2023年5月20日 · A 2009 monster movie, titled simply Hydra, was also inspired by the many-headed serpent of Greek mythology. Moreover, the name “Hydra” was given to a villainous organization in the Marvel Comics and Marvel Cinematic Universe; the organization’s name is evocative of its wide reach and numerous members, and its motto is an allusion to the ...

2023年9月21日 · Iolaus was a Greek hero, the son of Heracles’ half-brother Iphicles. He became the companion and helper of his uncle Heracles, assisting him on most of his adventures. Later, it was Iolaus who protected Heracles’ children from Eurystheus, the cruel king responsible for assigning Heracles his Twelve Labors.

2023年3月22日 · Echidna was a primeval female monster, usually represented as a woman from the waist up and a snake from the waist down. She was said to have been the mother of some of the most fearsome monsters of Greek myth, including Cerberus, the Chimera, and the Hydra.

2023年7月14日 · Eurystheus sent Heracles to fight fearsome monsters such as the Nemean Lion, the Hydra, and even Cerberus, the guard dog of Hades. But Heracles—much to the disappointment of both Eurystheus and Hera—successfully completed each of his labors, which only served to increase his fame. Hercules and the Hydra by John Singer Sargent (1921)

2023年3月23日 · Ogden, Daniel. “Ladon, Slain or Tricked by Heracles.” In Drakon: Dragon Myth and Serpent Cult in the Greek and Roman Worlds, 33–40. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2013. Smith, William. “Ladon (2).” In A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology. London: Spottiswoode and Company, 1873. Perseus Digital Library. Accessed ...

2023年3月24日 · Osborne, Robin. “Framing the Centaur: Reading 5th-Century Architectural Sculpture.” In Art and Text in Ancient Greek Culture, edited by Simon Goldhill and Robin Osborne, 52–84. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1994. Smith, William. “Nessus (2).” In A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology. London: Spottiswoode and ...

2023年3月25日 · Typhoeus (or Typhon) was an enormous monster, often imagined with multiple fire-breathing dragon heads. According to most traditions, Gaia bore him to be a challenger to Zeus, but the king of the Olympians ultimately defeated Typhoeus and …

2023年3月24日 · Gantz, Timothy. “Labor X: The Cattle of Geryoneus.” In Early Greek Myth: A Guide to Literary and Artistic Sources, 402–8. Baltimore, MD: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1993. Smith, William. “Heracles or Hercules.” In A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology. London: Spottiswoode and Company, 1873. Perseus Digital Library.

2023年5月16日 · Apollodorus, Library 3.15.6, translated by James G. Frazer.See also Plutarch, Life of Theseus 3.3. ↩; The fifth-century BCE poet Bacchylides tells a story of how Theseus proved that he was the son of Poseidon by diving into the sea and retrieving a ring that had been tossed into it by King Minos (Bacchylides, Ode 17).

2022年11月29日 · Greek mythology is full of fantastic and terrifying creatures, many of whom were born at the dawn of creation. The one-eyed Cyclopes and the Hecatoncheires (“Hundred-Handers”), for example, were offspring of Gaia, the primordial earth deity. But there were countless other creatures in Greek mythology, diverse in appearance and abilities.