Archaeologists excavating a private property in Florence, Italy, discovered a 20-inch statue of Hercules missing its head, though not altogether headless. Despite no cranium on the Greek hero, the ...

Two talented Greek Australians have brought the iconic hero of Hercules to life in a new art form, creating a sand sculpture ...

For Heracles‘s tenth labor, King Eurystheus commanded the hero to journey to the edge of the known world and steal the ...

This action showed Eurystheus’s ability to use Heracles’s hero status to strengthen his political connections with other Greek leaders. Heracles’s rising political influence and popularity ...

One of the most recognized Greek mythology TV shows is “Hercules: The Legendary Journeys.” Are the graphics of the 1995 show goofy and laughable by today’s standards? Sure, but it’s still a vital ...

However, Zeus liked Heracles so much that he took him to Mount Olympus and made him immortal. Watch the video below to find out how another famous Greek hero, Perseus, killed a monster called Medusa.

Whatever the precise origin of the games, they became a central aspect of Greek ... by Heracles (Hercules), who brought a sacred olive tree to Olympia, an alternative myth has the hero Pelops ...