Where did Hercules get his club?

When Hercules got to Nemea and began tracking the terrible lion, he soon discovered his arrows were useless against the beast. Hercules picked up his club and went after the lion. Following it to a cave which had two entrances, Hercules blocked one of the doorways, then approached the fierce lion through the other. read more

There were different ancient Greek traditions where the club was made and what it was made from; one tradition said Heracles made the club for himself at Nemea by cutting from a tree, e.g. Pseudo-Apollodorus (2. read more

Through his mother Alcmene and his father Amphitryon, Hercules was descended from Persus, since his two grandfathers, Alcaeus and Electryon, were both sons of Persus and Andromeda. So he is of pure Argive blood, and it was by accident that he was born at Thebes. read more

Yes: in Roman, Renaissance and post-Renaissance art that makes use of Roman iconography, Hercules may be identified by his club and his lion skin. read more