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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.
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.
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, 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.
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 ...
Heracles was the son born by the mortal woman Alcmene after her affair with Zeus, the king of the gods, who had disguised himself as her husband Amphitryon. [4] Alcmene, fearing the jealousy of Zeus's wife Hera , exposed her infant son, who was taken by either Zeus or his daughter Athena (the protectress of heroes) to Hera, who did not ...
Goro: In the anime spin-off of Inuyasha, Yashahime: Princess Half-Demon, he is the demigod son of Oharu and Mahiruma. Hercules: Son of Zeus in the DC Universe. Bigby Wolf: In the game series The Wolf Among Us and the comic series Fables, he is the son of Boreas (Greek god of the north wind) and Winter Wolf. Jason Grace: son of Jupiter and Beryl ...
Demophon, the king of Athens, son of Theseus, and an ally. Macaria, Heracles's daughter and Alcmene, Heracles's elderly mother. Other characters include Hyllus, Heracles's eldest son and the herald Copreus. The play begins at the altar of Zeus at Marathon where Heracles's children, Iolaus and Alcmene take shelter. King Eurystheus is determined ...