Achelous Vs Hercules

The story of Achelous and Hercules was one many may recognize with real life actions. Achelous was a river-god Hercules fought, because he was in love with the girl Hercules wanted to marry. Not only did Achelous have no desire to fight Hercules, but he wanted to reason with him. In that case it made Hercules more angry in the situation they were in. The river-god attacked Hercules fiercely after the words that were spoken, “My hand is better than my tongue. Let me win fighting and you may win talking” (Hamilton 174). Hercules “was used to subduing bulls.” (Hamilton 174), it happened that the form Achelous took was no problem to handle. After Hercules broke off one of Archelous’ horn, the contest ended, and the princess named Deianira became
The astonishing work by Benton include many colors and realistic paintings that may be mistaken for modern art. He happens to set the seen during harvest time in the midwest. The importance of the painting is mostly the actions being played by Hercules and Achelous. There are, of course, other men and women doing their own thing while Hercules takes his anger out on the bull shaped god. Such as a farmer and cutting trees, there happens to be a crowd watching the most admired hero of Greece, not including Athens, fight Achelous for a young princess. The painting is overall a beautiful piece. Thomas Hart Benton went along with a simple title for a powerful painting, “Achelous and Hercules”, it tells what the painting is based upon and who it is about. Every detail put into the painting is apart of it, it shows what other activities are going on while the hero and river god fight. Men are shown working while the actions of Hercules and Achelous interrupted their workspace, and women being shown sitting on what looks like a cornucopia watching the scene happen before them, one of them happening to be