. 1500–1510)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Choice_of_Hercules_(Beccafumi)" title="The Choice of Hercules (Beccafumi)">The Choice of Hercules</a></i> (c. 1520–1525)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Hercules_and_Antaeus_(Hans_Baldung)" title="Hercules and Antaeus (Hans Baldung)">Hercules and Antaeus</a></i> (1531)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Hercules_and_Cacus" title="Hercules and Cacus">Hercules and Cacus</a></i> (1534)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Origin_of_the_Milky_Way" title="The Origin of the Milky Way">The Origin of the Milky Way</a></i> (1575–1580)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Choice_of_Hercules_(Carracci)" title="The Choice of Hercules (Carracci)">The Choice of Hercules</a></i> (1596)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Hercules_and_Omphale_(Rubens)" title="Hercules and Omphale (Rubens)">Hercules and Omphale</a></i> (1603)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Hercules_Fighting_the_Nemean_Lion_(Zurbar%C3%A1n)" title="Hercules Fighting the Nemean Lion (Zurbarán)">Hercules Fighting the Nemean Lion</a></i> (1634)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Hercules_and_the_Hydra_(Zurbar%C3%A1n)" title="Hercules and the Hydra (Zurbarán)">Hercules and the Hydra</a></i> (1634)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Hercules_Separates_Mounts_Calpe_and_Abylla" title="Hercules Separates Mounts Calpe and Abylla">Hercules Separates Mounts Calpe and Abylla</a></i> (1634)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Death_of_Hercules" title="The Death of Hercules">The Death of Hercules</a></i> (1634)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Hercules%27s_Dog_Discovers_Purple_Dye" title="Hercules's Dog Discovers Purple Dye">Hercules's Dog Discovers Purple Dye</a></i> (1636)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Origin_of_the_Milky_Way_(Rubens)" class="mw-redirect" title="The Origin of the Milky Way (Rubens)">The Origin of the Milky Way</a></i> (1637)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Hercules_in_the_Garden_of_the_Hesperides" title="Hercules in the Garden of the Hesperides">Hercules in the Garden of the Hesperides</a></i> (1638)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Landscape_with_Hercules_and_Cacus" title="Landscape with Hercules and Cacus">Landscape with Hercules and Cacus</a></i> (c. 1660)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Hercules_and_Omphale_(Boucher)" title="Hercules and Omphale (Boucher)">Hercules and Omphale</a></i> (1732–1734)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Libertas_Americana" title="Libertas Americana">Libertas Americana</a> (1783)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Sanctuary_of_Hercules_(B%C3%B6cklin)" title="The Sanctuary of Hercules (Böcklin)">The Sanctuary of Hercules</a></i> (1884)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Hercules_the_Archer" title="Hercules the Archer">Hercules the Archer</a></i> (1909)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Achelous_and_Hercules" title="Achelous and Hercules">Achelous and Hercules</a></i> (1947)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Twelve_Labors_of_Hercules_(Spafford)" title="The Twelve Labors of Hercules (Spafford)">The Twelve Labors of Hercules</a></i> (1981)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Marian_Maguire" title="Marian Maguire">The Labors of Herakles</a></i> (2006–2008)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Hercules_and_the_Erymanthian_Boar" title="Hercules and the Erymanthian Boar">Hercules and the Erymanthian Boar</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Hercules_and_the_Nemean_Lion_(Klein)" title="Hercules and the Nemean Lion (Klein)">Hercules and the Nemean Lion</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Opera</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Ercole_amante" title="Ercole amante">Ercole amante</a></i> (1662)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Alcide_(opera)" class="mw-redirect" title="Alcide (opera)">Alcide</a></i> (1693)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Ercole_su%27l_Termodonte" title="Ercole su'l Termodonte">Ercole su'l Termodonte</a></i> (1723)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Admeto" title="Admeto">Admeto</a></i> (1727)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/La%C3%9Ft_uns_sorgen,_la%C3%9Ft_uns_wachen,_BWV_213" title="Laßt uns sorgen, laßt uns wachen, BWV 213">Laßt uns sorgen, laßt uns wachen, BWV 213</a></i> (1733)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Hercules_(Handel)" title="Hercules (Handel)">Hercules</a></i> (1744)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Le_nozze_d%27Ercole_e_d%27Ebe" title="Le nozze d'Ercole e d'Ebe">Le nozze d'Ercole e d'Ebe</a></i> (1747)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Choice_of_Hercules_(Handel)" title="The Choice of Hercules (Handel)">The Choice of Hercules</a></i> (1750)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Hercule_mourant" title="Hercule mourant">Hercule mourant</a></i> (1761)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Le_Rouet_d%27Omphale" title="Le Rouet d'Omphale">Le Rouet d'Omphale</a></i> (1871)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/D%C3%A9janire" title="Déjanire">Déjanire</a></i> (1911)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Atl%C3%A1ntida_(opera)" title="Atlántida (opera)">Atlántida</a></i> (1962)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Hercules_vs._Vampires" title="Hercules vs. Vampires">Hercules vs. Vampires</a></i> (2010)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_films_featuring_Hercules" title="List of films featuring Hercules">Films</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Italian series</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Hercules_(1958_film)" title="Hercules (1958 film)">Hercules</a></i> (1957)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Hercules_Unchained" title="Hercules Unchained">Hercules Unchained</a></i> (1959)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Goliath_and_the_Dragon" title="Goliath and the Dragon">Goliath and the Dragon</a></i> (1960)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Loves_of_Hercules" title="The Loves of Hercules">The Loves of Hercules</a></i> (1960)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Hercules_and_the_Conquest_of_Atlantis" title="Hercules and the Conquest of Atlantis">Hercules and the Conquest of Atlantis</a></i> (1961)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Hercules_in_the_Haunted_World" title="Hercules in the Haunted World">Hercules in the Haunted World</a></i> (1961)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Hercules_in_the_Valley_of_Woe" title="Hercules in the Valley of Woe">Hercules in the Valley of Woe</a></i> (1961)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Fury_of_Hercules" title="The Fury of Hercules">The Fury of Hercules</a></i> (1962)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Hercules,_Samson_and_Ulysses" title="Hercules, Samson and Ulysses">Hercules, Samson and Ulysses</a></i> (1963)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Hercules_vs._Moloch" title="Hercules vs. Moloch">Hercules vs. Moloch</a></i> (1963)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Hercules_the_Invincible" title="Hercules the Invincible">Hercules the Invincible</a></i> (1964)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Hercules_Against_Rome" title="Hercules Against Rome">Hercules Against Rome</a></i> (1964)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Hercules_Against_the_Sons_of_the_Sun" title="Hercules Against the Sons of the Sun">Hercules Against the Sons of the Sun</a></i> (1964)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Triumph_of_Hercules" title="The Triumph of Hercules">The Triumph of Hercules</a></i> (1964)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Samson_and_His_Mighty_Challenge" title="Samson and His Mighty Challenge">Samson and His Mighty Challenge</a></i> (1964)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Hercules_and_the_Tyrants_of_Babylon" title="Hercules and the Tyrants of Babylon">Hercules and the Tyrants of Babylon</a></i> (1964)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Hercules_and_the_Princess_of_Troy" title="Hercules and the Princess of Troy">Hercules and the Princess of Troy</a></i> (1965)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Hercules_the_Avenger" title="Hercules the Avenger">Hercules the Avenger</a></i> (1965)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Other European<br />live-action</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Herakles_(film)" title="Herakles (film)">Herakles</a></i> (1962)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Hercules_Against_the_Moon_Men" title="Hercules Against the Moon Men">Hercules Against the Moon Men</a></i> (1964)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">American films<br />live-action</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Warrior%27s_Husband" title="The Warrior's Husband">The Warrior's Husband</a></i> (1933)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Three_Stooges_Meet_Hercules" title="The Three Stooges Meet Hercules">The Three Stooges Meet Hercules</a></i> (1962)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Jason_and_the_Argonauts_(1963_film)" title="Jason and the Argonauts (1963 film)">Jason and the Argonauts</a></i> (1963)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Hercules_in_New_York" title="Hercules in New York">Hercules in New York</a></i> (1970)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Hercules_(1983_film)" title="Hercules (1983 film)">Hercules</a></i> (1983)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Adventures_of_Hercules" title="The Adventures of Hercules">The Adventures of Hercules</a></i> (1985)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Jason_and_the_Argonauts_(miniseries)" title="Jason and the Argonauts (miniseries)">Jason and the Argonauts</a></i> (2000)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Immortals_(2011_film)" title="Immortals (2011 film)">Immortals</a></i> (2011)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Legend_of_Hercules" title="The Legend of Hercules">The Legend of Hercules</a></i> (2014)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Hercules_(2014_film)" title="Hercules (2014 film)">Hercules</a></i> (2014)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Animated films</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Hercules_(1995_film)" class="mw-redirect" title="Hercules (1995 film)">Hercules</a></i> (1995)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Hercules_(1997_film)" title="Hercules (1997 film)">Hercules</a></i> (1997)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Hercules:_Zero_to_Hero" title="Hercules: Zero to Hero">Hercules: Zero to Hero</a></i> (1998)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Hercules_and_Xena_%E2%80%93_The_Animated_Movie:_The_Battle_for_Mount_Olympus" title="Hercules and Xena – The Animated Movie: The Battle for Mount Olympus">Hercules and Xena – The Animated Movie: The Battle for Mount Olympus</a></i> (1998)</li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Television</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group 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href="/wiki/Hercules_and_the_Amazon_Women" title="Hercules and the Amazon Women">Hercules and the Amazon Women</a></i> (1994)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Hercules_and_the_Lost_Kingdom" title="Hercules and the Lost Kingdom">Hercules and the Lost Kingdom</a></i> (1994)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Hercules_and_the_Circle_of_Fire" title="Hercules and the Circle of Fire">Hercules and the Circle of Fire</a></i> (1994)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Hercules_in_the_Underworld" title="Hercules in the Underworld">Hercules in the Underworld</a></i> (1994)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Hercules_in_the_Maze_of_the_Minotaur" title="Hercules in the Maze of the Minotaur">Hercules in the Maze of the Minotaur</a></i> (1994)</li></ul></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Hercules_(1998_TV_series)" title="Hercules (1998 TV series)">Hercules: The Animated Series</a></i> (1998) <ul><li>"<a href="/wiki/Hercules_and_the_Arabian_Night" class="mw-redirect" title="Hercules and the Arabian Night">Hercules and the Arabian Night</a>" (1999)</li></ul></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Young_Hercules" title="Young Hercules">Young Hercules</a></i> (1998)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Hercules_(miniseries)" title="Hercules (miniseries)">Hercules</a></i> (2005 miniseries)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Atlantis_(TV_series)" title="Atlantis (TV series)">Atlantis</a></i> (2013)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Hercules_(comics)" title="Hercules (comics)">Comics</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Hercules_(Marvel_Comics)" title="Hercules (Marvel Comics)">Hercules (Marvel Comics)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hercules_(DC_Comics)" title="Hercules (DC Comics)">Hercules (DC Comics)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hercules_(Radical_Comics)" title="Hercules (Radical Comics)">Hercules (Radical Comics)</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" 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href="/wiki/Glory_of_Heracles_(video_game)" title="Glory of Heracles (video game)">Glory of Heracles</a></i> (2008)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Other</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Hercules_in_popular_culture" class="mw-redirect" title="Hercules in popular culture">Hercules in popular culture</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hercules_(franchise)" title="Hercules (franchise)">Hercules (franchise)</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Hercules_(musical)" title="Hercules (musical)">Hercules</a></i> (2019 musical)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pillars_of_Hercules" title="Pillars of Hercules">Pillars of Hercules</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maczuga_Herkulesa" title="Maczuga Herkulesa">Maczuga Herkulesa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hercules%27_Club_(amulet)" title="Hercules' Club (amulet)">Hercules' Club</a></li> <li><i><a 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