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List of Gods : "Heracles" - 46 records
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Name ▲▼	Origin ▲▼	Description ▲▼
King name "Priam"	Greek	The famous king of Troy, at the time of the Trojan war. He was a son of Laomedon and Strymo or Placia. His original name is said to have been Podarces, i. e. "the swift-footed," which was changed into Priamus, "the ransomed" because he was the only surviving son of Laomedon and was ransomed by his sister Hesione, after he had fallen into the hands of Heracles. Greek
"Recaråñuś aka Garåñuś"	Roman	, a fabulous Italian shepherd of gigantic bodily strength and courage. The fact of his being a gigantic shepherd who recovered stolen oxen from him, led the Romans to consider him as identical with the Greek Heracles. Roman
"Rhopalus"	Greek	A son of Heracles and father of Phaestus. Greek
"Stratonice"	Greek	1. One of the daughters of Thespius, and by Heracles the mother of Atromus.
"Stymphalides"	Greek	The celebrated rapacious birds near the Stymphalian lake in Arcadia, whence they were driven by Heracles and compelled to take refuge in the island of Aretias in the Euxine, where they were afterwards found by the Argonauts. Greek
"Sylea"	Greek	Mother, by Poseidon, of Sinis and Taras. She helped Heracles gather up his wandering cattle after he slew the giant Cacus and had three sons by him: Scythes, Agathyrsus and Gelonus. As adults, the three sons would conquer an area off the Black Sea called Scythia. Greek

King name "Telephus"	Greek	A son of Heracles and Auge, the daughter of king Aleus of Tegea. He was reared by a hind and educated by king Corythus in Arcadia. Greek
God name "Vahagn"	Armenia	Armenia's national god. Some time in his existence, he formed a "triad" with Aramazd and Anahit. Vahagn fought and conquered dragons, hence his title Vishabakagh, "dragon reaper". He was invoked as a god of courage, later identified with Heracles. He was also a Sun-god, rival of Baal-shamin and Mihr.
"Xenocleia"	Greek	A Delphian priestess, who refused to give an oracular response to Heracles before he was purified of the murder of Iphitus
"Xenodice"	Greek	A daughter of Syleus, at Aulis, was slain by Heracles, together with her father.
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