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Heracles and his son Telephus. (Marble, Roman copy of the 1st or 2nd century CE) All of Heracles's marriages and almost all of his heterosexual affairs resulted in births of a number of sons and at least four daughters. One of the most prominent is Hyllus, the son of Heracles and Deianeira or Melite.
Hercules (/ ˈ h ɜːr k j ʊ ˌ l iː z /, US: /-k j ə-/) [2] is the Roman equivalent of the Greek divine hero Heracles, son of Jupiter and the mortal Alcmena. In classical mythology , Hercules is famous for his strength and for his numerous far-ranging adventures.
Title card for The Sons of Hercules series. The Sons of Hercules is a syndicated Embassy Pictures television show that aired in the United States in the 1960s. The series repackaged 13 Italian sword-and-sandal films by giving them a standardized theme song for the opening and closing titles, as well as a standard introductory narration attempting to relate the lead character in each film to ...
Heracles with the infant Telephus and deer, mid second century AD. Paris, Louvre MA 75. [1]In Greek mythology, Telephus (/ ˈ t ɛ l ɪ f ə s /; Ancient Greek: Τήλεφος, Tēlephos, "far-shining") [2] was the son of Heracles and Auge, who was the daughter of king Aleus of Tegea.
Heracles holding Hyllus with Deianira nearby, as the centaur Nessus pleads for his life (Pompeii fresco) Heracles with his son Telephus, one of the Heracleidae. The Heracleidae (/ h ɛr ə ˈ k l aɪ d iː /; Ancient Greek: Ἡρακλεῖδαι) or Heraclids / ˈ h ɛr ə k l ɪ d z / were the numerous descendants of Heracles, especially applied in a narrower sense to the descendants of ...
In Roman mythology, Fabius was the son of Hercules and an unnamed mother.. In "The Life of Fabius Maximus" from the Parallel Lives by Plutarch, Fabius, the first of his name, was the son of Hercules by a nymph or a woman native to the country, who consorted with Hercules by the River Tiber.
Hercules, holding Hyllus, and Deianira meet the centaur Nessus, who will attempt to rape Deianira when he helps her to cross the river. In Greek mythology, Hyllus (/ ˈ h ɪ l ə s /; Ancient Greek: Ὕλλος, Hyllos) or Hyllas (Ὕλλᾱς, Hyllas) was a son of Heracles and Deianira [1] [2] and the husband of Iole.
Aventinus was a son of Hercules and the priestess Rhea mentioned in Virgil's Aeneid, Book vii. 656, as an ally of Mezentius and enemy of Aeneas (Dryden's translation): Next Aventinus drives his chariot round The Latian plains, with palms and laurels crown'd. Proud of his steeds, he smokes along the field; His father's hydra fills his ample shield: