Herakles Rising

From: Joao S. Lopes
Message: 48244
Date: 2007-04-04

Herakles was the "national" hero of Dorians, but he was a Doric hero assimilated to another Greek hero or god, or they belong to a common source in Proto-Greek?

Thessalian Herakles = Argive Herakles = Theban Herakles???

Herakles' ancestry is nested into Perseus' offspring. May it represent that Doric "Herakles" was fitted into a previous Pre-Doric (Mycenean?) scheme, when Perseus was a dominant hero?

I'd like comments and references.

Joao SL


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