Hercules/Herakles 10 and 11th March

Hercules/ Herakles 10 and 11th March

This day celebrates the super human strength of the Greek hero - God Herakles , son of Alcmene by Zeus . His many adventures included fighting a bull - headed snake to win the love of his earthly wife Deianeira . During the battle , he tore off one of the animals horns , which became the cornucopia

He then fought and killed the centaur Nessus , who tried to rape her . Before Nessus died , he gave Deianeria some of his blood to put on Herakles tunic as a charm to keep his love, but the blood poisoned Herakles by burning him . Distressed Herakles sacrificed himself upon Mt Oeta . When Herakles was admitted to Mt Olympus as a God . Zeus gave him his daughter Hebe for his wife . They had two children . Alexiares and Anicerus.

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