Idæan Hercules
Also known as: Hercules · Family: Crete · Role: ancestor of Clymenus · First appears: Book 5 · Chapter 8
Idæan Hercules was named as an ancestor of Clymenus. At Olympia, he was credited by some with erecting the altar of Zeus, though others attributed it to local heroes two generations after him.
Later, the temple of Mycalessian Demeter was said to have been entrusted to him.
Relationship record
Life events
- Idæan Hercules was credited with erecting the altar of Olympian Zeus.(Book 5 · Chapter 13 · 📍 Olympia)
- With: Zeus
- “Some say it was erected by Idæan Hercules, others say by some heroes of the district two generations after him.”
- The temple of Mycalessian Demeter was entrusted to Idæan Hercules.(Book 9 · Chapter 27)
- With: Demeter
- “for they say that the temple of Mycalessian Demeter was entrusted to Idæan Hercules.”
Book 5 · Chapter 8
- with Clymenus (son of Cardys) (ancestor and descendant) “a descendant of Idæan Hercules”
Book 5 · Chapter 13
- with Zeus (interaction) “And the altar of Olympian Zeus is about equidistant from the grove of Pelops and the temple of Hera, and is situated in front of both. Some say it was erected by Idæan Hercules”
Book 9 · Chapter 27
- with Demeter (interaction) “they say that the temple of Mycalessian Demeter was entrusted to Idæan Hercules.”
- with Demeter (The temple of Demeter was entrusted to Idæan Hercules.) “they say that the temple of Mycalessian Demeter was entrusted to Idæan Hercules”
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Extracted from the original text of Pausanias' Description of Greece. Made with Rho MD.