The Heracles Papyrus (Sackler Library, University of Oxford, Pap. Oxyrhynchus 2331) is a fragment of a 3rd-century Greek manuscript of a poem about the Labours of Heracles. It contains three unframed colored line drawings of the first of the Labors, the killing of the Nemean lion, set within the columns of cursive text. It was found at Oxyrhynchus (Pap. 2331) and is one of the few surviving scraps of classical literary illustration on papyrus. The fragment measures 235 by 106 mm.
The HeraclesPapyrus (Sackler Library, University of Oxford, Pap. Oxyrhynchus 2331) is a fragment of a 3rd-century Greek manuscript of a poem about the...
It was made from the pith of the papyrus plant, Cyperus papyrus, a wetland sedge. Papyrus (plural: papyri or papyruses) can also refer to a document written...
Labours of Hercules or Labours of Heracles (Greek: ἆθλοι, âthloi Latin: Labores) are a series of tasks carried out by Heracles, the greatest of the Greek heroes...
widely known. Heracles was the greatest of Hellenic chthonic heroes, but unlike other Greek heroes, no tomb was identified as his. Heracles was both hero...
poem is the expedition of Heracles and Iolaus against Cycnus, the son of Ares, who challenged Heracles to combat as Heracles was passing through Thessaly...
motivates him to raise both Heracles and Iphicles equally heroic, despite having to falsely admit that Heracles is Zeus's son. Heracles (or Iphicles, which is...
Unlike other surviving illustrated fragments of papyrus, such as the Romance Papyrus and the HeraclesPapyrus, which have illustrations that are little more...
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cultures, showing the story of Heracles as a local adaptation of hero myths already well established. Traditionally, Heracles was the son of Zeus and Alcmene...
In Etruscan religion, Hercle (also Heracle or Hercl), the son of Tinia and Uni, was a version of the Greek Heracles, depicted as a muscular figure often...
began. In the myth of the birth of Heracles, it is Hera herself who sits at the door, delaying the birth of Heracles until her protégé, Eurystheus, had...
Return of Heracles". Atari Mania. "Computer Game Museum Display Case - Fracas". Lesser, Hartley G. (January–February 1984). "The Return of Heracles". Softline...
the Minotaur. Heracles was sent to capture the bull by Eurystheus as his seventh task. He sailed to Crete, whereupon Minos gave Heracles permission to...
trying to convince him not to face Heracles. The final moments of the conflict are preserved at length: Heracles shoots a deadly arrow into Geryon's...
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transformed himself into a bull and fought Heracles for the right to marry Deianeira, but was defeated, and Heracles married Deianeira. The story of Achelous...
BC—September 7, a solar eclipse on this date might mark the birth of legendary Heracles at Thebes, Greece. 1250 BC—Traditional date of the beginning of the Trojan...
Papyrus Oxyrhynchus 268 (P. Oxy. 268 or P. Oxy. II 268) is a fragment of a Repayment of a Dowry, in Greek. It was discovered in Oxyrhynchus. The manuscript...
was the first of Benton's murals on a river-related theme. Achelous and Heracles is displayed at the Smithsonian American Art Museum, on the second floor...
and fled. Agrius, repelled by Heracles in a fight. Amphion, tried to plunder Pholus of his wine and was killed by Heracles. Amycus, son of Ophion. He attended...
shapeshifter with the power of prophecy, who would aid heroes such as Heracles who managed to catch him even as he changed shapes. Nereus and Proteus...
(Δαμναμενεύς) Delas (Δήλας) Epimedes (Επιμήδης) Heracles (not to be confused with the hero Heracles) Iasios (Ιάσιος) Kelmis (Κελμις) Skythes (Σκύθης)...
items which he was to bring. Written in the same hand as Papyrus Oxyrhynchus 115 and Papyrus Oxyrhynchus 116. 12 188 117-138 Bodleian Library SB XVI 13058...
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having Athena summon Heracles. In the conflict, Porphyrion, one of the most powerful of the Giants, launches an attack upon Heracles and Hera; Zeus, however...
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