1. Exploring our city through environmental paths 2 nd TEE/EPAS Thivas - IES Alfonso IX Zamora Mythology Heracles (Hercules)

2. Herakles was the greatest and most celebrated hero in ancient Greece. He was born at Thiva and was the child of Zeus and Alkmene. Hera, the wife of Zeus, when Herakles was born,she sent two snakes to his crypt, which Herakles struggled them. At his manhood he visited Delphi and God Apollo ordered him to go to the king of Tiryns, Eurystheus and perform twelve heroic feats. Herakles had many other adventures and among them was the battle of Giants, in which he helped his father Zeus to defeat the Giants, in the battle for the control of mount Olympus Herakles (Hercules)

3. Herakles married again later, with the beautiful Deianira, Deianira, afraid that she might loose him, smeared a cloak she had weaved, with the blood of centaur Nessus, who had given her before he was killed by Herakles, with the promise that whoever wears it, he would love her for ever. When Herakles wore the cloak Deianira gave him, the balm burnt his flesh and in order to end his suffering, he ordered his friend to prepare a big pile of wood, on top of the mount Oete. He went by himself in his funeral pyre (fire), when a cloud carried him to Olympus.

4. Herakles kills the lion of Nemea, stamnos 490 BC Herakles and the Nemean lion, while Athena is watching behind h im and his nephew Iolaus right, black figure amphora 540 BC 1. The Lion of Nemea

5. Herakles and the Lernean Hydra, stamnos 480-470 BC Herakles, behind him Athena, is cutting the heads of Lernean Hydra with the help of Iolaus, amphora, 540BC 2. The Lernean Hydra

6. 3.The Hind of Keryneia (Ceryneia) The Hind of Keryneia (Ceryneia), cup 480 BC

7. 4.The Boar of the mount Erymanthus The boar of the mount Erymanthus, amphora 510 BC

8. 5. The cleansing of the stables of Augeias The cleansing of the stables of Augeias (from a relief at Rome)

9. 6. The wild birds of lake Stymphalus The Wild Birds of Stymphalus, amphora 530 BC

10. The Cretan bull, amphora 520 BC 7. The Cretan bull

11. The Horses of Diomedes, cylix 510 BC 8. The Horses of Diomedes

12. The girdle of Hyppolyte, hydria 430 BC Herakles is fighting the Amazon Andromache with the help of Telamon, amphora 560 BC 9. The girdle of Hyppolyte

13. Herakles is fighting with Geryon, amphora 540 BC 10 The oxen of Geryon

14. The golden apples of Hesperides, vase 5th century BC Herakles throws the Egyptian bodyguard of king Bousiris, stamnos 470 BC 11 The golden apples of Hesperides

15. 12. The Kerberos (Cerberus) Herakles brings Kerberos (Cerberus) to king Eurystheus, who is hiding in a jar, hydria 520 BC Herakles is trying to tie with the chain Kerberos, while Athena is watching behind him, amphora 520 BC.