Character · Individual
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son of Amphitryon
Descriptive reference · Remembered
son of aegis-bearing Jove
Descriptive reference · Remembered
mighty Hercules
Title · Reported
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Tlepolemus recalls that Hercules came to and sacked Ilius.
“Hercules, my own brave and lion-hearted father, who came here for the horses of Laomedon, and though he had six ships only, and few men to follow him, sacked the city of Ilius”
Minerva remembers that Hercules came back alive out of the deep waters of the Styx, attesting his prior presence there.
“when Eurystheus sent him to the house of Hades, to fetch the hell-hound from Erebus, he would never have come back alive out of the deep waters of the river Styx”
Sleep recalls that Juno’s winds took Hercules to Cos.
“on the day when Jove’s mighty son Hercules set sail from Ilius after having sacked the city of the Trojans. At your bidding I suffused my sweet self over the mind of aegis-bearing Jove, and laid him to rest; meanwhile you hatched a plot against Hercules, and set the blasts of the angry winds beating upon the sea, till you took him to the goodly city of Cos”
Jove recalls Hercules being conveyed to Cos.
“noble Hercules whom you and Boreas had spitefully conveyed beyond the seas to Cos”
Jove recalls bringing Hercules back to Argos.
“but I rescued him, and notwithstanding all his mighty labours I brought him back again to Argos”
Hercules is chased from the shore on to the plain of Troy.
“when the sea-monster was chasing him from the shore on to the plain”
Dione recounts Hercules wounding Juno and Hades with arrows.
“the mighty son of Amphitryon wounded her on the right breast with a three-barbed arrow, and nothing could assuage her pain. So, also, did huge Hades, when this same man, the son of aegis-bearing Jove, hit him with an arrow even at the gates of hell, and hurt him badly. Thereon Hades went to the house of Jove on great Olympus, angry and full of pain; and the arrow in his brawny shoulder caused him great anguish till Paeeon healed him by spreading soothing herbs on the wound, for Hades was not of mortal mould. Daring, head-strong, evildoer who recked not of his sin in shooting the gods that dwell in Olympus.”
Tlepolemus describes Hercules as lion-hearted and says he sacked Ilius with six ships and few men.
“Hercules, my own brave and lion-hearted father, who came here for the horses of Laomedon, and though he had six ships only, and few men to follow him, sacked the city of Ilius and made a wilderness of her highways.”
Minerva says Hercules was exhausted by Eurystheus’s labors, wept for aid, and would have died fetching the hell-hound without her help.
“his son when he was worn out by the labours Eurystheus had laid on him. He would weep till his cry came up to heaven, and then Jove would send me down to help him; if I had had the sense to foresee all this, when Eurystheus sent him to the house of Hades, to fetch the hell-hound from Erebus, he would never have come back alive out of the deep waters of the river Styx”
Nestor remembers Hercules devastating the Pylians so that all their best men perished.
“in former years Hercules had come, and had laid his hand heavy upon us, so that all our best men had perished”
Sleep recalls Hercules sailing from Ilius after sacking Troy and being driven by Juno’s winds to Cos away from his friends.
“Hercules set sail from Ilius after having sacked the city of the Trojans. At your bidding I suffused my sweet self over the mind of aegis-bearing Jove, and laid him to rest; meanwhile you hatched a plot against Hercules, and set the blasts of the angry winds beating upon the sea, till you took him to the goodly city of Cos, away from all his friends.”
Jove calls Hercules his lion-hearted son by Alcmena.
“Alcmena in Thebes by whom I begot my lion-hearted son Hercules”
Jove says Juno and Boreas spitefully carried Hercules over the seas to Cos after suborning the tempests.
“noble Hercules whom you and Boreas had spitefully conveyed beyond the seas to Cos, after suborning the tempests”
Achilles cites Hercules, Jove’s best beloved, as unable to escape death and says fate and Juno’s fierce anger laid him low.
“Even Hercules, the best beloved of Jove—even he could not escape the hand of death, but fate and Juno’s fierce anger laid him low”
Agamemnon’s story says mighty Hercules was due to be born to Alcmena that day in Thebes.
“on the day when Alcmena was to bring forth mighty Hercules in the fair city of Thebes”
Jove is said to see his son Hercules groaning under cruel labours imposed by Eurystheus.
“his son groaning under the cruel labours that Eurystheus laid upon him”
Evidence records not already represented by a claim.
“Hercules”
“in former years Hercules had come”
“Jove’s mighty son Hercules set sail from Ilius”
“my lion-hearted son Hercules”
“noble Hercules whom you and Boreas had spitefully conveyed beyond the seas to Cos”
“mighty Hercules in the fair city of Thebes”
“Hercules”