2023年7月14日 · The following is a roughly chronological list of some important Greek and Roman examples (note that in Roman sources, Heracles would have been called Hercules). …

2023年3月22日 · In particular, the Erymanthian Boar can be found in contemporary retellings of the Heracles myth, including the TV series Hercules: The Legendary Journeys and the 2014 …

2023年7月11日 · Hippolyta has featured in some modern adaptations of Greek mythology, including the 1990s television series Hercules: The Legendary Journeys and Xena: Warrior …

2023年5月20日 · Greek. Hesiod (eighth/seventh century BCE): The Nemean Lion’s mythology and genealogy are mentioned briefly in the Theogony. Bacchylides (ca. 518–ca. 451 BCE): …

2023年9月11日 · The most complete accounts of Antaeus’ myth come from Roman rather than Greek literature. Some of the earliest sources to describe how Heracles (Hercules to the …

2023年3月22日 · Geryon still rears his head (or heads) in some modern adaptations of Greek mythology, including Rick Riordan’s Percy Jackson and the Olympians book series and the TV …

2023年5月20日 · The Hydra has had a long and colorful afterlife in modern pop culture. The mythical creature has been adapted by writers such as H. P. Lovecraft and Henry Kuttner. A …

2023年3月8日 · This type of detailed description of an object—known as ekphrasis in Greek—was an important trope in ancient Greek and Latin literature. Perhaps the most famous example of …

2022年12月7日 · Hades was a fearsome Greek god and ruler of the Underworld. So dreaded by the Greeks that they didn’t dare speak his name, his most famous act was abducting …

2023年3月8日 · Drakōn: Dragon Myth and Serpent Cult in the Greek and Roman Worlds. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2013. Smith, William. “Cerberus.” In A Dictionary of Greek and …