Athena
Heracles (Hercules)
Alcmene, mother of Herakles
Eurystheus, uncle of Herakles and king of Tiryns and Mycenae
Amphitryon, uncle and step-father of Herakles
Iphicles, half-brother of Herakles
Hera
Eileithyia
Galanthis
Linos, music teacher
Autolycus, Eurytus, Castor
Amphitryon and Thespios
Megara, Heracles's first wife
Deianeira, Heracles's second wife
Iolaus, nephew
Nessus, a centaur
Hippolyta, Amazon queen
Achelous, river god
King Eurytus of Oichalia (Euboea)
Iole
Iphitus
Hyllus
Erginos
THE LABORS:
Nemean Lion
Lernaean Hydra
Ceryneian Deer
Erymanthian Boar
Augean Stables
Stymphalian Birds
Cretan Bull
Horses of Diomedes
Girdle of Hippolyta
Cattle of Geryon
Apples of the Hesperides
Cerberus
athloi
apotheosis
Mt. Kithairon
Mycenae
Tiryns
Argos
Nemea
Lerna
Arcadia
Alpheus and Peneus rivers
Rock of Ceuta (Tangiers) - Rock of Gibralter
IMAGES
Herakles wrestles the Nemean Lion. His sword and club in the background. Attic Red-figure hydria by the Kleophrades Painter, ca. 500. Insription reads: KALOS EI (you are beautiful). H. 36.3 cm., Diam. 31.8 cm. Simon, Erika. Die Griechischen Vasen. Hirmir Verlag, Munich: 1981. Plate 127
Herakles/Hercules and the Hydra. Early Christian wall painting, mid 4th c. AD, from Rome. H 33.5 in, W 33.5 in. Grabar, Andre. Early Christian Art: From the Rise of Christianity to the Death of Theodosius. Odyssey Press, New York: 1968. p. 187
Herakles shooting birds . Attic Black-figure amphora, ca. 550, from Vulci. Detail of body panel: Herakles shoots the Stymphalian Birds. British Museum. H. 18.5 cm. Robertson, Martin. Greek Painting. Skira 1959. pg 73.
Chalcidian black-figure amphora, ca. 540 BC, attributed to the Painter of Inscriptions, from Vulci. Palmettes and lotus flowers on neck; frieze of horsemen on shoulder; battle between Herakles and Geryon on body. Athena at far left; all figures indicated with inscribed names. H 41 cm, Diam 85 cm. Carratelli, G. P., ed. The Greek World: Art and Civilization in Magna Graecia and Sicily. New York: Rizzoli, 1996. p. 213
Metope No. 9: Herakles receiving the golden apples of the Hesperides. Marble relief. c.480 BC. Temple of Zeus, Olympia. Archaeological Museum, Olympia. Buitron-Oliver, Diana. The Greek Miracle: Classical Sculpture from the Dawn of Democracy: The Fifth Century BC. National Gallery of Art, Washington: 1992.
Nessos and Herakles abduct Deianeira. Athenian red-figure pelike showing Herakles and the centaur Nessos carrying off Deianeira (Hermitage BB 67) Greek Gold, Jewelry of the Classical World. Williams, Dyfri and Jack Ogden. Harry n. Abrams, Inc. Publishers The Metropolitan Museum of Art. 1994. Fig. 57, p. 184.
