According to ancient Greek writers, the Greek hero Heracles, commonly known as Hercules, has a surprising connection to an Egyptian god.

When the powerful Hercules falls for his own son's lover — whose father he has just murdered — he finds himself caught between dueling goddesses and besieged by the ghosts of his former victims.

Woe to you, Southern Baptist parents, if the animated film Hercules inspires your impressionable youngster to investigate the classical roots of Disney’s contemporized and sanitized story. Say ...

Long-lost Temple of Hercules Gaditanus where the god was worshiped by the ancient Greeks and Romans, including Julius Caesar, in the 9th century BC may have been found off the coast of Spain ...

Cancer, the crab, makes a subtle appearance in the legend of Hercules. During his battle against the Hydra, a monstrous water serpent, the goddess Hera, Hercules' nemesis, sent a giant crab to ...

When Hercules returns unexpectedly, he punishes Lycus, but Hera, wife of the god Zeus (who is really Hercules' father), uses the opportunity to bring destruction to him.