Statue of Youthful Heracles

Heracles, born Alcaeus or Alcides, was a divine hero in Greek mythology, the son of Zeus and Alcmene, foster son of Amphitryon and great-grandson and half-brother (as they are both sired by the god Zeus) of Perseus. He was the greatest of the Greek heroes, a paragon of masculinity, the ancestor of royal clans who claimed to be Heracleidae, and a champion of the Olympian order against chthonic monsters. In Romeand the modern West, he is known as Hercules, with whom the later Roman emperors, in particular Commodus and Maximian, often identified themselves. The Romans adopted the Greek version of his life and works essentially unchanged, but added anecdotal detail of their own, some of it linking the hero with the geography of the Central Mediterranean. Details of his cult were adapted to Rome as well. This object is part of Scan The World. Scan the World is a non-profit initiative introduced by MyMiniFactory, through which we are creating a digital archive of fully 3D printable sculptures, artworks and landmarks from across the globe for the public to access for free. Scan the World is an open source, community effort, if you have interesting items around you and would like to contribute, email [e-mail] to find out how you can help.赫拉克勒斯本名阿尔克俄斯（Alcaeus）或阿尔基得斯（Alcides），是希腊神话中的神圣英雄，为宙斯与阿尔克墨涅之子，安菲特律翁的养子，同时也是珀尔修斯的曾孙与同父异母兄弟——二者皆为宙斯所诞育。他是希腊英雄中最伟大的一位，堪称阳刚之典范，是自称赫拉克勒斯后裔（Heracleidae）的王室宗族的先祖，亦是奥林匹斯神系对抗冥府怪物的斗士。在罗马与现代西方世界中，他以赫拉克勒斯（Hercules）之名为人熟知，后世罗马皇帝，尤以康茂德与马克西米安为甚，常以他的身份自居。罗马人基本沿用了希腊版的他的生平与事迹，仅补充了自身的轶事细节，其中部分内容将这位英雄与地中海中部的地理风貌相关联。其相关祭仪细节也被改编后传入罗马。 本展品属于扫描全球（Scan The World）项目。该项目是MyMiniFactory推出的非营利性倡议，旨在打造全球范围内可3D打印的雕塑、艺术品与地标建筑的数字档案库，供公众免费获取。扫描全球是一项开源的社区共建项目，若您身边有有趣的藏品并希望参与贡献，可发送邮件至[e-mail]了解参与方式。