Apotheosis of Heracles
Heracles passes from suffering hero into immortality; Hesiod places him on Olympus with Hebe.
Overview
The Apotheosis of Heracles is the final transformation of the hero’s story. After labours, late suffering and the edge of death, he is not remembered only as a dead hero; he is brought into the order of the immortals. Hesiod’s Theogony says Heracles is joined with Hebe on Olympus, while Pseudo-Apollodorus preserves the later sequence that carries him through pain toward divinisation. The event links mortal heroic endurance with the Olympian family and makes Heracles a boundary-crossing figure between hero and god.
Relationships
- Heraclesbecomes immortal
Hesiod places Heracles among the immortals after his labours.
Ancient sources
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