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He also had a sister, Laonome, who married Euphemus or Polyphemus. Iphicles was the father of Heracles' charioteer Iolaus by his first wife, Automedusa, daughter of Alcathous. [2] Afterwards, he fathered two children by Pyrrha, the younger daughter of Creon. [3] [4]
His twin mortal brother, son of Amphitryon, was Iphicles, father of Heracles's charioteer Iolaus. The Origin of the Milky Way by Jacopo Tintoretto On the night Heracles and Iphicles were to be born, Hera, knowing of her husband Zeus's adultery, persuaded Zeus to swear an oath that the child born that night to a member of the House of Perseus ...
In Greek mythology, Atlas (/ ˈ æ t l ə s /; Ancient Greek: Ἄτλας, Átlās) is a Titan condemned to hold up the heavens or sky for eternity after the Titanomachy.Atlas also plays a role in the myths of two of the greatest Greek heroes: Heracles (Hercules in Roman mythology) and Perseus.
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.
The lead sister asked Alcmene why Hercules was shy around her. Alcmene (portrayed by Jennifer Ludlam , Kim Michalis, Elizabeth Hawthorne , Liddy Holloway , Rachel Blakely , and Sharon Tyrrell in the TV series, voiced by Josephine Davison in the animated film) - Alcmene is the mother of Hercules and Iphicles through Zeus.
Eurystheus appears in the 2014 film Hercules, portrayed by Joseph Fiennes. Here, Eurystheus (depicted as King of Athens in 361 BC, when the city was actually a democracy) is responsible for the death of Hercules' family, rather than Hercules under Hera's spell, having drugged Hercules and sent three black wolves to attack him. The wolves killed ...
Hercules and Achelous in a Roman wall painting from the Hall of the Augustales. According to Hesiod, Achelous, along with all the other river gods, was the son of the Titans Oceanus and Tethys. [6] According to the sixth-century mythographer Acusilaus, Achelous was the "oldest and most honoured" of the river-god offspring of Oceanus. [7]
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 ...