Heracles
Stub entity — referenced by another entity from source #350 but not yet directly extracted from its own source.
↻ synthesized from 38 sources
When
- First attested
- 1200 BCE
- Attested period
- -1200 – 2020
- Historical notes
- Heracles is a figure from Greek mythology.
Relationships
- parent of
- Agathyrsus, Gelonus, Scythes, Sufax, Palaemon, Macaria, Tlepolemus, Keltos, Alexiares, Anicetus
- co occurs with
- Hestia, Nemausus, Nemausios, Achilles, Periboea, Peleus, Ajax, Aeacus, Teucer, Eriboea, Liber, Ba‘al, `Ashtart, Melicertes, Malcarthos, Tyrian Heracles, Osiris, Janus, Ptah, Api, Tabiti, Papaios, Argimpasa, Terminus, Aphrodite Urania, Nessus, Psyche, Glaucus, Ariadne, Tithonus, Aristaeus, *Dyēus, Circe, Ino, Calypso, Aeolus, Adonis, Cerberus, Persephone, Enodia, Charon, Uni, Tinia, Menrva, Mean, Turan, Hera, Éris, Ate, Eileithyia, Alkmene, Iris, Nike, Poseidon, Gaea, Pollux, Erinyes, Polyxo, Helene Dendritis, Hephaestus, Eros, Dioscuri, Phobos, Deimos, Harmonia, Cadmus, Anteros, Theritas, Lapithae, Halirrhothius, Alcippe, Agraulos, Asclepius, Medusa, Stheno, Euryale, Phorcys, Ceto, Pandora, Actaeon, Orion, Athena, Phaethon, Saturn, Hercules, Phosphorus, Phaenon, Stilbon, Vesper, Moerae, Britomartis, Aphaea, Dictynna, Castor, Concordia, Atlas, Pan, Erechtheus, nymphs, Jason, Alpheus, Cephissus, Amphiaraus, Amphilochus, Panacea, Archelous, Unknown God, wind god, Zeus Hypatos, Φοίβον, Muses, Cronus, Eos, giant, Uranus, Selene, Helen, Muse, Twin Brethren, Ogmios, sibyl of the Delphi Oracle, Iolaus, Alcmene, Alexiares, Anicetus, Hebe, Horse-Face, Ox-Head, Vajrapāṇi, Jaya-Vijaya, Skanda, Lugal-irra, Meslamta-ea, Ha, Heng, Om, Hadad, Amon, Mars, Aphrodite, Gaia, Dionysus, Hermes, Hecate, Indra, centaur, Hades, Helios, Jupiter, Venus, Hesperus, Mercury, Diana, Artemis (Diana), Zeus
- enemy of
- Typhon, Ares, Antaeus, Hydra, Karkinos, Podargos, Lampon, Xanthos, Deinos, Achelous, Echidna, Alcyoneus, Porphyrion, hydra of Lerna, Carcinus, Lamia
- syncretized with
- Melqart, Sandon, Hercle, Hercules, Theandrios, Khonsu-Neferhotep, Shadrafa, Heryshaf, Šanta, Sandas, Pyroeis
- manifests as
- Her[e]cle, Hercules, Hercle, Vajrapāṇi, planet Mars (as Pyroeis)
- sibling of
- Iphicles
- manifested by
- Targī̆tavah, Hercle
- has aspect
- Her[e]cle
Mentioned by
- Hadad
- Amon
- Mars
- Aphrodite
- Gaia
- Dionysus
- Hermes
- Hecate
- Indra
- centaur
- Hades
- Helios
- Jupiter
- Venus
- Hesperus
- Mercury
and 31 more
Sources
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Source passages
“a civic ancestor – who might also be a heroic or divinised proto-founder, such as Heracles – and often, but not always, to a named deity.”
#9484 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“Parthenius had included a story about Heracles as progenitor of Gaul in his collection of stories about doomed or against-the-odds love affairs, Erotica Pathemata, where the hero is said to have begotten the race of Celts with Celtine, an indigenous princess.”
#10236 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“Ajax the Great receives his name when Heracles prays to Zeus that a son might be born to Telemon and Eriboea: Zeus sends an eagle (aetos αετός) as a sign, and Heracles then bids the parents call their son Ajax”
#11584 · extracted by anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.5
“Athenaeus (392d) summarizes a story by Eudoxus of Cnidus (c. 355 BCE) telling how Heracles the son of Zeus by Asteria (= ‘Ashtart ?) was killed by Typhon in Libya. Heracles' companion Iolaus brought a quail to the dead god (presumably a roasted quail) and its delicious scent roused Heracles back to life.”
#12041 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“Adonis was also said to have been loved by other gods such as Apollo, Heracles and Dionysus...Heracles' love of Adonis is mentioned in passing by Ptolemy Hephaestion.”
#22838 · extracted by anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.5