Supplementary Images
‘Heracles got his club’ (Ο Ηρακλής πήρε το ρόπαλό του)
This page contains supplementary images (or links to images) as referred to in 'Ο Ηρακλής πήρε το ρόπαλό του' [‘Heracles got his club’]: the reception of Herakles in the modern Greek press' by Andreas Michalopoulos for the Modern Hercules volume (Part 1); Editors: Alastair Blanshard (Queensland) and Emma Stafford (Leeds). Please note that the image thumbnails have been cropped to their centre by the page template used. These images are clickable and will then show in a full version.
A selection of illustrated books on Hercules for children aged 5-8
Choreanthis, K. (2007) Ηρακλής (‘Herakles’), Athens: Kedros; Mandilaras, F. (2008) Ο Ηρακλής (‘Herakles’), Athens: Papadopoulos; Kapoutsi, S. (2011) Ηρακλής. Οι δώδεκα άθλοι (‘Herakles. The twelve labours’), Athens: Diaplasi; Dikaiou, Ε. (2013) Ο Ηρακλής και οι άθλοι του (‘Herakles and his labours’), Athens: Patakis; Zarabouka, S. (2015) Ηρακλής. Οι άθλοι του δεν τελειώνουν ποτέ (‘Herakles. His labours never end’), Athens: Patakis;
A very small selection of emblems of teams named Herakles
These teams come from various regions of Greece.
Some of the many Iraklis F.C. fan clubs outside Greece
This selection includes those from Great Britain, Italy, South Africa and 'the World'.
Herakles' club as a national emblem
Here the emblem of Iraklis F.C. (founded in 1908 and featuring the Farnese Hercules) appears on a 2005 stamp issued by the Greek Republic.
Emblems of Greek teams named after historical figures
These include Philip of Macedon, Alexander the Great, Herodotus and Archelaus.
‘Herakles owes even his club’
The headline used by the (now discontinued) sports website www.trifylli.gr, when reporting Herakles’ (Iraklis F.C.'s) financial problems.
The public sector as Lernean hydra
The front page of the print edition of the newspaper Kathimerini, 24 January 2018.