Heracles (Hercules)
Greek Hero




Heracles (Hercules)

German Epilepsy Museum Kork

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Herakleia nosos, morbus herculeus, mal d'hercule - epilepsy has been known as the "Hercules sickness" for over 2000 years.

This name for the disease originates from the opinion that the demigod Hercules, the son of the god Zeus and the human Alcmene, suffered from epilepsy.

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