Hercules Invented The Ancient Equivalent Of MMA (Creating Our Own Mythical Beast)

Hercules Invented The Ancient Equivalent Of MMA (Creating Our Own Mythical Beast)

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According to myth, not only did Hercules complete his twelve labours but he also invented MMA in the process.

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Original Article:
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Sources:
https://www.ancient.eu/pankration/
https://bleacherreport.com/articles/28473-ancient-greek-pankration-the-origins-of-mma-part-one
https://www.olympic.org/ancient-olympic-games/pankration
https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/Herakles/lion.html

Videos:
Longplay of Hercules Action Game (2019)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lNtazzM5K5A

Images:
Pankration, British Museum, CC BY 2.5 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.5, via Wikimedia Commons
Hercules, Juanedc from Zaragoza, España, CC BY 2.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Theseus, Plutho 12:02, 16 February 2008 (UTC), CC BY 3.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Minotaur, Marsyas, CC BY-SA 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/, via Wikimedia Commons
Devil May Cry 3: Dante's Awakening (2005)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0426437/
Hydra, Getty Villa, CC BY-SA 3.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Labyrinth, Shonagon, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons
Cerberus, William Blake, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Music:
From https://filmmusic.io
"Two Finger Johnny" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com)
License: CC BY (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)



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