Shield of Heracles Attributed to Hesiod, translated by Evelyn-White. The story of Heracles who, with his friend and charioteer Iolaus, fights against Cycnus and Ares. Ancient Greece in Fiction List of fiction divided by period. A few works about Hercules including those that are more familiar as TV scripts for The Legendary Journeys . Ancient Greece in the Cinema List of prehomeric myth, Homer and Troy, archaic, classical, Hellenistic, Cleopatra, and films of Greek drama.
Several movies feature Hercules.
Apollodorus Library entry on Hercules' childhood. Heracles in Ancient Art List of images on the topics of life and death and the labors of Heracles. Images found on the Perseus site. The play by Seneca that influenced Shakespeare most in the writing of Macbeth was Hercules Furens . The article is by Brian Arkins for Classics Ireland .