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Back On His Sh*t, Heracles (Hercules) Wants to Get Hitched, Encounters w/ Iole & Omphale (More Heracles Part 1)

Let's Talk About Myths, Baby! | Greek Mythology & the Ancient Mediterranean

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Heracles and the Corcopes in Ephesus

Heracles dressed in women's clothing, at least for a time in to some while he was serving on falle. Apollodorus doesn't give us any information about their relationship. But if you think other ancient authors did not find a way to sexualize the situation, you are not paying attention. Even coincidentally, ovid references this experience of heracles in his arsamatori which i introduced to you as a bonous episode just yesterday.

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