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*.* Heracles

Heracles (from ancient greek Ἡρακλῆς , comprising Ἥρα , was and κλέος , glory, "glory of Hera" ) is a hero Greek mythology, Roman mythology, corresponding to the figure of Hercules . Son of Zeus and Alcmene , he was born in Thebes and was equipped with superhuman strength. The surname is poetic that defines Alcide resulting from Alcaeus, his putative grandfather.
of this hero's story is told in a single work, but many have been written that he partakes in, or very marginally. Celebrate his incredible feats, such as the twelve labors who see him deal with multiple heads snakes, lions impossible to scratch the skin, able to shoot birds feathers sharp as knives and many other monsters the hero, both for courage that cunning, always managed to defeat.
Still unbeaten lost his life in his own hand, setting themselves on fire at the stake, torn apart by grief Deianira , his wife, unaware of the betrayal of the centaur Nessus, caused by dipping his tunic in a deadly poison. Increased in ' Olympus married Hebe , the cupbearer of the gods and became the guardian god, even reuniting with was , his eternal enemy.
Major greek hero, Olympic gods after death, Heracles was revered as a symbol of courage and strength, but also of humanity and generosity, even among the Romans. It was considered the protector of sports and fitness ^[1] . He was honored in numerous shrines scattered all over Greece and its many businesses, an expression of altruism and physical strength, they did believe the founder of the Olympic Games . In some cases, highlighting the generosity with which we face formidable opponents, he became the hero image of intense moral force, as well as purely physical.
His complex personality, the setting for some of its businesses and the fact that most of them is related to animals, sometimes equate the image of Hercules to the ancient shamans, endowed with supernatural powers, and a certain commonality of aspects can be traced also in Phoenician heroes as Melqart .
The twelve labors, then, may have some correlation with the signs of the zodiac , many of which are in fact represented by animals. In the Roman world
Hercules presided over the gyms and all the places in which there was physical activity, also considered an auspicious deity, the invocations were addressed in the event of misfortune, calling Hercules Defensor or Salutaris .
It is also worth remembering that almost the modern age Strait of Gibraltar was known as "Pillars of Hercules , with expression clearly evocative memories of trips and travel hero who, in the course of his business, he touched the countries of 'Asia Minor and Caucasus and reached the Far East and the Great Ocean, that marked the "land of the living." The legend was of Phoenician origin: the god tirio Melqart (identified later by the Romans called Hercules and Hercules Gaditanus , Gades to the famous temple dedicated to him) would have put two columns on the sides of the Straits, which were then considered the 'extreme limit reached by Hercules and especially in the Middle Ages, the border post from God that all people are pushed into the Atlantic Ocean.