The Hercules And Cacus Myth
Beta Herculis, or Kornephoros, is the brightest star in Hercules constellation. Its name comes from Greek and suggests “the club bearer.” Kornephoros has an apparent magnitude of 2.81 and is approximately 139 light years distant. They knew it as Engonasin, or “the kneeling 1.” It was Eratosthenes who identified the kneeler as Heracles, standing more than the dragon that guarded the garden of the Hesperides. As you weed by way of books, comics, tv, movies and practically anything else, you…