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    He is depicted as a victim, stated as an altar-builder and imagined as a self-devourer; these are his roles in comedies, while his tragic end is often the subject of tragedy  Thalia Papadopolo commented that The Madness of Hercules was 'a greater play by Euripides than all his other works'.  *Literature Hall*

    In art and literature, Heracles is portrayed as a very strong male of medium height; he most commonly used a bow and arrow, and a stick was also his preferred weapon.  Pottery paintings illustrate the unprecedented popularity of Heracles, whose battle with the Nemean Lion was depicted hundreds of times.

    There are also myths and beliefs about Heracles in Etruria and ancient Rome. To the Romans, the wonder of 'mehercule' was as familiar to the Greeks as to 'herakleis'.

    In Italy Hercules was regarded as the god of merchants and traders, and others worshiped him for his natural luck and ability to avoid danger.

    Hercules achieved his highest social prestige when he was declared by the Dorians as the ancestor of their kings.  This gave the Dorians a more reasonable reason to migrate to the Peloponnese.

    Hyros, the hero of a certain clan of the Dorians, was thus regarded as a son of Hercules and became a descendant of Heracles or a Heraclean (all descendants of Heracles, especially  Descendant of Hyros; other descendants of Hercules include Macaria, Remus, Mantor, Piallo, Tlepolemus, and Telephus).

    ? These Hercules conquered Mycenae, Sparta and the Peloponnesian kingdom of Argos, claiming, according to legend, that they had received the right to rule these countries from their ancestors.  Historically this was often referred to as the 'Dorian invasion'.  The kings of Lydia and later Macedon also became descendants of Heracles for the same reason.

    Other earliest generations of heroes, such as Perseus.  Deucalion, Theseus and Bellerophon all have similar characteristics to Hercules.  Like him, they all independently accomplished extraordinary near-fairytale feats, such as slaying monsters like the Chimera and Medusa.  Bellerophon's adventures are relatively mundane, similar to those of Hercules and Theseus.  The constellations that become the heroes after their death are also a common theme in early heroic traditions, such as Perseus and Bellerophon.

    The only extant epic poem from the Hellenistic civilization period, "The Argonauts" by Apollonius (epic poet, scholar, and director of the Library of Alexandria) records the journey of Jason and the Argonauts to the mysterious country.  Erchis's voyage in search of the Golden Fleece.

    In "The Argonauts", Jason was ordered by King Pelias. Pelias had been prophesied that a man wearing only a slipper would become his Nemesis.

    The epic begins with Jason arriving at the court of Pelias after losing a slipper in the river.  Basically everyone involved.  Including Heracles, they are the next generation of heroes, who set out with Jason on the Argonaut to find the Golden Fleece.

    Heroes of this generation also include Theseus, on his way to Crete to slay the Minotaur; Atalanta, the legendary heroine; and Meleager, with a series comparable to the Iliad  An epic poem comparable to the Odyssey is written about him.  Pindar, Apollonius and Apollodorus did their best to complete the list of all the Argonauts.

    Although Apollonius completed his work in the 3rd century BC.  The story of the Argonauts was formed earlier than the Odyssey, because Odysseus shows that he is very familiar with Jason's adventures (Odysseus's journey partially overlaps with Jason's).

    In ancient times, these adventures were believed to be based on Greek trade and colonization of the Black Sea region.

    It was also popular at the time to use local legends in a range of literary themes, such as the story of Medea.  Often quoted in tragic poetry.

    Between the time of the Argonauts and the Trojan War, there existed a generation famous for its horrific crimes.  These crimes include what Atreus and Thyestes did in Argos.

    Behind these myths is actually the weakening of the power of the Atreus dynasty (one of the two special heroic dynasties of the Labdacos dynasty) and the problem of the conversion of its ruling model from inheritance to sovereignty.

    The twin brothers Atreus and Thyestes and their descendants played an important role in the decline of Mycenaean rule.

    The Theban Epic Collection depicts the story that happened to Cadmus, the builder of Thebes, and the subsequent kings Laius and Oedipus; it also records the seven generals who finally attacked Thebes and  A series of stories about the heroes who came after them.

    With OedipusAccording to his early epic poem, when he discovered that Jocasta was actually his mother, he continued his rule in Thebes.  And he remarried a wife and continued to have offspring with her, which is very different from some subsequent tragedies (such as Sophocles' Oedipus the King) and later myths.

    Greek Mythology The war between the Greeks and the Trojans.  The Trojan War and its subsequent periods reached a climax.

    In Homer¡¯s works, the story of the Trojan War has been finalized and laid the foundation, and was later divided into several themes in more detail (especially in the field of Greek drama).

    In ancient Roman culture, the Romans were particularly interested in the Trojan War because of the story of the hero Aeneas: a Trojan hero who set out from Troy and ended up discovering the city that would become Rome.

    Virgil also mentioned this event in his Aeneid (the second book of the Aeneid records the famous Trojan incident).  There are also two pseudo-chronicles written in Latin and signed by Dictis and Dallus.

    The "Siege of Troy Series" describes a series of people and events that led to the outbreak of the war and the early stages of the war: Eris, the golden apple that caused the dispute, the judgment of Paris and the abduction of Helen, and the attack on Avelida.  The sacrifice of Iphigenia took place.

    In order to rescue Helen, the Greeks formed a large expedition under the leadership of Agamemnon, the brother of Menelaus and the king of Mycenae, but the Trojans refused to return Helen.

    The epic "Iliad" begins in the tenth year of the war and focuses on the rebellion between Agamemnon and Achilles, the bravest warrior among the Greeks, and the resulting conflict between Agamemnon and Achilles.  The nephew Patroclus and Priam's eldest son Hector died in the ensuing battle.

    After the death of Hector, Troy was joined by two foreign allies: Queen Penthesilea of ??the Amazons and King Memnon of Ethiopia; at the same time, Eos, the goddess of dawn, also joined this camp.

    Achilles succeeded in getting rid of the two human outer allies, but he himself was shot in the ankle by Paris and died, because his ankle was the only part of his body that could be hurt by human weapons.

    Finally, the Greeks, with the help of Athena, built the Trojan Horse.  Ignoring the warning of Cassandra, the daughter of Priam, the Trojans were deceived by Sinon and dragged the wooden horse into the city of Troy as an offering to Athena; Laocoon, who proposed to destroy the wooden horse, was bitten to death by a sea serpent.

    At night, the Greek soldiers in the Trojan opened the city gates, waiting for the soldiers outside the city to swarm in. The city of Troy was sacked, Priam and his remaining sons were brutally killed; the women of Troy were reduced to  Slaves in Greek cities.

    Then began the return journey of many Greek leaders (including Odysseus' ten-year journey and the return of Aeneas ("Aeneid") and the murder of Agamemnon). These many records  Based on two epic poems: the lost Nostoi (or Return) and Homer's Odyssey.
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