Hesperides immortal as long as he touched his mother, Gaia, the earth. Heracles killed Antaeus by holding him aloft and crushing him in a bearhug. Herodotus claims that Heracles stopped in Egypt, where King Busiris decided to make him the yearly sacrifice, but Heracles burst out of his chains. Finally making his way to the Garden of the Hesperides, Heracles tricked Atlas into retrieving some of the golden apples for him, by offering to hold up the heavens for a little while (Atlas was able to take them as, in this version, he was the father or otherwise related to the
The Legend of Mardoush The Legend of Mardoush The Legend of Mardoush, (), is a long animated Persian trilogy based on the mythical stories of Shahnameh. The metaphor "mardoush", literally meaning snake-shoulder, refers to Zahhak, as two snakes grew on his shoulders after they were kissed by Ahriman. The production of this movie started in 2002 and finished in 2005 and it is one of the longest clay animation projects done in Iran. The first episode starts with a short review of history from the beginning, up to when Jamshid becomes the king. As he sees strange problems are emerging in his kingdom, he