Labouring the part. Hercules in cinema.

Roman cinema before Hercules. The link between Italy and Hercules may not seem obvious. Yet there was a relationship between the two. The myth of Geryon’s  cattle and the defeat of Cacus both involve Hercules in and around Rome, although it’s worth pointing out that Rome hadn’t yet been founded. Roll forward to 1951 and […]

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