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Tue 8 Nov, 2005 07:19 am
I am trying to find the names of
any dogs that Hercules killed during his 12 labours, obviously there is Cerberus, but were there any others??
Hercules didn't kill but capture and brought Cerberus to Eurystheus...
Ok, thanks for that, but in that case please can you tell me the names of any dogs that he did kill while doing the 12 labours!!!!
During his tenth labour, Hercules killed Orthros, Geryon's watchdog.
Thanks, we meet yet again!!
Can you then help me with this, if it is Orthros, can you connect that name with a genus of spiders from southeast Asia????
A new species of jumping spider, Orthrus calilungae (Araneae: Salticidae) from Luzon Island, Philippines.
(Orthros is sometimes spelled Orthrus).
the dogs he killed included rover, fluffy and rex
By the by, Hercules is the Latin spelling, but the romanized version of the Greek name is Herakles, not Heracles (i know you can find it spelled with a "c" online, but there is no "c" in the Greek alphabet, and using that spelling marks you out as clueless by those who have actually studied ancient history). The Heraklids were an ancient Attic clan, which produced many of the prominent public men of Athens. The Athenians, in fact, considered their city to have been founded by "the sons of Herakles," and claimed that these sons of Herakles had subdued the Doric Greeks, and lead them in the invasion of the Greek penninsulas. The Heraklids were most important in the history of Athens in the Archaic and the Classic periods of Greek history, roughly 700-350 BCE (the Classical period ends with the conquest of Greece by Philip II of Macedon). The most famous Herakles was an Athenian statesman, philosopher and soldier who lived between 600 and 500 BCE (i think, i don't have a source ready to hand). One of my favorite quotes is from that Herakles: No man ever crosses the same river twice, for the river changes, and so does the man.
Setanta wrote:By the by, Hercules is the Latin spelling, but the romanized version of the Greek name is Herakles, not Heracles (i know you can find it spelled with a "c" online, but there is no "c" in the Greek alphabet, and using that spelling marks you out as clueless by those who have actually studied ancient history). The Heraklids were an ancient Attic clan, which produced many of the prominent public men of Athens. The Athenians, in fact, considered their city to have been founded by "the sons of Herakles," and claimed that these sons of Herakles had subdued the Doric Greeks, and lead them in the invasion of the Greek penninsulas. The Heraklids were most important in the history of Athens in the Archaic and the Classic periods of Greek history, roughly 700-350 BCE (the Classical period ends with the conquest of Greece by Philip II of Macedon). The most famous Herakles was an Athenian statesman, philosopher and soldier who lived between 600 and 500 BCE (i think, i don't have a source ready to hand). One of my favorite quotes is from that Herakles: No man ever crosses the same river twice, for the river changes, and so does the man.
You are right on this. Adding that the Greek name of ''Hercules'' is Iraklis.
Hercules killed dogs? We must report this to the SPCA!
He just killed one.. and it was very small.
NickFun--
As I remember Hercules also killed a number of his children in a divine fit of madness.
Set, the "no man can cross the same river twice" quote is generally attributed to Heraclitus (or Heraklitus, if you prefer).
Merry Andrew wrote:Set, the "no man can cross the same river twice" quote is generally attributed to Heraclitus (or Heraklitus, if you prefer).
Wasn't it Herakliturix? :wink:
Merry Andrew wrote:Set, the "no man can cross the same river twice" quote is generally attributed to Heraclitus (or Heraklitus, if you prefer).
And Heraclitus is the Latin version of the Greek name usually rendered in the Roman alphabet as Herakles. Or, as our new Greek member, Ellinas has it, Iraklis.
Francis wrote:Merry Andrew wrote:Set, the "no man can cross the same river twice" quote is generally attributed to Heraclitus (or Heraklitus, if you prefer).
Wasn't it Herakliturix? :wink:
Was he not a
cousin germain of Obelix? Or was that a German cousin . . .
Setanta wrote:Francis wrote:Merry Andrew wrote:Set, the "no man can cross the same river twice" quote is generally attributed to Heraclitus (or Heraklitus, if you prefer).
Wasn't it Herakliturix? :wink:
Was he not a
cousin germain of Obelix? Or was that a German cousin . . .
Second cousin, once removed, of Asterix and related by marriage to Aviatrix.
I knew an aviatrix once't . . . you cannot imagine the contortions of which that woman was capable . . .
You mean Hera had a Kliturix like an Obelix? Freudianish question (or Kantianish)...
Francis wrote:You mean Hera had a Kliturix like an Obelix? Freudianish question (or Kantianish)...
Well, she was a goddess, after all . . .
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