what are some facts about Greek God: Hercules?

Question

i have to do a project and wear things that Hercules wear( not everything).
1). But can you give me some ideas?

2).Some facts about Hercules?

Answer 1

Here is a scientific investigation of ancient myths and legends, considering stories in hundreds of languages from all over the world and going back to 10,500 BC. It is very long, and it is still in progress.

http://saturniancosmology.org/



Here is an outdated introduction with pretty pictures:

http://www.maverickscience.com/saturn.htm



And here is a youtube presentation in six parts:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vu_AL1qDOcU

Answer 2

First and foremost, Hercules is the Roman equivalent of the Greek Herakles.

Herakles was not a god, but only a demi-god.

He was the beloved son of Zeus and the mortal woman Alcmene.

His name literally means Hera's Glory, implying the dominion Hera had over him.



Historian Diodorus Siculus believed there were three Herakles.

Who exactly was the real Herakles ???

Looking into the tale of Prometheus ; it was Herakles who freed him.

This took place at the dawn of human existence which cannot be possibly reconciled with the traditional Herakles.

For ease of understanding; we classified the three Herakles as such : the ancient Herakles, the second Herakles and the traditional Herakles.

The best way to fit your question of Herakles- the traditional Herakles into a time frame was that the creation of Pandora took place approximately 4,000 years ago.

So, the traditional Herakles could possibly lived at least five generations before the ancient Herakles. This would probably be in a time period preceding 1450 BCE.

The assumption was that the deeds and exploits of the other two Herakles were blended and blurred to reflect the life of one individual; the traditional Herakles.



The traditional Herakles was the Herakles of legend.

The Herakles of the Twelve Labours and one of the Argonauts who went in search of the Golden Fleece.

This Herakles died shortly before the Trojan war, and one could place his birth at approximately 1300 BCE.



As to your question of wearing what Herakles worn was not appropiate.

He was mostly portrayed naked in most paintings and sculptures, and you could be possibly charged with indecent exposure.



For more information :

http://www.theoi.com/

http://www.greekmythology.com/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ ......

Answer 3

Fact number one: Hercules was not a god, but demigod. That is, he was not immortal and fully divine, but the mortal son of Zeus and a mortal queen, and thus only half divine. And mortal. So he could die.

Fact number two: Hercules was not a Greek figure. He was Roman. HERACLES was the Greek hero. What is the difference, you might ask? The spelling. Now, that may seem trivial, but it is fairly important to understand the difference.

Heracles was, as I said, the son of Zeus and Alcmene, a mortal queen and wife of King Amphitryon. Heracles was raised as Amphitryon's son, and exhibited superhuman strength from very early on. Sometimes, this was a good thing, like when he killed two snakes sent by Hera to kill him when he was only a few days old. Other times this was not such a good thing, like when he accidentally killed his music teacher for pissing him off. Heracles was despised by Zeus' wife Hera, and she tried very hard to make his life a living hell. She may have went a bit too far when she drove him crazy and made him kill his wife and kids, though... anyway, Heracles ended up doing the famous twelve labors to atone for killing his family, working under the servitude of King Eurystheus of Mycenae for many years. Heracles was a big fellow who fought with a giant club and a giant bow, and, after his first labor (kill the Nemean Lion), wore the Nemean Lion's invulnerable hide as armor. After his second labor of killing the Hydra, Heracles added a quiver of arrows dipped in the Hydra's poisonous blood to his arsenal.

Heracles ended up having many misadventures after the Twelve Labors, joining the Argonauts, battling the gods, and freeing Prometheus, among other things. He was killed by his wife, who poured Centaur blood on his shirt, thinking it would make him love her more. Why she thought this is a long story. What you need to know is that is was not true, and ended up burning Heracles' flesh as soon as he put it on. All in all, Heracles had a fairly shitty life, and a really shitty death. So pretty much the quintessential Greek hero.



As I said, Heracles was depicted wearing a lion skin and carrying a club and possibly a bow and arrows. He was also strong as hell, so you may want to work out for this costume.

Answer 4

Hercules, also spelled Herakles, was depicted wearing a lion skin (and nothing else), carrying a large club, and a bow and arrows.

Answer 5

The Demi god hercules completed 12 seemingly impossible labors, he was also the reason why the olympian gods won the gigantomachy, he was also a argonaut in jasons quest for the golden fleece.

Answer 6

Hercules wasn't a god, he was a demigod. His father was Zeus and his mother was human.



With his incredible strength, he went on several missions and performed amazing feats. He wiped out a multi-headed hydra, killed a lion, cleaned a stable (I know, but he did it really fast), and journeyed in and out of the supernatural world and underworld all the time. He was naked in a lot of his paintings and sculptures, so maybe you don't want to show up in class wearing that outfit.