Heracles

Ἡρακλῆς
auto_storiesLegendary figure (Probable)

Historicity

  • Legendary figure
    Probable
    Probable
    One source places him in myth; the other implies it.
    The evidence favours the claim and nothing credible contradicts it, but it falls short of establishing it.
    fact_checkassessed by FSMverified
    Frederico Muñoz
    Researcher, Martialis
    2 sources expand_more
    fact_check
    One source places him in myth; the other implies it.
    “Divine hero in Greek mythology”
    — Heracles - Wikipedia (English). Wikipedia (English) link history info
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    “The ninth labor of Herakles (Latin: Hercules) involved the Amazons.”
    — Green, Thomas A.; Svinth, Joseph R.. (2010). Martial Arts of the World: An Encyclopedia of History and Innovation info

Also known as

Herakles · Hercules

Description

Divine hero of Greek mythology, son of Zeus and Alcmene. He learned wrestling from Autolycus, wrestled the giant Antaeus, killed the boxer Eryx in a match, and as his ninth labour took the war belt of the Amazon queen Hippolyta.

Teachers (1)

  • Autolycusauto_stories
    sports_martial_artsWrestling Probable
    Probable
    Single source.
    The evidence favours the claim and nothing credible contradicts it, but it falls short of establishing it.
    fact_checkassessed by FSMverified
    Frederico Muñoz
    Researcher, Martialis
    1 source expand_more
    fact_check
    Single source.
    “He learned how to wrestle from Autolycus.”
    — Heracles - Wikipedia (English). Wikipedia (English) link history info

Sources

“Eryx was an excellent boxer but died when Heracles beat him in a match.”
— Eryx (mythology) - Wikipedia (English). Wikipedia (English)link history info
Heracles - Wikipedia (English). Wikipedia (English)link history info

Identifiers

https://martial.is/entity/01M5JWHXPX1WC50T68CYTXVN0R
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Cite and reuse

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Plain text
Muñoz, Frederico (YEAR_PLACEHOLDER). Heracles. In Martialis: Martial Arts Lineage Database. https://martial.is/entity/01M5JWHXPX1WC50T68CYTXVN0R - CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed ACCESSED_DATE_PLACEHOLDER.
BibTeX
@incollection{martialis_01M5JWHXPX1WC50T68CYTXVN0R, author = {Muñoz, Frederico}, title = {Heracles}, booktitle = {Martialis: Martial Arts Lineage Database}, year = {YEAR_PLACEHOLDER}, url = {https://martial.is/entity/01M5JWHXPX1WC50T68CYTXVN0R}, urldate = {ACCESSED_DATE_PLACEHOLDER}, note = {CC BY-SA 4.0} }
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