The Shield of Heracles
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The Shield of Heracles is an archaic Greek epic poem that was attributed to Hesiod during antiquity. The subject of the poem is the expedition of Heracles and Iolaus against Cycnus, the son of Ares, who challenged Heracles to combat as Heracles was passing through Thessaly.
It has been suggested that this epic may reflect anti-Thessalian feeling after the First Sacred War (595–585 BCE): in the ep...
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The Shield of Heracles is an archaic Greek epic poem that was attributed to Hesiod during antiquity. The subject of the poem is the expedition of Heracles and Iolaus against Cycnus, the son of Ares, who challenged Heracles to combat as Heracles was passing through Thessaly.
It has been suggested that this epic may reflect anti-Thessalian feeling after the First Sacred War (595–585 BCE): in the ep...
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