Hercules
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A01=Fred Van Lente
A12=Alexey Aparin
Amazons
ancient Greek
ancient world
Argonaunts
Augeian Stables
Author_Alexey Aparin
Author_Fred Van Lente
Category1=Fiction
Category1=Non-Fiction
Category=FN
Category=JBGB
Category=NL-FQ
Category=NL-JF
Category=NL-WD
Category=QRSG
Category=WDHW
Cattle of Geryon
Cerberus
COP=United Kingdom
demigod
Discount=15
Divine Madness
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eq_non-fiction
eq_society-politics
Format=BC
Format_Paperback
giants
Gigantomachy
Gigantomanchy
Greece
Hera
hero
Hippolyta
HMM=248
Hyrda
illustrated
IMPN=Osprey Publishing
ISBN13=9781782006053
Language_English
Mythology
Nemean Lion
new classic artwork illustrations
PA=Available
PD=20131107
Price_€10 to €20
PS=Active
PUB=Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
SN=Myths and Legends
Subject=Hobbies- Quizzes & Games
Subject=Myth & Legend Told As Fiction
Subject=Society & Culture : General
twelve 12 labours labors
WG=262
WMM=184
Zeus
Product details
- ISBN 9781782006053
- Format: Paperback
- Weight: 300g
- Dimensions: 182 x 246mm
- Publication Date: 20 Nov 2013
- Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Paperback
- Language: English
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Hercules battled gods, men and monsters in a lifetime of violence and destruction. Today, Hercules is best known for his ‘twelve labours’, a series of near-impossible tasks assigned to him as punishment for the killing of his wife and children. During those tasks, he slew the multi-headed hydra, wrestled with Cerberus, hound of the underworld, and stole the girdle of Hippolyta, queen of the Amazons. Yet even when his labours were done, his adventures continued. Hercules led armies, sacked cities, fought against the gods, and then joined forces with the gods in the great war known as ‘The Gigantomachy’. This book tells the complete story of this legendary warrior, including information on the classical sources, his deification and cult, and his continuing popularity as a character in film, television and comic books.
Fred Van Lente is the New York Times bestselling author or co-author of Incredible Hercules, Odd Is on Our Side, three entries in the Marvel Zombies series, and Cowboys & Aliens, which formed the basis for the feature film. The critically-acclaimed Incredible Hercules series, which chronicled the adventures of the Greek hero in modern times, with numerous flashbacks to the mythic past, was featured on innumerable “best of” lists during its three year run. Van Lente also tackled Classical Greece in his irreverent-but-accurate American Library Association-award winning comics series Action Philosophers, illustrated by Ryan Dunlavey. His other comics and graphic novels include Amazing Spider-Man, Archer & Armstrong, The Comic Book History of Comics, Hulk: Season One, Taskmaster: Unthinkable and X Men Noir.
