Black= Other Grey= Hercules Adventures Purple= Hercules Making Up For KIlling Wife and Children Maroon= Hercules Wife/Children/Death Pink= Hercules Parents Green= Hercules Life Blue= Hercules labors Orange= Hercules birth Red= Hercules Famousness “Greek Mythology of Hercules, the Mortal Who Became a God.” Notes: Hercules is the most well-known hero in Greek Mythology(direct quote) *”Born to mortal mother and fathered by the King of the Gods”. (paraphrased) *”Famous for the many labors he performed and his strength”. (paraphrased) * Life was never easy for him. His stepmother wanted to make him miserable as punishment of her husband’s infidelity”. (paraphrased) *Son of Zeus because Zeus disguised himself as Alcmene’s husband Amphitryon but did have an affair with her; Hercules born (paraphrased) *Hercules was strong man and married Megara(daughter of the King of Thebes). They had children together. Hercules never was able to settle down with his family because his stepmother Hera cause a fit to overtake him and Hercules killed his wife and children. *Hercules went to the oracle at Delphi; asked how he could makeup for killing his wife and children. Told to go serve King Eurystheus of Argos. (paraphrased) *Hercules had many more adventures, but did settle down and get married. He married the beautiful Deianeira, and the couple were happy. They were traveling one day & ran into a wide river that was hard for Deianeira to cross. There was a half man, half horse named Nessus who offered to take Deianeira across. She accepted and Hercules started to walk across the river; when Hercules looked back Nessus was trying to run away with Deianeira. Hercules though shot Nessus with a poisoned arrow. Before he died, Nessus told Deianeira... ... middle of paper ... ...s- Dad (Paraphrased) * Lessons for archery, fencing, and wrestling as a boy (one of the best in the world) (Paraphrased) * Didn’t like reading, writing, or music (Paraphrased) * Hit teacher during music and sent to mountains for few days (Paraphrased) * 18- killed lion is woods by Thebes. Given wife princess Megara because of this (Paraphrased) * After labors, he was cleansed his sin & free to roam earth (Paraphrased) "The Life and Times of Hercules." Notes: * Hercules went to Mount Olympus with gods after death (paraphrased) * After labors- Rescued princess of Troy from hungry sea-monster, helped Zeus defeat Giants in control for Olympus (paraphrased) * Gods looked down on Hercules at Olympus at his funeral pyre (Paraphrased) "Hercules the True Myth." *strongest hero who ever lived (paraphrased) * most popular hero in history (paraphrased)
Everyone knows the story of Hercules, but not everyone knows that it follows the same pattern as most hero stories. Hercules is a story about the son of Zeus. When Hercules was a baby, Pain and Panic, Hades’ evil henchmen, gave him a potion to turn him mortal. It was prophesied that this baby would be the one to defeat Hades and they didn’t want that to come true. Since Hercules was now mortal, he could no longer live on Mount Olympus. A couple on earth took him in so he could grow up as a human. Hercules knew something was different about himself, so when he grew up, he set out to discover who he really was. Even though Hercules is an ancient Greek myth, it still follows Joseph Campbell’s modern basic outline of a hero’s journey.
The story of Heracles that comes to people’s mind is not what Heracles had to do during his life. Throughout the life of Heracles, he has shown that he deserved to be remembered as a great hero, through the opposition that he faced from the husband of Zeus, the king of the gods, wife, Hera, because he was the son of Zeus and a mortal woman. Hera is the main reason that Heracles had to complete the 12 labors.
Hercules is one of the most well-known mythical heroes in history; his associations with adventure and violence exemplify as to why audiences are so interested in him. Virgil briefly writes about Hercules within The Aeneid, showcasing his heroic qualities within a climactic event with the monster, Cacus. Through the characterization of Hercules and Cacus, demonstrations of Hercules’ anger, and exemplifications of vividness, Virgil’s account of the battle between Hercules and Cacus in Book 8 of The Aeneid exemplifies an element of impact, heightening the conflict between the two characters for entertainment purposes.
When Hercules grew up and had become a great warrior, he married a young woman named Megara. They had two children together and lived very happily. However, things didn’t turn out as they do in the movie. One day, Hera sent a fit of madness to Hercules that put him into so great a rage, that he murdered his wife and both children. When Hercules regained his senses and realized what he had done, he asked the god Apollo to rid him of his sins. Apollo commanded that Hercules do certain tasks as punishment for his wrongs, so that evil might be cleansed from his spirit.
Jesus was not the first in history to boast such a birth lineage many examples exist within ancient tales; however Hercules, the illegitimate son of Zeus (supreme god of the Greek pantheon) and Alcmene (a mortal woman) is perhaps one of the most well-known. While the birth of Jesus was with consent and acknowledgement of Mary, Alcmene was tricked into a relationship with Zeus; it is interesting to note, however, neither conception was of traditional coupling.
Hercules was about to kill himself. But he was told by the oracle at Delphi
Driven mad by Hera, Hercules turned violently on his six sons and wife. After recovering his sanity, Hercules deeply regretted his actions and was extremely sorry for all he had done; he was purified by the King Thespius, and then travelled to Delphi to wonder how he could atone for his actions.
The tales of Greek heroes and the gods are older than all of us. Most of these tales are thought to be myths, but every interpretation of Greek mythology and the stories that it contains correlates with something in the real world today. The story of the creation of the world, and the stories of the heroes Hercules, Perseus and Theseus, are only but a few of the compelling stories Greek mythology has to offer.
In order for us to understand what he meant by using Hercules' name and amount of background would need to be known.
Hercules the great hero and the son of the great god Zeus, was the most famous of all the Greek mythological heroes. Hercules was known for his strength, bravery, and adventuresome personality. Hercules like most heroes had a god as their father, and he had a mortal mother named Alcmene. Hercules like most heroes was not an ordinary mortal and a good example was his superhuman strength.
Perseus was born to Danae and the Greek god Zeus. Acrisius, the father of Danae, was told by the oracle of Apollo that Danae’s son would kill him. After finding out that Danae had her son, Perseus, Acrisius shut Perseus and Dane up in a large chest cast the chest out to sea. After a while out in the sea, they landed on the island of Seriphos, where they were saved by the king Polydectes’s brother, Dictys. Polydectes, after hearing about Danae, wanted her to marry him. In order to get rid of Perseus, so that no one would be able to stop him from marrying Danae, Polydectes came up with a plan. He pretended to be marrying the daughter of one of his friends and required everyone to bring him a wedding gift. Polydectes knew that Perseus, being very poor, would arrive empty-handed. Perseus vowed that he could bring Polydectes anything that he wanted and so Polydectes demanded Perseus to bring him the head of the gorgon Medusa, hoping that he would be killed. Perseus set off on his adventure to kill Medusa and while stopping to rest one night in an unknown land, Perseus realized how hopeless the adventure seemed to be. “Gorgons were horrible, instead of hair they had black serpents that writhed on their head, they had brazen hands that could...
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After the Trojan War, Odysseus, the handsome, brave hero of The Odyssey makes the god of the sea, Poseidon, angry by claiming that he alone won the Trojan War. Poseidon vows he will make Odysseus' journey home tough. While on the island of the Cyclopes, they find an abandoned cave that is owned by the one-eyed Cyclops Polyphemus, the son of Poseidon. There they become trapped, Odysseus tells him his name is Nohbody, and offers Polyphemus some wine so that he can become intoxicated. Polyphemus becomes drunk, passes out, and Odysseus and his men devise a plan and attack him in his eye with a sharp, hot wooden pole. Polyphemus...