Hercules Omnibus
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I am a hobbyist sinologist stepping out of my comfort zone in order to learn as much as I can about the Greco-Roman hero Heracles-Hercules. This will be the official blusky for my 'Hercules Omnibus' project.
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This is the official website for The Hercules Omnibus, an ongoing compilation of sources about the great hero. I plan to gather public domain English translations of all Greek and Roman works about…
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This is the official blusky account for "The Hercules Omnibus" project. I plan to gather public domain translations for all Greek & Roman works about Heracles-Hercules in a single Google Doc/PDF. I'll also include info about his Etruscan & Germanic versions. See here.
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Only a Cerberus will do.
December 26, 2025 at 8:11 PM
Only a Cerberus will do.
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Le héros Héraclès
Musée du Louvre
Musée du Louvre
January 8, 2026 at 8:12 AM
Le héros Héraclès
Musée du Louvre
Musée du Louvre
I've just uploaded a PDF of the following paper to my blog:
Luce, S. B. “Heracles and the Old Man of the Sea.” American Journal of Archaeology 26, no. 2 (1922), 174-192.
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Pictured: A mid-6th century Hydria featuring Heracles wrestling the sea god Triton.
Luce, S. B. “Heracles and the Old Man of the Sea.” American Journal of Archaeology 26, no. 2 (1922), 174-192.
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Pictured: A mid-6th century Hydria featuring Heracles wrestling the sea god Triton.
Heracles and the Old Man of the Sea – PDF
Luce, S. B. “Heracles and the Old Man of the Sea.” American Journal of Archaeology 26, no. 2 (1922), 174-192. Conclusion I have sought to show that the vases showing Heracles in combat …
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January 13, 2026 at 8:17 AM
I've just uploaded a PDF of the following paper to my blog:
Luce, S. B. “Heracles and the Old Man of the Sea.” American Journal of Archaeology 26, no. 2 (1922), 174-192.
herculesomnibus.com/2026/01/11/h...
Pictured: A mid-6th century Hydria featuring Heracles wrestling the sea god Triton.
Luce, S. B. “Heracles and the Old Man of the Sea.” American Journal of Archaeology 26, no. 2 (1922), 174-192.
herculesomnibus.com/2026/01/11/h...
Pictured: A mid-6th century Hydria featuring Heracles wrestling the sea god Triton.
Here is a PDF for the following Spanish language book.
Hércules en el Mito, la Historia y el Arte Iberoamericano. Relatos de una figura de poder y dominación [Hercules in Ibero-American Myth, History, and Art: Tales of a figure of Power and Domination]
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Hércules en el Mito, la Historia y el Arte Iberoamericano. Relatos de una figura de poder y dominación [Hercules in Ibero-American Myth, History, and Art: Tales of a figure of Power and Domination]
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December 31, 2025 at 11:16 AM
Here is a PDF for the following Spanish language book.
Hércules en el Mito, la Historia y el Arte Iberoamericano. Relatos de una figura de poder y dominación [Hercules in Ibero-American Myth, History, and Art: Tales of a figure of Power and Domination]
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Hércules en el Mito, la Historia y el Arte Iberoamericano. Relatos de una figura de poder y dominación [Hercules in Ibero-American Myth, History, and Art: Tales of a figure of Power and Domination]
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Here is a PDF for the following art book.
Herakles: Passage of the Hero Through 1000 Years of Classical Art
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Herakles: Passage of the Hero Through 1000 Years of Classical Art
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December 31, 2025 at 3:39 AM
Here is a PDF for the following art book.
Herakles: Passage of the Hero Through 1000 Years of Classical Art
herculesomnibus.com/2025/12/31/h...
Herakles: Passage of the Hero Through 1000 Years of Classical Art
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This is the official blusky account for "The Hercules Omnibus" project. I plan to gather public domain translations for all Greek & Roman works about Heracles-Hercules in a single Google Doc/PDF. I'll also include info about his Etruscan & Germanic versions. See here.
herculesomnibus.com/about/
herculesomnibus.com/about/
About
This is the official website for The Hercules Omnibus, an ongoing compilation of sources about the great hero. I plan to gather public domain English translations of all Greek and Roman works about…
herculesomnibus.com
December 30, 2025 at 2:36 PM
This is the official blusky account for "The Hercules Omnibus" project. I plan to gather public domain translations for all Greek & Roman works about Heracles-Hercules in a single Google Doc/PDF. I'll also include info about his Etruscan & Germanic versions. See here.
herculesomnibus.com/about/
herculesomnibus.com/about/
Here is a PDF for the following dissertation.
"The Iconography of Herakles and the ‘Other’ in Archaic Greek Vase Painting"
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"The Iconography of Herakles and the ‘Other’ in Archaic Greek Vase Painting"
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The Iconography of Herakles and the ‘Other’ in Archaic Greek Vase Painting – PDF
Pamela Jane Lawson, “The Iconography of Herakles and the ‘Other’ in Archaic Greek Vase Painting,” PhD diss., (Harvard University, 1993). (Free PDF link above) Abstract …
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December 30, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Here is a PDF for the following dissertation.
"The Iconography of Herakles and the ‘Other’ in Archaic Greek Vase Painting"
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"The Iconography of Herakles and the ‘Other’ in Archaic Greek Vase Painting"
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I commissioned two artists to draw Heracles fighting Sun Wukong. You can read more about them here:
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Heracles vs Sun Wukong Drawings
I commissioned two artists to draw Heracles fighting Sun Wukong (孫悟空), the immortal monkey hero from Journey to the West (Xiyou ji, 西遊記, 1592 CE). Both were instructed to draw the characters as if …
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December 30, 2025 at 2:24 PM
I commissioned two artists to draw Heracles fighting Sun Wukong. You can read more about them here:
herculesomnibus.com/2025/12/29/h...
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I was pleasantly surprised to learn about the 'Lexicon Iconographicum Mythologiae Classicae' (“Iconographic Lexicon of Classical Mythology”; a.k.a. LIMC; 1981-2009), a 16-volume encyclopedia of Greco-Roman art.
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Great Ancient Greco-Roman Art Resource
While reading a PhD thesis, I was pleasantly surprised to learn about the Lexicon Iconographicum Mythologiae Classicae (“Iconographic Lexicon of Classical Mythology”; a.k.a. L…
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December 30, 2025 at 2:21 PM
I was pleasantly surprised to learn about the 'Lexicon Iconographicum Mythologiae Classicae' (“Iconographic Lexicon of Classical Mythology”; a.k.a. LIMC; 1981-2009), a 16-volume encyclopedia of Greco-Roman art.
herculesomnibus.com/2025/12/28/g...
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