In this topic, you will study the following about the Greek hero, Heracles:

• Heracles' birth and infancy
• Heracles' twelve labours
• Heracles in Greek art

You will also explore what the Romans believed about the same character, whom they called Hercules:

• Stories from Ovid' Metamorphoses
• Virgil's account of Hercules' fight with Cacus
• The worship of Hercules in Rome