“Hercules” is the tragedy of the great ancient Greek playwright Euripides (480 - 406 BC).*** Brave Hercules goes to the Kingdom of the Dead to accomplish his next feat - to take the dog Cerberus away from there. Meanwhile, the treacherous King Lycus wants to destroy the entire family of Hercules, but the hero suddenly returns and kills the villain. But the trials of Hercules do not end there - the goddess Hera deprives him of his mind... Other works of Euripides that have survived to this day are “Iphigenia in Tauris”, “Phoenician Women”, “Ion”, “Orestes”, “The Bacchae”, “Iphigenia in Aulis” ", "Cyclops", "Electra", "Elena". The authority of Euripides in world literature is undeniable. His tragedies were imitated hundreds of years later by many famous playwrights. His immortal works have been translated into different languages of the world.