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Herakles – What’s In A Name?

by Sean Kelly, Managing Editor, Classical Wisdom He’s the greatest of the Greek heroes. There’s probably no other Greek figure that has had more movies, TV shows, and other adaptations based on their tales. Although, in a lot of these cases, it’s not the character’s original Greek name, Herakles, that is used. Rather, we may

Written on November 20, 2021 at 6:21 pm, by Sean Kelly

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Categories: Heroes, Mythology

Tags: Euripides, eurystheus, hera, Herakles, hercules, Kleos, Names, twelve labours

Serpents in the Stars: The Hydra Constellation

Written by Danielle Alexander, Contributing Writer, Classical Wisdom In modern astronomy, this constellation is often divided into two or four parts. One is a female water snake called Hydra, the other, Hydrus. A smaller constellation located in the southern hemisphere, Hydrus is considered the male counterpart of this giant, sprawling star serpent. At twenty-seven stars,

Written on December 30, 2020 at 8:14 am, by KristinD

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Categories: Astronomy

Tags: Ancient Greek Mythology, Ancient Greeks Astronomy, astronomy, hercules, mythology

Hunting Dogs in the Ancient World

Written by Robert Gate, Contributing Writer, Classical Wisdom For millennia, dogs and people have shared a close partnership. No one is still ready to claim when and where the first dog was domesticated, but it is generally accepted that it was for hunting. Thousands of years ago, men did not have big guns to aid

Written on September 2, 2020 at 6:00 am, by Alex Barrientos

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Categories: History

Tags: argos, Artemis, Cerberus, Dogs, Egypt, Greece, Hecate, hercules, Hunting, hunting dogs, King Odysseus, Rome, Virgil

The Myth of Atlas: Holding up the Heavens

Written by Edward Whelan, Contributing Writer, Classical Wisdom Many of us are familiar with stories from the Greek myths. However, our knowledge of them is often imperfect. Many of us hear the story of Atlas, the Titan, but few of us know the full story. The story of Atlas and his fate is one of

Written on April 29, 2020 at 8:42 am, by Whelan

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Categories: Mythology

Tags: Atlantis, Atlas, Fall of the Titans, hercules, titanomachy, zeus

The Tumultuous Tale of Heracles and Hera

Heracles and Hera had a difficult relationship. In fact, the queen of the Gods tremendously hated the half-man known for his strength and hero status, and really went out her way to make his life as difficult as possible. Snubbing Heracles publicly would just not do… Hera wanted to make him suffer. It all started

Written on July 23, 2019 at 9:02 am, by Anya Leonard

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Categories: Mythology

Tags: Deianira, Greek Mythology, hera, heracles, hercules, Ilithyia, Iole, Mount Olympus, The heraclean plays

The myth of Jason and the Argonauts

Imagine a group of superheroes, each with their own special power, traveling around on wild, improbable adventures. There is the guy who can fly, another with super strength and yet another fellow with a secret, unbeatable weapon. And of course there is also the captain of the team, usually an “all around good guy” who’s

Written on July 16, 2019 at 9:12 am, by Anya Leonard

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Categories: Heroes

Tags: argonauts, heracles, hercules, Jason, Philoletes

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