0256NOTAtlas

0256NOTAtlas_Beck

ogcma@byu

ClCv241

Mastery

MythMatters

Hes. Th. 507-17
Ovid Met. 604-662

C.C. Beck & Bill Parker. (Character Captain Marvel first featured in) Whiz Comics #2. Fawcett Comics: 1940.

Cross-listings: 0525NOTHeracles_Beck

-1068NOTZeus_Beck

-0003NOTAchilles_Beck

-0571NOTHermes_Beck

When Billy Batson AKA Captain Marvel says the word "SHAZAM," he invokes his super powers, which include, among other things, the strenghth of Hercules, the stamina of Atlas, the power of Zeus, the courage of Achilles, and the speed of Mercury.

Slide by CB

OGCMA slides are designed by Roger T. Macfarlane for use in Classical Civilization 241 courses at Brigham Young University.
The present resource contains information assembled for The Oxford Guide to Classical Mythology in the Arts, 1300 - 1990's, edited by J. Davidson Reid (Oxford 1994), and it is used with express permission from Oxford University press.
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