HUMA 1105 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Amphitryon, Labours Of Hercules, Iphicles
30 Mar 2016
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Apollodorus is an athenian writer who lived about 140 bc (2nd century bc). The name heracles is derived from the greek words hera + kles (meaning. Heracles is a very complex hero who belonged to the entire greek world: he is. Heracles had a remarkable birth: he had 2 fathers: zeus and amphitryon (a king of thebes and alcmmene"s husband) From zeus was born heracles the greatest hero; from amphitryon was born. Heracle"s cousin eurystheus, king of mycenae wanted him to preform twelve. Labours (in greek athloi means contests for which the victor wins a prize) Hera is jealous of heracles because she was jealous of the affair zeus had with. Heracles starts life as a mortal, and becomes a divinity. Heracles is an extreme character and is strongest of all mortals (even stronger than some gods) and is based upon his hubris and lack of sophosyne.
