== 文化・伝統の中で ==
[[Image:Bistoon Kermanshah.jpg|thumb|[[Statue of Hercules in Behistun]], dedicated in the name of "Herakles Kallinikos" (ἩρακλῆνΚαλλίνικον, "Hercules glorious in victory") by a [[Seleucid Empire|Seleucid]] governor in 148 BCE.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Visscher |first1=Marijn S. |title=Beyond Alexandria: Literature and Empire in the Seleucid World |year=2020 |publisher=Oxford University Press |isbn=978-0-19-005908-8 |page=75, note 26 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4yntDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA75 |language=en}}</ref> Some have interpreted it as an [[Hellenistic]]-era depiction of Verethragna as [[Heracles]].{{sfn|Gnoli|Jamzadeh|1988|pp=510–514}} [[Kermanshah]], [[Iran]].{{sfn|Gnoli|Jamzadeh|1988|pp=510–514}}]]
===In the Zoroastrian hierarchy===