This is the last installment in my series of posts on the Twelve Labors of Hercules in Why Myths Still Matter (see Parts 1 and 2). Here we consider the final five Herculean labors and their possible ...

After Hercules murdered his family in a fit of madness — a tragedy engendered by the goddess Hera, who hated him — the demi-god and son of Zeus was ordered to do penance by performing 12 Labors for ...

The Greek hero Hercules has been placed under a curse by Hera, the Queen of the Gods. All he has to do to win his freedom is complete twelve labours. Twelve... impossible labours. Labours that will ...

Hercules was peacefully napping aboard a ship when a gentle breeze turned out to be a storm. The hero’s boat tossed to unknown shores and ripped to shreds. While Hercules was unconscious, a tiny folk ...

What makes a hero? What forms a legend? What is it that induces people to believe in someone? Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson’s new movie “Hercules” attempts to answer these questions in the most ...