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 ...

With Labor Day hitting the calendar this week, I thought we might pause a moment from the baked beans and barbecue to pay homage to a guy who did a lot of laboring. I'm talking about Hercules. This ...

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 ...

NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — A newly uncovered Roman-era mosaic in Cyprus depicting Hercules’ Labors will be transferred to a new, dedicated wing of a museum in the coastal town of Larnaca, where crews ...

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 ...

William (He/Him) is a features writer covering all things RPG, and action/adventure. Sometimes dabbles in other genres, and big advocate for easy modes in games. In his spare time, William is a keen ...

Labors of Love puts a different spin on the mythological Labors of Hercules, having him form close relationships with a tough guy Cerberus, an inexperienced Stag, and an anime-loving Hydra. Players ...

In new novels by the National Book Award finalists Gary D. Schmidt and Brandon Hobson, adolescent boys navigating parental loss find strength in ancient mythology. By John Schwartz Two very different ...

In Euripides’s telling of Heracles’s pre-divine adventures, the playwright breaks from the narrative recorded by Diodorus and Cicero by inverting the two major events in the Heracles myth. Euripides’ ...