He is portrayed as a sacrifice, presented as an altar builder and imagined as a self-devouring man, his role in comedy, and his tragic ending is often the subject of tragedy, and Talia Papadopolo describes "the madness of Hercules" as 'a play greater than all his other works'.

In the realm of art and literature, Hercules is portrayed as a very strong, medium-height male, most often armed with a bow and arrow, and a wooden stick as his handy. Pottery paintings show the unprecedented popularity of Hercules, whose battles with the lions of Nemea are depicted hundreds of times.

Myths and beliefs about Hercules also existed in Etruscan and Ancient Rome, and to the Romans, marveling at 'mehercule' was as familiar to the Greeks as 'Herakleis'.

In Italy, Hercules was worshipped as the god of merchants and traders, and others worshipped him for his natural luck and ability to avoid danger.

At the time when he was proclaimed the ancestor of his king by the Dorians, Hercules gained his highest social prestige. This gave the Dorians a more plausible reason for moving to the Peloponnese.

It was in this way that Hyros, the hero of a clan of the Dorians, was considered a son of Hercules, and became a descendant of Hercules or a Hercules (all descendants of Hercules, especially the descendants of Hyoros; other descendants of Hercules include Macaria, Lymos, Manto, Beatallo, Telepolos, and Telephos).

These Hercules conquered the Peloponnesian kingdoms of Mycenae, Sparta and Argos. They claim that, according to legend, they received the right to rule these countries from their ancestors. Historically, this has often been referred to as the 'Invasion of the Dorians'. Lydia and the later kings of Macedonia also became descendants of Hercules for the same reason.

Other heroes of the earliest generations, such as Perseus, Decarion, Theseus, and Bellerophon, all had similar traits to Hercules. Like him, they all independently perform extraordinary feats that are close to fairy tales, such as killing monsters like Camera and Medusa. Bellerophon's adventures are relatively mundane, similar to those of Hercules and Theseus. Becoming a constellation after a hero's death is also a common theme in early heroic traditions. For example, Perseus and Bellerophon.

The only extant epic of the Hellenistic period. Apollonius' (epic poet, scholar, and director of the Library of Alexandria) chronicles the voyage of Iason and the Argonauts to the mysterious land of Colchis in search of the Golden Fleece.

In The Argonauts, Iason is ordered by King Polyas. Polyas was prophesied. A man who wears only one slipper will become his Nemesis.

The epic begins after Iason loses a slipper in the river. Came to the court of Polias. Basically all the participants, including Hercules, are the heroes of the next generation. Together with Iason, they set out on the Argo in search of the Golden Fleece.

The heroes of this generation also include Theseus, who was on his way to Crete to get rid of the Minotaur, Atalanta, the legendary heroine, and Melagros, who is described in a series of epic poems comparable to the Iliad and the Odyssey. Pinda, Apollonios, and Apollodorus did their best to complete the roster of all Argonaut heroes.

Although Apollonius completed his work in the 3rd century BCE, the story of the Argonauts was formed earlier than the Odyssey, as Odysseus showed that he was very familiar with the adventures of Iazon (Odysseus's journey partially overlapped with Iason).

In ancient times, these adventures were believed to be based on Greek trade and colonization of the Black Sea region.

It was also popular to use some local legends in a range of literary themes, such as the story of Medea, which was often quoted in tragic poetry.

Between the time of the Argonauts and the Trojan War, there was a generation known for its horrific crimes. These crimes include the actions of Atreus and Tiestes in Argos.

Behind these myths was the weakening of power of the Atreus dynasty (one of the two particularly heroic dynasties of the Rabudakos dynasty) and the transformation of its ruling model from inheritance to sovereignty.

The twin brothers, Atreus and Tiestes, and their descendants played an important role in the weakening of Mycenaean rule.

The Theban Epic Collection depicts the story of Cadmus, the builder of Thebes, and later the kings Laius and Oedipus, as well as a series of stories about the seven generals who eventually conquered Thebes and their descendants.

Early epics associated with Oedipus describe that after discovering that Iocastus was actually his mother, he continued his reign in Thebes, remarrying a wife and continuing with her, much different from later tragedies (such as Sophocles' "Oedipus the King") and later myths.

Greek mythology culminated in the war between the Greeks and the Trojans, the Trojan War and its subsequent periods.

The story of the Trojan War in Homer's works has been finalized and laid, and then it is divided into several themes in more detail (especially in the field of Greek drama).

In ancient Roman culture, the Romans were particularly interested in the Trojan War because of the story of the hero Aeneas: Aeneas was a Trojan hero who set out from Troy and discovered what would become the Roman city.

Virgil also mentions this in his Aeneid (the famous Trojan event is recorded in the second book of the Aeneid). There are also two pseudo-chronicles written in Latin using the signatures of Dictis and Dareus.

The Siege of Troy series describes the events that led to the outbreak of the war and its early years: Eris, the golden apple that caused the dispute, the judgment of Paris and the abduction of Helen, and the sacrifice of Iphigenia in Avilida.

To rescue Helen, the Greeks formed a large expedition under the leadership of Menelaus' brother, King Agamemnon of Mycenae, while the Trojans refused to return Helen.

The Iliad begins in the tenth year of the war and focuses on the rebellion between Agamemnon and Achilles, the fiercest warrior of the Greeks, and the resulting death of Agamemnon's nephew Patroclus and Priam's eldest son Hector in the ensuing battle.

After Hector's death, the Trojans were joined by two foreign allies: the Amazonian Empress Pentesilea and King Memnon of Ethiopia, who were joined by the goddess of dawn.

Achilles succeeded in eliminating the two human allies, but he himself was shot in the ankle by Paris and died, as his ankle was the only part of his body that could be damaged by a human weapon.

Finally, the Greeks, with the help of Athena, built the Trojan Horse. Ignoring the warnings of Priam's daughter Kassandra, the Trojans were tricked into the city of Troy by dragging the Trojan horse into the city as an offering to Athena, while Laocoon, who proposed to destroy the Trojan horse, was bitten to death by a sea serpent.

At night, the Greek soldiers on the Trojan horse opened the gates and waited for the soldiers outside the city to rush in, and the city of Troy was sacked, Priam and his remaining sons were brutally murdered, and the women of Troy were reduced to slavery in Greek cities.

This was followed by the return of many Greek leaders (including the ten-year journey of Odysseus and the return of Aeneas (Aeneid) and the murder of Agamemnon), which were recorded in two epic poems: the lost Nostoi (or "The Return") and Homer's Odyssey. (To be continued......)