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The Sword-and-sandal series (1957-1965) includes numerous films depicting Hercules that go by various titles depending by country of release. Below is a list (chronological order) that begins with the film's U.S.-release title, followed by the original Italian title and translation: [i]
Made for TV movie [2] Hercules and the Queen of Lydia: 1959: Steve Reeves: Also known as Hercules Unchained [2] Hercules and the Ten Avengers: 1964: Dan Vadis: Also known as Hercules vs. The Giant Warriors and The Triumph of Hercules [2] Hercules and the Treasure of the Incas: 1964: Alan Steel: Also known as Lost Treasure of the Aztecs (not a ...
Films about Heracles, a divine hero in Greek mythology, the son of Zeus and Alcmene, foster son of Amphitryon.In Rome and the modern West, he is known as Hercules.Heracles' role as a culture hero, whose death could be a subject of mythic telling, was accepted into the Olympian Pantheon during classical antiquity.
A number of English-dubbed Italian films that featured the Hercules name in their title were never intended to be Hercules movies by their Italian creators. Hercules Against the Moon Men, Hercules Against the Barbarians, Hercules Against the Mongols and Hercules of the Desert were all originally Maciste films in Italy. (See "Maciste" section ...
Hercules is a 1997 American animated musical fantasy comedy film produced by Walt Disney Feature Animation for Walt Disney Pictures.It is loosely based on the legendary hero Heracles (known in the film by his Roman name, Hercules), a son of Zeus in Greek mythology.
Baby Hercules strangling a snake sent to kill him in his cradle (Roman marble, 2nd century CE, in the Capitoline Museums of Rome, Italy). The Latin name Hercules was borrowed through Etruscan, where it is represented variously as Heracle, Hercle, and other forms. Hercules was a favorite subject for Etruscan art, and appears often on bronze mirrors.
Heracles was the greatest of Hellenic chthonic heroes, but unlike other Greek heroes, no tomb was identified as his. Heracles was both hero and god, as Pindar says heros theos ; at the same festival sacrifice was made to him, first as a hero, with a chthonic libation , and then as a god, upon an altar: thus he embodies the closest Greek ...
The Loves of Hercules (Italian: Gli amori di Ercole) [1] is a 1960 international co-production film starring Jayne Mansfield and her then husband Mickey Hargitay. [2] The film was distributed internationally as Hercules vs. the Hydra. [1] [2]