Latest News for: heracles

Edit

Ancient Greek Gymnasium in Agrigento Italy Reveals New Findings

Greek Reporter 04 Mar 2026
Temple of Concordia – Agrigento, Italy. Credit. Public Domain ... Ancient Greek Gymnasium. A center of education and civic life ... Excavations also revealed a monumental changing room decorated with inscriptions devoted to Hermes and Heracles ... ....
Edit

The Greek Myth That Gave the Milky Way Its Name

Greek Reporter 18 Feb 2026
Zeus had a half-mortal son, Heracles, and he desperately wanted the child to become immortal ... Hera was not Heracles’ mother and, understandably, was far from pleased with her husband’s latest affair.
Edit

Temenus: The Legendary Conqueror Who Redefined Ancient Greece

Greek Reporter 16 Feb 2026
He led his fellow descendants of Heracles in a successful invasion of the Peloponnese ... Temenus belonged to a group known as the Heracleidae, or Heraclids, the descendants of the renowned Heracles, celebrated for his twelve labors.
Edit

The Forgotten Pillars of Hercules in Southern Greece

Greek Reporter 02 Feb 2026
Hercules and Atlas, by Lucas Cranach the Elder, c. 1537. Credit ... The Pillars of Hercules, also known as the Pillars of Heracles, are a geographical feature mentioned frequently in ancient Greek texts ... Pillars of Heracles in all four cardinal directions.
  • 1

Article Search

tools
×
×
×
×