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  • The Shield of Heracles

  • By: Hesiod
  • Narrated by: Andrea Giordani
  • Length: 35 mins
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The Shield of Heracles is an archaic Greek epic poem which was attributed to Hesiod in antiquity. The subject of the poem is the expedition of Hercules and his nephew Iolaus against Cycnus, who challenged Heracles to combat as they were passing through Thessaly on their way to the city of Trachis.

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