Saturday, November 6, 2010

Is Heracles hero or god?


Omero 98 XIX ss.
It is the step where you tasty tale of deception that was weaving behind Zeus about the birth of Heracles and Eurystheus.
The father of the gods, when it is near the birth of her offspring, issue a decree before all the gods: the deadly, heir to the lineage of Zeus, in the following days would come to light, would rule over all men. The reference to Heracles is clear. It was, however, to avenge the betrayal of the divine bridegroom, concocts a deception: retains the birth pangs of the unaware Alcmene and is the wife of Stenelo, son of Perseus, who is also descended from Zeus, is the world so Eurystheus, that prophecy and deception was to become the king of Argos and even Heracles, who was born after him, will be subservient to its power. Again, despite aprli infant Heracles, Homer speaks of "strength of Hercules." In fact, about deceit says:

"Was that the female is deceived (Zeus) with a cunning
the day that Alcmene was about to give birth
in Thebes, the well-crowned walls, the strength of Hercules."

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