
Friday, 1 May 2009
Richard Sandrack, Little Hercules

Thursday, 30 April 2009
Hercules, the most famous mastiff
This breed is powerfully built. With a massive body, broad skull and head of generally square appearance. It is one of the largest dog breeds in terms of mass, though the Irish Wolfhound and Great Dane are taller but not nearly as robust.
The Mastiff breed is a combination of dignity and courage; calm and affectionate to its master, but capable of protection. This particular mastiff-type breed is an extremely capable guard.
One of the famous English mastiff is "Hercules" (a.k.a. "the Beast"), from the film The Sandlot (played by Ch. Mtn. Oaks Gunner)
Wednesday, 29 April 2009
The Erymanthian boar ...by G.F. Susini

He continued to work in Giambologna's style, and Susini's sculpture was already mistaken for that of his master by the end of the century. His uncle, Antonio Susini, was the principal bronze-caster of Giambologna, and the young Francesco received early training as a junior member of Giambologna's workshop.
Susini continued to operate the family bronze foundry. According to Baldinucci, Giovanni and Antonio Susini continued to use Giambologna's models after the elder master's death to cast finely finished bronze sculptures for discerning patrons.
You can admire his work Hercules Carrying the Erymanthian Boar, from model by Giambologna.
Monday, 27 April 2009
Gerion, a heavy metal band
Gerión is formed in early 2001 with musicians from other bands
Cryogeny, Sambeth, Betrayal, Double Drive). The band is named in honour a three heads monster that Hercules killed.
By then, the training was provided by:
Fernando Pergolini x (Voice)
Alexis Das Neves x (Guitar)
Ariel Tronconi x (Guitar)
Oscar Pérez Lozano x (Bajo) x (Bass)
Federico Robledo x (Drums)
During the month of May 2001, the band recorded their first demo in the ORION study, comprised 4 items (to fall, not knowing, Impossible, crucified), gaining wide acceptance by people and media.
In early 2002, Gerión changed of guitarist, and joined the project Cicatiello John (Guitarist)replacing Alexis Das Neves. With this change, the band took a new musical ideas.
Enjoy this song!
Cryogeny, Sambeth, Betrayal, Double Drive). The band is named in honour a three heads monster that Hercules killed.
By then, the training was provided by:
Fernando Pergolini x (Voice)
Alexis Das Neves x (Guitar)
Ariel Tronconi x (Guitar)
Oscar Pérez Lozano x (Bajo) x (Bass)
Federico Robledo x (Drums)
During the month of May 2001, the band recorded their first demo in the ORION study, comprised 4 items (to fall, not knowing, Impossible, crucified), gaining wide acceptance by people and media.
In early 2002, Gerión changed of guitarist, and joined the project Cicatiello John (Guitarist)replacing Alexis Das Neves. With this change, the band took a new musical ideas.
Enjoy this song!
Friday, 24 April 2009
Hippolyta, the queen of the Amazons

Identity/Class: Olympian god
Occupation: Vassal of Pluto, former Monarch
Group Membership: Queen of the Amazons; leader of the Bacchae
Affiliations: Ares, Pluto, Pazuzu formerly sought Hercules as her lover
Enemies: Hercules and the Argonauts, The Champions, Caledonia, Marvel Girl (Valeria Von Doom), Thor
Known Relatives: Artume (daughter), Ares (father), Otrera (mother, possibly deceased), Zeus (grandfather), Antiope, Penthesiliea, Melanippe, Hiera (sisters, deceased), Hippolytus (nephew, deceased)
Aliases: Queen of the Amazons
Base of Operations: Hades, formerly Themiscyra (now part of modern Turkey)
First Appearance: Thor I#127 (April,1966)
Powers/Abilities: Hippolyta possesses greater strength, stamina and resistance to injury than any other Olympian goddess. She has superhuman strength(Class 50) and above average prowess in armed and unarmed combat taught by Ares himself. In addition, she can further enhance her strength by donning the Gauntlets of Ares. These grant her close to Class 100 strength, but they are only effective in combat. They do not grant strength unless used in a fight against another. Her girdle was also a highly sought-after item.
Height: 6' 2
Weight: 200 lbs.
Adventure n.1: (Marvel Treasury#24) - Hippolyta posed as an innocent woman who Hercules saved from being hit by a car. He accompanied her back to her apartment, which was actually one of Mt. Olympus' touchstones on Earth, and she revealed her true identity. Furious over his spurning of her love, she attacked and tried to kill him, her own strength greatly amplified by the Gauntlets of Ares. However, in the course of the battle, they collapsed some immense pillar. Hercules caught the pillar to save Hippolyta, but because of its magical ties to Olympus (or some other such plot device), he could not hurl it away. Hippolyta had merely to stand back and watch Hercules be crushed, but she couldn't do it. She added her strength to his (the Gauntlets' power was no help here) in tossing the pillar aside. Saying they made better friends than enemies, ercules offered her his hand in peace. Disgusted, she slapped it away, asking why she would want his hand when she couldn't have his heart. She told him she had repaid her debt to him for saving her life, but that some day she would have her revenge.
Thursday, 23 April 2009
The Labours of Hercules... by Agatha Cristie

The Labours of Hercules is a short story collection written by Agatha Christie and first published in in the US by Dodd, Mead and Company in 1947 and in the UK by Collins Crime Club in September of the same year[3]. The US edition retailed at $2.50and the UK edition at eight shillings and sixpence (8/6).
It features Belgian detective Hercule Poirot, and gives an account of twelve cases with which he intends to close his career as a private detective. His regular sidekicks (his secretary, Miss Lemon, and valet, Georges) make cameo appearances, as does Chief Inspector Japp. The stories were all first published in periodicals between 1939 and 1947.
In the Foreword to the volume, Poirot declares that he will carefully choose the cases in order to conform to the mythological sequence of the Twelve Labours of Hercules. In some cases (such as The Nemean Lion) the connection is a highly tenuous one, while in others the choice of case is more or less forced upon Poirot by circumstances. By the end, The Capture of Cerberus has events that correspond with the twelfth labour with almost self-satirical convenience.
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