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Fred Van Lente Alexey Aparin

Hercules

Fred Van Lente,  Alexey Aparin

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English
Osprey
20 May 2012
Myth & legend told as fiction; Religion & beliefs; Folklore, myths & legends; Role-playing, war games & fantasy sports
Series: Myths and Legends
Hercules battled gods, men and monsters in a lifetime of violence and destruction. Today, Hercules is best known for his ‘twelve labours’, a series of near-impossible tasks assigned to him as punishment for the killing of his wife and children. During those tasks, he slew the multi-headed hydra, wrestled with Cerberus, hound of the underworld, and stole the girdle of Hippolyta, queen of the Amazons. Yet even when his labours were done, his adventures continued. Hercules led armies, sacked cities, fought against the gods, and then joined forces with the gods in the great war known as ‘The Gigantomachy’. This book tells the complete story of this legendary warrior, including information on the classical sources, his deification and cult, and his continuing popularity as a character in film, television and comic books.
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Illustrated by:   Alexey Aparin
Imprint:   Osprey
Country of Publication:   United Kingdom
Volume:   6
Dimensions:   Height: 248mm,  Width: 184mm,  Spine: 8mm
Weight:   262g
ISBN:   9781782006053
ISBN 10:   1782006052
Series:   Myths and Legends
Pages:   80
Publication Date:  
Recommended Age:   From 14 years
Audience:   General/trade ,  Professional and scholarly ,  ELT Advanced ,  Undergraduate
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Introduction /What's in a Name /Classical Sources /Chapter I: Price of Thebes /The Birth of Heracles /The Wrath of Hera /Exile /The Minyan Horse /Divine Madness /Chapter II: The Twelve Labors /The Nemean Lion /The Lernaean Hydra /The Ceryneian Hind /The Erymanthian Boar /The Augean Stables /The Stymphalian Birds /The Cretan Bull /The Mares of Diomedes /The Girdle of Hippolyta /The Cattle of Geryon /The Apples of the Hesperides / The Hound of Hades / Chapter III: The Living Legend /Revenge on Augeas /God vs. God /Gigantomachy /Winning Deianeira /The Shirt of Nessus /Apotheosis

Fred Van Lente is the New York Times bestselling author or co-author of Incredible Hercules, Odd Is on Our Side, three entries in the Marvel Zombies series, and Cowboys & Aliens, which formed the basis for the feature film. The critically-acclaimed Incredible Hercules series, which chronicled the adventures of the Greek hero in modern times, with numerous flashbacks to the mythic past, was featured on innumerable best of lists during its three year run. Van Lente also tackled Classical Greece in his irreverent-but-accurate American Library Association-award winning comics series Action Philosophers, illustrated by Ryan Dunlavey. His other comics and graphic novels include Amazing Spider-Man, Archer & Armstrong, The Comic Book History of Comics, Hulk: Season One, Taskmaster: Unthinkable and X Men Noir.

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