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Quotation from The Library (Bibliotheca) by Apollodorus (attributed)

“The Pythian priestess then first called him Hercules, for hitherto he was called Alcides.”

Apollodorus (attributed) (spoken by Narrator)

The Library (Bibliotheca), Book II.4.12, trans. Sir James George Frazer (1921)

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After killing his children in a madness sent by Hera, the hero goes to Delphi and is told to serve Eurystheus for twelve years.

Citation: "The Pythian priestess then first called him Hercules, for hitherto he was called Alcides." — Apollodorus (attributed), The Library (Bibliotheca), Book II.4.12, trans. Sir James George Frazer (1921). (id apollodorus-library-q4)

Portrait: Bibliotheke des Apollodor, Title page of an 1805 edition of the Bibliotheca, Public domain.

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