HERAKLES was an Olympian demigod worshipped as the divine protector of mankind. He had a large number of shrines throughout the ancient world and his festivals were widely celebrated. …

There is evidence of Hercules worship in myth in the Latin epic poem, the Aeneid. In the 8th book of the poem Aeneas finally reaches the future site of Rome, where he meets Evander and the …

Hercules. The worship of Hercules or Heracles at Rome and in Italy worship is connected by late, especially Roman writers, with the hero's expedition to fetch the oxen of Geryon; and the …

Heracles-Hercules and Telephus, Greco-Roman marble statue C1st A.D., Musée du Louvre. HERAKLES was an Olympian demigod worshipped as the divine protector of mankind. This …

1997年3月3日 · For the worship of Heracles at Rome and Italy, see Hercules. Spenser calls Heracles the Tirynthian Swain ( Faerie Queene VI, xxx, 35) and Tirynthian Groom ( …

2023年7月14日 · Heracles, the son of Zeus and Alcmene (a mortal woman), was a Greek hero and demigod. Because he was the product of one of Zeus’ many affairs, Heracles was hated …

In ancient Roman religion and myth, Hercules was venerated as a divinized hero and incorporated into the legends of Rome's founding. The Romans adapted Greek myths and the iconography …

2021年7月14日 · Although he is clearly a mortal in the Iliad, both the myth of Heracles’ apotheosis and his earliest divine cults emerged in the seventh century. Geographically, functionally, and …

Hercules was regarded as a protector of travellers due to his myth and he was also worshipped by philosophers; Pythagoreans, Cynics, and Stoics viewing him as the ideal man. The cult of …

As Greek culture progressed, many cults arose to worship Heracles. “[U]ltimately [Heracles] becomes the most popular ob-ject of cult in Greece and in Greek Italy and Sicily, as both a …