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Heracles is supposed to be an ideal Greek man. Despite this, he murders multiple people, kills his own kids, abducts Iole, and possibly cheats on Deianira. How did Greek listeners understand these events and promote these stories as part of proper masculinity?

by /u/cordis_melum in /r/AskHistorians

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