Hercules for Millennials

Need an afternoon reprieve from the Herculean task of staying awake at work? For McSweeney’s, Brooke Gamble McAdam takes on the myth of Hercules, giving him a millennial spin. Instead of slewing the Nemean Lion, he “[cures] his cat allergies using essential oils.” And instead of capturing the Golden Hind of Artemis? Millennial Hercules “captured the golden HBO passport of his parents.”