In Homer, the mythical animal is merely identified as the hound of Haides: “When Herakles was sent down to Haides of the Gates, to hale back from Erebos (the Dark) the hound of the grisly death god ...

This is the last installment in my series of posts on the Twelve Labors of Hercules in Why Myths Still Matter (see Parts 1 and 2). Here we consider the final five Herculean labors and their possible ...

If you’re jetting off to Europe for a holiday soon, you might want to make sure you pack the sun cream, to say the least. Europe is experiencing a heatwave that is so serious it’s been named after one ...

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. Paul Manship modeled many sculptures ...

After Hercules murdered his family in a fit of madness — a tragedy engendered by the goddess Hera, who hated him — the demi-god and son of Zeus was ordered to do penance by performing 12 Labors for ...

W ith this story, we come to the end of the Labours of Hercules. The tenth labour was to bring the cattle of Geryon, a monster who had three heads and three sets of legs. The herd was kept on the ...