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Hercules statue. Handmade of alabaster and painted in museum patina.\u00a0 The pan<\/a>-Hellenic\u00a0mythological hero\u00a0Hercules<\/a>\u00a0(or\u00a0Herakles) was famed for his great strength and endurance.\u00a0 HE WAS celebrated as an extraordinary mortal who, through success in seemingly impossible labours, won his immortal place amongst the Olympian gods. Being the greatest of Greek<\/a> mythological heroes,there were many hercules statue all over GREECE.<\/p>\n

Early Life<\/h3>\n

Hercules’ mortal father was Amphitryon\u00a0 and his mother was Alkmene. However, following a violent quarrel between Amphitryon and his uncle, resulting in the accidental death<\/a>\u00a0of the latter, the family fled to\u00a0Thebes\u00a0where Hercules was born. In\u00a0mythology, though, it was\u00a0Zeus<\/a> who lay with Alkmene and so fathered Hercules. Explaining the origin of Hercules’ great strength.<\/p>\n

Hera, the wife of Zeus, was (understandably) always jealous of Hercules and made life difficult for him from an early age. The goddess delayed his birth so that his cousin Eurystheus would be born first and so become the ruler of\u00a0Greece according to Zeus’ decree. Hera also sent two snakes to kill the new-born Hercules, but the baby easily strangled them. On the other hand, Hercules generally enjoyed divine favour from the Olympian gods .\u00a0 He did, after all, help them in their battle\u00a0against the Giants – and he was particularly favoured by\u00a0Athena<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Hercules’ 12 Labours<\/h3>\n

Hercules married\u00a0Megara, the daughter of Kreo, King of Thebes.\u00a0 And together they had five children. Hera once more interfered and drove Hercules insane so that he killed his wife and children. In desperate remorse, he sought the advice of Apollo via his oracle at Delphi. The advice was for Hercules to offer his services to his cousin Eurystheus, the king of Mycenae,\u00a0Tiryns, and Argos. Hera once more influenced events by persuading Eurystheus to set the hero difficult and dangerous tasks .\u00a0 The famous twelve labours of Hercules:<\/p>\n

Hercules’ Other Adventures<\/h3>\n

Whilst performing his labours, Hercules is involved in many more secondary exploits such as fighting Hades to rescue Alcestis from the Underworld, killing Kyknos who waylaid pilgrims to Delphi, and joining the search for the Golden Fleece with Jason and the Argonauts.\u00a0 Hercules also went to\u00a0Troy\u00a0to save Hesione, daughter of the king, Laomedon. Following Laomedon’s failure to pay homage to the deeds done by\u00a0Poseidon<\/a>\u00a0and Apollo for the city, the gods respectively sent a sea-monster and a\u00a0plague\u00a0to wreak havoc with the city.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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