Mythology - Roman - Hercules

Hercules is the Roman version of the Greek Hero, Heracles. The son of Jupiter and Alcmena (in Greek mythos, it is Zeus and Alcmene) he was unrivaled in strength and became a Legendary Hero, completing the Twelve Labours that he was given while serving Eurystheus, king of Mycenae, for ten years as instructed by the Oracle at Delphi after he killed his wife and children in a Hera induced madness. After the Twelfth Task, Hercules was granted immortality by the gods and married Hebe, the goddess of youth and daughter of Hera, as a reconciliation between he and Hera.

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[Letter from Elizabeth Upshur Teackle to her husband, Littleton Dennis Teackle, August 1812]

Letter from Elizabeth Upshur Teackle to her husband, Littleton Dennis Teackle, discussing the accounts she has heard of the riots in Baltimore. Anti-war articles written by Alexander Contee Hanson in the Federal Republican newspaper caused riots against the newspaper. Elizabeth is horrified by these events and asks for her husband's recounting of the events. She also discusses their finances and her sister, Ann Upshur Teackle.