Heracles: A Greek Hero In Greek Myth

He sat up and grabbed the snakes by their throats. Amphitryon rushed to nursery to find hercules holding to dead snakes. This scene was also depicted in the movie when Hercules’ parents found him on the ground.

He killed a lion with his bare hands and feet! There was one thing that made him even scarier, he is a mortal! Hercules was a brave hero. Once something happened in the city of troy that made the Greek god Poseidon very mad. It got him so mad he sent a big sea monster to go attack the ship the princess of Troy!

A few months ago Proserpina the daughter of Ceres, goddess of grain, was kidnapped by Pluto, god of the underworld. Ceres is too sad to even grow plants on earth. People wonder if Zeus will step in and stop this.

It was raised by Hera to slain Hercules. The hydra lived in the swamp near Lake Lerna. The hydra caused havoc among the villages near his resting place. The only known nemesis is a demi-god named Hercules. To defeat the Hydra, Hercules had to call one of his nephew named Iolaus because he realized he couldn't defeat it.

Upon entering he marked his trail with the thread the King’s daughters had given him and started his pursuit to find the Minotaur. Once he found the Minotaur he killed him with repeated hits with his fists and/or (depending on where you hear the story) used one of his father's swords, that he smuggled in, to slay the great beast. Then he made his way out of the maze with several other Athenians that he had found and saved from the depths of the Labyrinth. The King's daughters were amazed and they went back with him to Athens ("MINOTAUR : Bull-headed Man of the Labyrinth of Crete, Labor Theseus ; Greek Mythology ; Pictures :

Alexander held more accomplishments. While his father was away for battle, Olympias oddly enough told Alexander that his father was not who he was, and that is was Zeus. Zeus in that time was a Greek supreme

Hercules had to complete ten labors for the gods to forgive him and accept him for his sins. Hercules’ fear was the goddess Hera. The dragon of Hercules is Eurystheus, Hera’s son, because Hera is attempting to get revenge through Eurystheus. Hercules completed all ten labors, but had to complete two more because Eurystheus did not count two. He had become immortal.

A Hero’s Quest for Immortality Gilgamesh, just like any other heroes, receives a vision from the gods pertaining to his fate, “The father of the gods has given you kingship, such is your destiny, everlasting life is not your destiny.” It makes no sense at first but as the story progress, we found out that Gilgamesh was never meant to live eternal life. The quest for immortality is a common theme in mythologies. Heroes undergo challenges against gods and supernatural creatures in order to get the desired item that would restore one’s youth.

Ariadne told Theseus that she would free him from the labyrinth as long as he promised to take her back to Athens and marry her once he escaped. She gave Theseus a ball of thread to attach to the knob of the door so that when he carried it with him he could always retrace his steps. When he finally stumbled upon the minotaur, it was fast asleep. He then pinned it to the ground and beat the minotaur to death. He was then able to escape the

Rikki-tikki just came from the cobra nest smashing all the eggs to prevent any more snakes from coming into the garden. Nag wanted to end this once and for all. “Let us talk”(19), Nag said. You eat eggs why should I not eat birds. This is why I think nag is a very cruel snake.

The Greek god I am researching is, Zeus. Zeus is the most power full god. He has the power to throw lighting bolt control the weather and control the heavens. The reason I picked Zeus as my god is because he is a good strong leader. Zeus has a kind of small family, his mothers name is Rhea, his fathers name is Cronus, and his brothers and sisters are, Hades, posiden, Demeter, and Hsia.

Other two gods we can compare and contrast are Hephaestus and Vulcan. Hephaestus was the Greek god of technology, blacksmiths, and fire. Hephaestus had the gift of being able to create anything he wished to make, Vulcan could not. Hephaestus was worshiped in Athens it was his main place of worship. Hephaestus was sadly born being unable to walk for he was crippled and weak.