What is Herakles?
{{complex|date=June 2024}} {{Infobox deity | name = Heracles | image = Hercules Farnese 3637104088 9c95d7fe3c b.jpg | alt = | birth_place = [[Thebes, Greece|Thebes]], [[Boeotia]], [[Greece]] | death_place = [[Mount Oeta]], [[Phocis]], [[Greece]] | caption = One of the most famous depictions of Heracles, ''[[Farnese Hercules]]'', Roman marble statue on the basis of an original by [[Lysippos]], 216 AD. [[National Archaeological Museum, Naples|National Archaeological Museum]], [[Naples]], [[Italy]] | god_of = God of strength, heroes, sports, athletes, health, agriculture, fertility, trade, oracles<br />Divine protector of mankind and the patron of the [[gymnasium (ancient Greece)|gymnasium]] | abode = [[Mount Olympus]] | symbol = [[Club (weapon)|Club]], [[Nemean lion]] | consort = [[Hebe (mythology)|Hebe]] and various [[Heracles#Children and consorts|others]] | parents = [[Zeus]] and [[Alcmene]] | siblings = [[Aeacus]], [[Angelos (Greek mythology)|Angelos]], [[Aphrodite]], [[Apollo]], [[Ares]], [[Artemis]], [[Athena]], [[Eileithyia]], [[Enyo]], [[Eris (mythology)|Eris]], [[Ersa]], [[Hebe (mythology)|Hebe]], [[Helen of Troy]], [[Hephaestus]], [[Hermes]], [[Minos]], [[Pandia]], [[Persephone]], [[Perseus]], [[Rhadamanthus]], the [[Graces]], the [[Horae]], the [[Litae]], the [[Muse]]s, the [[Moirai]] | children = [[Alexiares and Anicetus]], [[Telephus]], [[Hyllus]], [[Tlepolemus]] | mount = | Roman_equivalent = [[Hercules]] | Etruscan_equivalent = [[Hercle]] }} '''Heracles''' ([[Ancient Greek]]: Ἡρακλῆς, ''Hēraklēs'' - “one glorified of [[Hera]]”) is a character in [[Greek mythology]]. The greatest of the Greek [[hero]]es, Herakles was a demigod, son of [[Zeus]] and the mortal [[Alkmene]] as well as the twin brother of [[Iphicles]]. Herakles was a patron of heroic endeavor. In [[Ancient Rome]] and the modern West, he is known as '''[[Hercules]]'''. The later [[Roman emperors]], in particular [[Commodus]] and Maximian, often identified themselves with him. The figure is best known for his famous [[The Labors of Herak