
:''This article is about the mythological hero. For other means, see Hercules (disambiguation).'' ---- [[Image:BandinelliHercules.jpg|thumb|right|300px|''Hercules and Cacus,'' by Baccio Bandinelli, 1525 - 1534. Piazza della Signoria, Florence]] Hercules was the name in Roman mythology of the hero Heracles from Greek mythology, the son of Zeus and the mortal Alcmene. He was made to perform twelve great tasks, called ''The Twelve Labours'' and became a god; the Romans adopted the Greek version of his life and works essentially unchanged. Hercules can be identified by his attributes, the lionskin and the club. The cult of Hercules may have been the first foreign one to be adopted in Rome; his most important shrine, the Ara Maxima, was in the original Palatine Hill settlement. He became popular with merchants, who customarily paid him a tithe of their profits. Herecules founded an altar where the Boarium Forum, the cattle market, was later held. The later Roman emperors often identified or compared themselves with Hercules, in particular Commodus and Maximinus. == Movie and television adaptations == The legend of Hercules has many film and television adaptations. * Steve Reeves starred in a number of 1950s movies as Hercules * A syndicated TV series ''The Sons of Hercules'', which repackaged Italian Maciste films * Hercules appears as a character in the movie ''Jason & the Argonauts'' * Arnold Schwarzenegger's 1969 film debut, ''Hercules in New York'' * The Disney movie ''Hercules (1997 movie)'' and its spin-off animated TV series * The syndicated TV series ''Hercules: The Legendary Journeys'', which is ''only very loosely based'' on the classical hero * ''Young Hercules'', a television series based on the hero's youth * ''The Mighty Hercules'', an animated series that ran in the 1960s * Hercules (comics), a public domain character appearing in several comic books == Spoken-word myths - audio files == {| border="1" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0" |- ! style="background:#ffdead;" | Hercules myths as told by story tellers |- |Media:Hercules and Hylas wiki.ogg |- |Bibliography of reconstruction: Homer, ''Odyssey,'' 12.072 (7th c. BCE); Theocritus, ''Idylls,'' 13 (350 - 310 BCE); Callimachus, ''Aetia (Causes)'', 24. Thiodamas the Dryopian, Fragments, 160. Hymn to Artemis (310 - 250? BCE); Apollonios Rhodios, ''Argonautika,'' I. 1175 - 1280 (c. 250 BCE); Apollodorus, ''Library and Epitome'' 1.9.19, 2.7.7 (140 BCE); Sextus Propertius, ''Elegies,'' i.20.17ff (50 - 15 BCE); Ovid, ''Ibis,'' 488 (8 CE - 18 CE); Gaius Valerius Flaccus, ''Argonautica,'' I.110, III.535, 560, IV.1-57 (1st c. C.E.); Hyginus, ''Fables,'' 14. Argonauts Assembled (1st c. CE); Philostratus the Elder, ''Images,'' ii.24 Thiodamas (170 - 245 CE); First Vatican Mythographer, 49. Hercules et Hylas |- |} == Namesakes == As a name associated with legendary strength, "Hercules" has been used for a variety of things: * Hercules (1907), a 1907 built steam tug now preserved in San Francisco, California. * Hercules (robot), a bomb-detecting robot at Eleftherios Venizelos International Airport * Hercules (constellation), a constellation * Hercules, California, a small town in California named after the Hercules Powder Company * Baile Herculane, a spa town in Romania * Hercules emulator, an IBM mainframe emulator * Hercules Graphics Card * Hercules Motorcycles, built by aviation pioneer Glenn Curtiss * HMS Hercules, several ships of the Royal Navy * The Bristol Hercules, an aircraft engine * The C-130 Hercules, a transport aircraft * USS Hercules (PHM-2), a hydrofoil formerly operated by the United States Navy. * The moon Impact crater Hercules (crater) Roman mythology LGBT mythology la:Hercules
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:''This article is about the mythological hero. For other means, see Hercules (disambiguation).'' ---- [[Image:BandinelliHercules.jpg|thumb|right|300px|''Hercules and Cacus,'' by Baccio Bandinelli, 1525 - 1534. Piazza della Signoria, Florence]] Hercules was the name in Roman mythology of the hero Heracles from Greek mythology, the son of Zeus and the mortal Alcmene. He was made to perform twelve great tasks, called ''The Twelve Labours'' and became a god; the Romans adopted the Greek version of his life and works essentially unchanged. Hercules can be identified by his attributes, the lionskin and the club. The cult of Hercules may have been the first foreign one to be adopted in Rome; his most important shrine, the Ara Maxima, was in the original Palatine Hill settlement. He became popular with merchants, who customarily paid him a tithe of their profits. Herecules founded an altar where the Boarium Forum, the cattle market, was later held. The later Roman emperors often identified or compared themselves with Hercules, in particular Commodus and Maximinus. == Movie and television adaptations == The legend of Hercules has many film and television adaptations. * Steve Reeves starred in a number of 1950s movies as Hercules * A syndicated TV series ''The Sons of Hercules'', which repackaged Italian Maciste films * Hercules appears as a character in the movie ''Jason & the Argonauts'' * Arnold Schwarzenegger's 1969 film debut, ''Hercules in New York'' * The Disney movie ''Hercules (1997 movie)'' and its spin-off animated TV series * The syndicated TV series ''Hercules: The Legendary Journeys'', which is ''only very loosely based'' on the classical hero * ''Young Hercules'', a television series based on the hero's youth * ''The Mighty Hercules'', an animated series that ran in the 1960s * Hercules (comics), a public domain character appearing in several comic books == Spoken-word myths - audio files == {| border="1" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0" |- ! style="background:#ffdead;" | Hercules myths as told by story tellers |- |Media:Hercules and Hylas wiki.ogg |- |Bibliography of reconstruction: Homer, ''Odyssey,'' 12.072 (7th c. BCE); Theocritus, ''Idylls,'' 13 (350 - 310 BCE); Callimachus, ''Aetia (Causes)'', 24. Thiodamas the Dryopian, Fragments, 160. Hymn to Artemis (310 - 250? BCE); Apollonios Rhodios, ''Argonautika,'' I. 1175 - 1280 (c. 250 BCE); Apollodorus, ''Library and Epitome'' 1.9.19, 2.7.7 (140 BCE); Sextus Propertius, ''Elegies,'' i.20.17ff (50 - 15 BCE); Ovid, ''Ibis,'' 488 (8 CE - 18 CE); Gaius Valerius Flaccus, ''Argonautica,'' I.110, III.535, 560, IV.1-57 (1st c. C.E.); Hyginus, ''Fables,'' 14. Argonauts Assembled (1st c. CE); Philostratus the Elder, ''Images,'' ii.24 Thiodamas (170 - 245 CE); First Vatican Mythographer, 49. Hercules et Hylas |- |} == Namesakes == As a name associated with legendary strength, "Hercules" has been used for a variety of things: * Hercules (1907), a 1907 built steam tug now preserved in San Francisco, California. * Hercules (robot), a bomb-detecting robot at Eleftherios Venizelos International Airport * Hercules (constellation), a constellation * Hercules, California, a small town in California named after the Hercules Powder Company * Baile Herculane, a spa town in Romania * Hercules emulator, an IBM mainframe emulator * Hercules Graphics Card * Hercules Motorcycles, built by aviation pioneer Glenn Curtiss * HMS Hercules, several ships of the Royal Navy * The Bristol Hercules, an aircraft engine * The C-130 Hercules, a transport aircraft * USS Hercules (PHM-2), a hydrofoil formerly operated by the United States Navy. * The moon Impact crater Hercules (crater) Roman mythology LGBT mythology la:Hercules
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Hercules:_the_Legendary_Journeys
Hercules_(1907)
Hercules_(1997_movie)
Hercules_(astronomy)
Hercules_(astronomy)
Hercules_(comics)
Hercules_(comics)
Hercules_(constellation)
Hercules_(constellation)
Hercules_(crater)
Hercules_(disambiguation)
Hercules_(Marvel_character)
Hercules_(movie)
Hercules_(movie,_1997)
Hercules_(TV_series)
Hercules_and_Hylas_wiki.ogg
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Hercules_emulator
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Hercules_Globular_Cluster
Hercules_Graphics_Card
Hercules_in_New_York
Hercules_Kabuterimon
Hercules_kabuterimon
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Hercules_Linton
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