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Disney’s Hercules (1997)The real myths, because Disney prefers silly
songs over staying true to culture/myth/a country’s heritage.
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ParentsDisney: Zeus (Jupiter) & Hera (Juno)Myth: Zeus (taking form of Amphitryon) &
AlcmeneIn Greek mythology, Heracles. Roman Hercules
(add Ara Maxima, Cacus; claimed by Commodus & other emperors) roughly equivalent to Greek Heracles.
Raised by Amphitryon & AlcmeneFirst wife= Megara. Second = Deianira
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Birth/YouthHera sent two
snakes to kill him & his (mortal) twin half-brother IphiclesRemember when
Pain & Panic transformed into snakes in the movie?
Vase painting in Vulci, Etruria
Marble statue in Capitoline Museum
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First MarriageTo Megara, daughter of King Creon, King of
ThebesHera caused him to go crazy, and he killed
their son/daughter (and her, according to some accounts)
After searching for a way to atone for his crimes, the Oracle of Delphi (under influence from Hera) directs him to King Eurystheus for ten years
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The Twelve Labors
First, Nemean LionClub, strangle
Second, Lernaean HydraIn movieCut off & burned
Top Left: Vase painting in the LouvreTop: Engraving by BehamRight: Hercules Farnese (Lysippos)
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Twelve Labors, cont.3= Capture Ceryneian Hind4= Erymanthian Boar (in the montage)
Statue in Berlin5= Clean the Augean Stables
Mentioned in passing in movieSupposed to be humiliating.Immortal cattle.Rerouted rivers to clean out
Museum in Palermo
Statue in Berlin
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Cont. Roman mosaics inLlíria, Spain
6= Stymphalian Birds7= Cretan Bull8= Mares of Diomedes (a giant)
Capture them, then kill Diomedes9= Girdle of Hippolyte (Amazon
queen)10= Cattle of Geryon (herd
them)Giant; H. used Hydra arrows
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Final Labors11= Apples of Hesperides
Help from Atlas.12= Capture Cerberus
Underworld
Movie mentions1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 9, 12Adds Minotaur & Gorgon
Top L: Museum in Naples, Top R: Building in Melbourne, Bottom R: Museum in Crete, Bottom L: Vase painting in the Louvre
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Hercules’ death & deificationRemember Nessus?
River-god centaurH. kills after attempted rape of D.(Hydra-
tipped arrow)Nessus to D.: “Collect my blood, apply to H’s
armor in order to keep him from being unfaithful.” His blood also poisoned (Hydra arrow) Deianira applied it, & it burned Herc.
Gods deified himOr, his mortal half burned to death
Marble statue in Florence
Etching in Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco
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Added charactersPhiloctetes, a satyr? PegasusGreek who assisted at
the end of the Trojan War
Hercules’ mentor, according to some accounts: Chiron, the centaur
Satyrs- really like womenWood-nymphsMegRandom chicks chasing
H.Aphrodite at end
Associated with myth of Perseus
Born out of Medusa when decapitated by Perseus
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Mis-associationsHades = Devil
“Speak of the devil,” “Brimstone in my ear”Pain & Panic
Phobos & Deimos, = Fear & Terror, minions of Ares
The Fates (L=Parcae, G= Moirai) v. Graiai (old triplet sisters with powers/knowledge; 1 eye, forced to help Perseus)
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Fun notesJason & Argo
(H. hits his head on the Argo at Phil’s house)“Call IXII!!”Cyclops/Titans in Tartarus
Gave Zeus the lightning bolt after he freed them to help overtake Olympus from Cronus (Uranus) & his generation (the ruling Titans).
9 Muses- we saw 5 in movieCalliope (epic), Clio (history), Melpomene
(tragedy), Terpsichore (dance), Thalia (comedy)Venus de Milo in courtyard. Also, Meg struck
by Cupid
Venus De Milo, in the Louvre