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HERACLES
In Hellenic Polytheism, Heracles (Greek: Ἡρακλῆς, Hēraklēs, from Hēra, "Hera", and kleos, "glory") is a divine hero and the son of Zeus and Alcmene. He is the Gatekeeper of Olympus and is the God of strength, heroes, sports, athletes, health, agriculture, fertility, trade, oracles and divine protector of mankind.
He is the greatest of the Greek heroes, a paragon of masculinity, the ancestor of royal clans who claimed to be Heracleidae (Ἡρακλεῖδαι) and a champion of the Olympian order against chthonic monsters.
In Rome and the modern West, he is known as Hercules, with whom the later Roman Emperors, in particular Commodus and Maximian, often identified themselves. Extraordinary strength, courage, ingenuity, and sexual prowess with both males and females are among the characteristics commonly attributed to him.
Heracles used his wits on several occasions when his strength did not suffice, such as when laboring for the king Augeas of Elis, wrestling the giant Antaeus, or tricking Atlas into taking the sky back onto his shoulders. Together with Hermes, he is the patron and protector of gymnasia and palaestrae. His iconographic attributes are the lion skin and the club.
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Artwork is by Guido Philipp Schmitt, 1896.
In Hellenic Polytheism, Heracles (Greek: Ἡρακλῆς, Hēraklēs, from Hēra, "Hera", and kleos, "glory") is a divine hero and the son of Zeus and Alcmene. He is the Gatekeeper of Olympus and is the God of strength, heroes, sports, athletes, health, agriculture, fertility, trade, oracles and divine protector of mankind.
He is the greatest of the Greek heroes, a paragon of masculinity, the ancestor of royal clans who claimed to be Heracleidae (Ἡρακλεῖδαι) and a champion of the Olympian order against chthonic monsters.
In Rome and the modern West, he is known as Hercules, with whom the later Roman Emperors, in particular Commodus and Maximian, often identified themselves. Extraordinary strength, courage, ingenuity, and sexual prowess with both males and females are among the characteristics commonly attributed to him.
Heracles used his wits on several occasions when his strength did not suffice, such as when laboring for the king Augeas of Elis, wrestling the giant Antaeus, or tricking Atlas into taking the sky back onto his shoulders. Together with Hermes, he is the patron and protector of gymnasia and palaestrae. His iconographic attributes are the lion skin and the club.
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#DMM #DeepMindMonday #Heracles
Artwork is by Guido Philipp Schmitt, 1896.
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