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Nov 2017
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Heracles (Hercules), Zero to Hero, Just ...

Liv Albert
About this episode

Think you know the story of Hercules? You may well be mistaken. His true origins are exposed... and compared to the Disney movie.

 

CW/TW: far too many Greek myths involve assault. Given it's fiction, and typically involves gods and/or monsters, I'm not as deferential as I would be were I referencing the real thing.

 

Sources: The Greek Myths by Robin Waterfield.

 

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