ving towards and Olympian identity, they should leave behind their physicality. Herakles gets his name from Hera, sinister name named after the goddess. The false atamology of the name means killer of Hera, or the great queens finger guy. He leans on a pillar and is the pillar guy of the goddess. He is associated with the entheogen of the club=the trunk of the olive tree; lion skin; archery =toxins; andcup of wine Antias-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- He is the one who greets you when you come to the underworld. He is an African who has a close association with mother earth, and is chthonic. When you get to the underworld, you must wrestle with Antias The contestants wrap themselves around each other, which is the antithetical version, they love and hateeach other at the same time To defeat him you must raise him into the air, because when you throw him to the ground he gets stronger. Triton-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- antithetical version of what Hercules is He must wrestle with Hercules The fish guy Birth of Hercules-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dad= Amphitriton and Mom=Alkemene (strong woman) They were cousins from Mycenae. Amphitriton kills Alkmenes uncle and they are in exile and they are forced to go to Thebes @ the base ofthe great mountain. Amphtriton drops off Alkemene at Thebes and goes to the far west to fight with the Teleboans. Zeus sleeps with Alkmene disguised as Amphitriton many times in one night On the same night Amphitriton comes back and sleeps with Alkmene Alkemene has twins, Hercules is the son of Zeus, and Iphikles is the son of Amphitriton When Hercules is nine months old, Hera send serpents to kill him Hercules rescues his weakling brother, Iphikles and Athena appears as the anima. At this time, Amphitriton notices the difference between his two so...
