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Hercules

By Fred , Aparin , Alexey;Van Lente

Book information

Publisher
Osprey Publishing
Year
2013
ISBN
9781782006077, 1782006079
Language
english
Format
EPUB
Filesize
22 MB (23276503 bytes)
Series
Myths and legends 6; Osprey adventures
Pages
80 pages\0
Time added
2020-07-26 19:24:52
Ancient history: to c 500 CE;Fiction--Fantasy--EpiGreek -- Juvenile literature;Fiction -- Fantasy --Greek;Juvenile works;Heracles -- (Greek mythologicmyths & legends;History--Ancient--Greece;Myth & le

Description

The greatest hero of Ancient Greece, Hercules battled gods, men and monsters in a lifetime of violence and destruction. Today, Hercules is best known for his 'twelve labors', a series of near-impossible tasks assigned to him as punishment for the killing of his wife and children. During those tasks, he slew the multi-headed hydra, wrestled with Cerberus, hound of the underworld, and stole the girdle of Hippolyta, queen of the Amazons. Yet even when his labours were done, his adventures continued. Hercules led armies, sacked cities, fought against the gods, and then joined forces with the gods in the great war known as 'The Gigantomachy'. This book tells the complete story of this legendary warrior, including information on the classical sources, his deification and cult, and his continuing popularity as a character in film, television and comic books.

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