1. HERAKLES

3. ho hêrôs The Hero ma ton Hêraklea By Herakles… Hêraklês Alexikakos Herakles Who Keeps Evil Away

4. Hero Pattern BIRTH Mixed Status CHILDHOOD Signs of Election Separation
Education
DEPARTURE
Call
Sidekick
Journey
Exploits
Encounters
RETURN / DEATH
Failure
Reconciliation
Death
MEMORIALIZATION
Myth & Ritual

5. Herakles Pattern BIRTH Mixed Status Zeus + Alcmena CHILDHOOD
Signs of Election
Separation
Education
persecution by Hera; birth of Eurystheus
infant strangles snakes sent by Hera
persecution
centaur Cheiron; staff of teachers
DEPARTURE
Call & Exploits
Sidekick
Journey
enslavement to Eurystheus
12 athloi (labors)
parerga (side deeds)
enslavement to Omphale
praxeis (acts)
[Iphikles]
(1) Greece
(2) Asia Minor, Egypt, West
(3) beyond limits (Hesperides, Underworld)
RETURN / DEATH
Failure
Death
Reconciliation
poisoned robe
death by immolation
apotheosis; marriage to Hebe
MEMORIAL
Myth & Ritual
Herakles as panhellenic hêrôs

6. Zeus + Alcmena + Amphitryon | | Herakles Iphikles

7. Herakles Pattern BIRTH Mixed Status Zeus + Alcmena CHILDHOOD
Signs of Election
Separation
Education
persecution by Hera; birth of Eurystheus
infant strangles snakes sent by Hera
persecution
centaur Cheiron; staff of teachers
DEPARTURE
Call & Exploits
Sidekick
Journey
enslavement to Eurystheus
12 athloi (labors)
parerga (side deeds)
enslavement to Omphale
praxeis (acts)
[Iphikles]
(1) Greece
(2) Asia Minor, Egypt, West
(3) beyond limits (Hesperides, Underworld)
RETURN / DEATH
Failure
Death
Reconciliation
poisoned robe
death by immolation
apotheosis; marriage to Hebe
MEMORIAL
Myth & Ritual
Herakles as panhellenic hêrôs

8. Herakles & Hera

9. Eurystheus

10. Herakles & Iphikles

11. Herakles Pattern BIRTH Mixed Status Zeus + Alcmena CHILDHOOD
Signs of Election
Separation
Education
persecution by Hera; birth of Eurystheus
infant strangles snakes sent by Hera
persecution
centaur Cheiron; staff of teachers
DEPARTURE
Call & Exploits
Sidekick
Journey
enslavement to Eurystheus
12 athloi (labors)
parerga (side deeds)
enslavement to Omphale
praxeis (acts)
[Iphikles]
(1) Greece
(2) Asia Minor, Egypt, West
(3) beyond limits (Hesperides, Underworld)
RETURN / DEATH
Failure
Death
Reconciliation
poisoned robe
death by immolation
apotheosis; marriage to Hebe
MEMORIAL
Myth & Ritual
Herakles as panhellenic hêrôs

12. Cheiron

13. Herakles Pattern BIRTH Mixed Status Zeus + Alcmena CHILDHOOD
Signs of Election
Separation
Education
persecution by Hera; birth of Eurystheus
infant strangles snakes sent by Hera
persecution
centaur Cheiron; staff of teachers
DEPARTURE
Call & Exploits
Sidekick
Journey
enslavement to Eurystheus
12 athloi (labors)
parerga (side deeds)
enslavement to Omphale
praxeis (acts)
[Iphikles]
(1) Greece
(2) Asia Minor, Egypt, West
(3) beyond limits (Hesperides, Underworld)
RETURN / DEATH
Failure
Death
Reconciliation
poisoned robe
death by immolation
apotheosis; marriage to Hebe
MEMORIAL
Myth & Ritual
Herakles as panhellenic hêrôs

14. Zeus + Alcmena + Amphitryon | | Herakles Iphikles

15. Early Exploits
• Murder of Linus • Sex with 50 daughters of Thespis • Mutilation of heralds • Murder of Megara and children

16. Herakles & Linus

17. Megara
Therimachus
Creontiades
Ophitus
Deicoon
Omphale
Agelaus
Tyrsenus
Deianira
Hyllus
Ctesippus
Glenus
Oneites
Macaria
Hebe
Alexiares
Anicetus
Astydameia, daughter of Ormenius
Astyoche, daughter of Phylas
Tlepolemus
Auge
Telephus
Autonoe, daughter of Piraeus / Iphinoe, daughter of Antaeus
Palaemon
Baletia, daughter of Baletus
Brettus
Barge
Bargasus
Bolbe
Olynthus
Celtine
Celtus
Chalciope
Thessalus
Chania, nymph
Gelon
Agathyrsus
Gelonus
Skythes
Epicaste
Thestalus
Lavinia, daughter of Evander
Pallas
Malis, a slave of Omphale
Acelus
Meda
Antiochus
Melite (heroine)
Melite (naiad)
Hyllus (possibly)
Myrto
Eucleia
Palantho of Hyperborea
Latinus
Parthenope
Everes
Phialo
Aechmagoras
Psophis
Echephron
Promachus
Pyrene
Rhea, Italian priestess
Aventinus
Thebe, daughter of Adramys
Tinge, wife of Antaeus
Sophax
50 daughters of Thespius
 50 sons
Unnamed Celtic woman
Galates
Unnamed slave of Omphale
Alcaeus / Cleodaeus
Unnamed daughter of Syleus Xenodoce?
Unknown consorts
Agylleus
Amathous
Azon
Chromis
Cyrnus
Dexamenus
Leucites
Manto
Pandaie
Phaestus or Rhopalus

18. Megara

19. Madness of Herakles

20. Eurystheus

21. Herakles Pattern BIRTH Mixed Status Zeus + Alcmena CHILDHOOD
Signs of Election
Separation
Education
persecution by Hera; birth of Eurystheus
infant strangles snakes sent by Hera
persecution
centaur Cheiron; staff of teachers
DEPARTURE
Call & Exploits
Sidekick
Journey
enslavement to Eurystheus
12 athloi (labors)
parerga (side deeds)
enslavement to Omphale
praxeis (acts)
[Iphikles]
(1) Greece
(2) Asia Minor, Egypt, West
(3) beyond limits (Hesperides, Underworld)
RETURN / DEATH
Failure
Death
Reconciliation
poisoned robe
death by immolation
apotheosis; marriage to Hebe
MEMORIAL
Myth & Ritual
Herakles as panhellenic hêrôs

23. LOCAL EXPLOITS
1. Nemean Lion 2. Lernaean Hydra 3. Ceryneian Deer 4. Erymanthian Boar Parergon: Pholus and Cheiron 5. Augean Stables 6. Stymphalian Birds

24. 1: Nemean Lion

25. Nemean Lion

27. LOCAL EXPLOITS
1. Nemean Lion 2. Lernaean Hydra 3. Ceryneian Deer 4. Erymanthian Boar Parergon: Pholus and Cheiron 5. Augean Stables 6. Stymphalian Birds

28. 2: Hydra

29. Hydra

30. Typhoeus Nemean Lion Hydra

31. LOCAL EXPLOITS
1. Nemean Lion 2. Lernaean Hydra 3. Ceryneian Deer 4. Erymanthian Boar Parergon: Pholus and Cheiron 5. Augean Stables 6. Stymphalian Birds

32. 3: Ceryneian Deer

33. LOCAL EXPLOITS
1. Nemean Lion 2. Lernaean Hydra 3. Ceryneian Deer 4. Erymanthian Boar Parergon: Pholus and Cheiron 5. Augean Stables 6. Stymphalian Birds

34. 4: Erymanthian Boar

35. Erymanthian Boar

36. LOCAL EXPLOITS
1. Nemean Lion 2. Lernaean Hydra 3. Ceryneian Deer 4. Erymanthian Boar Parergon: Pholus and Cheiron 5. Augean Stables 6. Stymphalian Birds

37. Parergon: Pholus

38. Centaur (半人马)

39. Cheiron

40. Centaurs

41. Ixion Dia + Ixion + Hera (Nephele) | | Perithoös Centauros | Centaurs
• Ixion refuses to pay dowry
• Ixion roasts father-in-law alive
• Zeus purifies Ixion
• Ixion attempts to rape Hera
• Zeus substitutes Nephele

42. Centaurs

43. Centaurs CENTAUR nature theriomorph animal extreme strength
extreme violence
weapons of nature
body
animal noise
intellectual impairment
addiction to alcohol
sexual promiscuity
rape, violation of marriage

44. LOCAL EXPLOITS
1. Nemean Lion 2. Lernaean Hydra 3. Ceryneian Deer 4. Erymanthian Boar Parergon: Pholus and Cheiron 5. Augean Stables 6. Stymphalian Birds

45. 5: Augean Stables

46. LOCAL EXPLOITS
1. Nemean Lion 2. Lernaean Hydra 3. Ceryneian Deer 4. Erymanthian Boar Parergon: Pholus and Cheiron 5. Augean Stables 6. Stymphalian Birds

47. 6: Stymphalian Birds

48. Stymphalian Birds

50. REGIONAL EXPLOITS
7. Cretan Bull 8. Horses of Diomedes Parergon: Alcestis 9. Girdle of Hippolyta

51. 7: Cretan Bull

52. Minos + Pasiphae + Bull Minotaur

53. REGIONAL EXPLOITS
7. Cretan Bull 8. Horses of Diomedes Parergon: Alcestis 9. Girdle of Hippolyta

54. 8: Horses of Diomedes

55. REGIONAL EXPLOITS
7. Cretan Bull 8. Horses of Diomedes Parergon: Alcestis 9. Girdle of Hippolyta

56. Parergon: Alcestis

57. Thanatos, Alcestis, Herakles

58. REGIONAL EXPLOITS
7. Cretan Bull 8. Horses of Diomedes Parergon: Alcestis 9. Girdle of Hippolyta

59. 9. Girdle of Hippolyta

60. Amazon

61. Amazons

62. Amazons

63. GLOBAL EXPLOITS
10. Cattle of Geryon 11. Apples of Hesperides Parergon: Antaeus Parergon: Busiris Parergon: Prometheus 12. Cerberus

64. Cup of the Sun

65. 10: Cattle of Geryon

66. Geryon

67. GLOBAL EXPLOITS
10. Cattle of Geryon 11. Apples of Hesperides Parergon: Atlas Parergon: Antaeus Parergon: Busiris Parergon: Prometheus 12. Cerberus

68. 11: Apples of Hesperides

69. Typhoeus Nemean Lion Hydra Serpent of Hesperides

70. Hesperides

71. GLOBAL EXPLOITS
10. Cattle of Geryon 11. Apples of Hesperides Parergon: Atlas Parergon: Antaeus Parergon: Busiris Parergon: Prometheus 12. Cerberus

72. Parergon: Herakles & Atlas

73. Parergon: Antaeus

74. Antaeus

75. Parergon: Busiris

76. Busiris

77. Parergon: Prometheus

78. Prometheus

79. GLOBAL EXPLOITS
10. Cattle of Geryon 11. Apples of Hesperides Parergon: Atlas Parergon: Antaeus Parergon: Busiris Parergon: Prometheus 12. Cerberus

80. 12: Cerberus

81. Typhoeus Nemean Lion Hydra Serpent of Hesperides Cerberus

82. Cerberus

83. Cerberus

84. Cerberus

85. Themes in Labors encounters with death
Hydra, Stymphalian Birds, Alcestis, Geryon, Cerberus
cosmogonic battles
Lion, Hydra, Cerberus
enforcement of xenia
Ceryneian Deer, Alcestis, Busiris
violation of xenia
Linus, Megara, Pholus, Cheiron, Alcestis, Hippolyta

86. Greek Colonization

87. Herakles Pattern BIRTH Mixed Status Zeus + Alcmena CHILDHOOD
Signs of Election
Separation
Education
infant strangles snakes sent by Hera
persecution; birth of Eurystheus
centaur Cheiron; staff of teachers
DEPARTURE
Call & Exploits
Sidekick
Journey
enslavement to Eurystheus
12 athloi (labors)
parerga (side deeds)
enslavement to Omphale
praxeis (acts)
[Iphikles]
(1) Greece
(2) Asia Minor, Egypt, West
(3) beyond limits (Hesperides, Underworld)
RETURN / DEATH
Failure
Death
Reconciliation
poisoned robe
death by immolation
apotheosis; marriage to Hebe
MEMORIAL
Myth & Ritual
Herakles as panhellenic hêrôs

88. Second Enslavement
• Iole • Murder of Iphitus • Theft of Delphic Tripod • Enslavement to Omphale • rape of Herakles • Cercopes

89. Delphic Tripod

90. Second Enslavement
• Iole • Murder of Iphitus • Theft of Delphic Tripod • Enslavement to Omphale • rape of Herakles • Cercopes

91. Omphale

92. Herakles & Omphale

93. Second Enslavement
• Iole • Murder of Iphitus • Theft of Delphic Tripod • Enslavement to Omphale • rape of Herakles by Pan • theft of clothes by Cercopes

94. Second Enslavement
• Iole • Murder of Iphitus • Theft of Delphic Tripod • Enslavement to Omphale • rape of Herakles by Pan • theft of clothes by Cercopes

95. Second Enslavement
• Iole • Murder of Iphitus • Theft of Delphic Tripod • Enslavement to Omphale • rape of Herakles by Pan • theft of clothes by Cercopes

96. Cercopes

97. Herakles Pattern BIRTH Mixed Status Zeus + Alcmena CHILDHOOD
Signs of Election
Separation
Education
infant strangles snakes sent by Hera
persecution; birth of Eurystheus
centaur Cheiron; staff of teachers
DEPARTURE
Call & Exploits
Sidekick
Journey
enslavement to Eurystheus
12 athloi (labors)
parerga (side deeds)
enslavement to Omphale
praxeis (acts)
[Iphikles]
(1) Greece
(2) Asia Minor, Egypt, West
(3) beyond limits (Hesperides, Underworld)
RETURN / DEATH
Failure
Death
Reconciliation
poisoned robe
death by immolation
apotheosis; marriage to Hebe
MEMORIAL
Myth & Ritual
Herakles as panhellenic hêrôs

98. Second Marriage (Deianira)
• contest with Achelous • marriage to Deianira • attempted rape of Deianira by Nessus

99. Achelous

100. Second Marriage (Deianira)
• contest with Achelous • marriage to Deianira • attempted rape of Deianira by Nessus

101. Deianira & Nessus

102. Nessus

103. Death/Apotheosis of Herakles
• marriage to Iole • poisoned robe • death of Herakles • apotheosis of Herakles • marriage to Hebe

104. Deianira

105. Death/Apotheosis of Herakles
• marriage to Iole • poisoned robe • death of Herakles • apotheosis of Herakles • marriage to Hebe

106. Herakles & Philoktetes

107. Death of Herakles

108. Hebe

109. Themes encounters with death
Hydra, Stymphalian Birds, Alcestis, Geryon, Cerberus
cosmogonic battles
Lion, Hydra, Cerberus, Hesperid Serpent
enforcement of xenia
Ceryneian Deer, Alcestis, Antaeus, Busiris, Cercopes, Nessus
violation of xenia
Linus, Megara, Pholus, Cheiron, Alcestis, Hippolyta, Iphitus

110. Herakles as Split Character
culture-bringer, tamer of nature, avenger of lawlessness (esp. xenia)
savage, destructive, uncontrollable beast-man, violator of xenia
liminal character, perpetually trapped in initiation mode

111. Lucius Aurelius Commodus (180-192 CE)

113. Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin (1952—)