You might know Hercules from the Disney movie, but you might not know that he is an epic hero because he didn’t just save his town from an cyclopes. He saved the gods and the entire world from the worst creature ever. That creature was Hades, the god of the underworld. Hercules is one of the best-known heroes in Greek and Roman mythology. His life growing up was not easy. He endured many trials and completed many daunting tasks, but the reward for his suffering was a promise that he would live forever among the gods on Mount Olympus. Hercules shows 3 traits of being an epic hero. Those traits are a noble birth, faces supernatural, receives supernatural help, capable of deeds of great strength, and courage. Follow along and see what Hercules
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Hercules begins his quest when his parents tell him he’s the son of Zeus, now he has set out on a journey to the Temple Of Zeus. Where Zeus himself will answer his questions. This is where Zeus tells him he needs to become a “true hero”, this way he can turn back into a god and return to Mount Olympus. Throughout his quest, Hercules has to face multiple challenges in which he has to be strong mentally and physically. He has to defeat monsters during his quest. Those 5 monsters names are Nessus, Hydra, Cyclops, the Titans, and Hades. In his quest Hercules gets help from 2 characters, one is Pegasus, a horse made with wings Zeus made out of clouds for Hercules when he was born. The other character is Phil the Satyr,he is a half-goat and half-human. He is also Hercules personal trainer who later on helps him become into a …show more content…
Life for Hercules goes great, until Phil discovers that Meg (who Hercules falls in love with) works for Hades. Now, Phil tries to tell Hercules that Meg is working for Hades, but Hercules doesn’t believe him so they get into a heated argument. Which ends up with Phil leaving. When he does Hades appears with Meg tied up. Hades makes a deal with Hercules. The deal was if Hercules gives up his strength, that he will let nothing happen to her so Hercules accepts. Hercules now loses all of his strength leaving him now fully mortal. Hades lets the creatures out that Hercules has already once beaten. Hercules comes face to face with the Cyclone. The Cyclone begins to beat Hercules up very badly. Even though Hercules is losing the fight, he refuses to give up. After Hercules manages to defeat the Cyclops using his wits, Meg sees a pillar collapsing onto him and, in a moment of selflessness, leaps to push him out of the way. Unfortunately, this means she is crushed by the pillar instead, sustaining huge internal injuries. This breaks Hades' contract, meaning that Hercules regains his strength. When Hercules asks Meg why she would do something so dangerous, she finally admits that she loves him, stating "People always do crazy things... when they're in love". Touched by her equally strong and genuine romantic feelings for him, Hercules promises Meg that she will survive and leaves her in Phil's care while he goes to stop
Hercules begins his quest when his parents tell him he’s the son of Zeus, now he has set out on a journey to the Temple Of Zeus. Where Zeus himself will answer his questions. This is where Zeus tells him he needs to become a “true hero”, this way he can turn back into a god and return to Mount Olympus. Throughout his quest, Hercules has to face multiple challenges in which he has to be strong mentally and physically. He has to defeat monsters during his quest. Those 5 monsters names are Nessus, Hydra, Cyclops, the Titans, and Hades. In his quest Hercules gets help from 2 characters, one is Pegasus, a horse made with wings Zeus made out of clouds for Hercules when he was born. The other character is Phil the Satyr,he is a half-goat and half-human. He is also Hercules personal trainer who later on helps him become into a …show more content…
Life for Hercules goes great, until Phil discovers that Meg (who Hercules falls in love with) works for Hades. Now, Phil tries to tell Hercules that Meg is working for Hades, but Hercules doesn’t believe him so they get into a heated argument. Which ends up with Phil leaving. When he does Hades appears with Meg tied up. Hades makes a deal with Hercules. The deal was if Hercules gives up his strength, that he will let nothing happen to her so Hercules accepts. Hercules now loses all of his strength leaving him now fully mortal. Hades lets the creatures out that Hercules has already once beaten. Hercules comes face to face with the Cyclone. The Cyclone begins to beat Hercules up very badly. Even though Hercules is losing the fight, he refuses to give up. After Hercules manages to defeat the Cyclops using his wits, Meg sees a pillar collapsing onto him and, in a moment of selflessness, leaps to push him out of the way. Unfortunately, this means she is crushed by the pillar instead, sustaining huge internal injuries. This breaks Hades' contract, meaning that Hercules regains his strength. When Hercules asks Meg why she would do something so dangerous, she finally admits that she loves him, stating "People always do crazy things... when they're in love". Touched by her equally strong and genuine romantic feelings for him, Hercules promises Meg that she will survive and leaves her in Phil's care while he goes to stop