Heracles

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• Heracles there appears a philanthropical as well as an ascetic theme, a hedonistic attraction towards a sim - pler, more natural way of life as a reaction against artificiality and excessive civilization. CYNICISM
• Him mighty Heracles slew in sea-girt Erythea by his shambling oxen on that day when he drove the wide-browed oxen to holy Tiryns, and had crossed the ford of Ocean and killed Orthus and Eurytion the herdsman in the dim stead out beyond glorious Hesiod, Homeric Hymns, and Homerica
• So then my inquiries show clearly that Heracles is an ancient god, and those of the Hellenes seem to me to act most rightly who have two temples of Heracles set up, and who sacrifice to the one as an immortal god and with the title Olympian, and make offerings of the dead288 to the other as a hero. The History of Herodotus
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• Heracles, the most renowned subjugator of all the semi-divine personages worshipped by the Hellenes, — a being of irresistible force, and especially beloved by Zeus, yet condemned constantly to labour for others and to obey the commands of a worthless and cowardly persecutor. The Iliad of Homer
• Achilles and Heracles were ancient Greek heroes.
• I saw in Tyre, also, another temple … called after Heracles of Thasos; and so I went to Thasos. A Historian For Our Time
• The helpful Mr Beach rounds off a most informative dispatch by revealing that the Dutch side Heracles Almelo, Greek club Iraklis of Salonica and recently-relegated Spanish minnows Hércules Alicante are all named after the demi-god son of the father of gods and men, Zeus. Which teams are named after fictional characters? | The Knowledge | Barry Glendenning
• In very truth Heracles, though far away, has saved his comrades, fordone with thirst. The Argonautica
• Hellenes seem to me to act most rightly who have two temples of Heracles set up, and who sacrifice to the one as an immortal god and with the title Olympian, and make offerings of the dead [49] to the other as a hero. The history of Herodotus — Volume 1