5 Major Heroes and their accomplishments Hercules Greek

5 Major Heroes and their accomplishments

Hercules (Greek: Heracles) • Son of Zeus and Alcmene (Amphtryon step-dad) • Hera hates him, drives him crazy, kills his family • Temple of Delphi (Apollo) tells him to perform 10 labors for cousin Eurystheus • Lion, *Hydra, Stag, Boar, *Stables, Birds, Bull, Horses, Belt, Geryon, Apples, Cerberus (* didn’t count)

Perseus • Son of Zeus and Danae (Dictys step-dad) • Polydectes (evil king) tries to marry Danae, Perseus needs a wedding gift! • Decides to get Medusa (snake-hired, Poseidon-loving, Athena-defiling) head. • Help from Hermes (talaria, Hade’s Helmet) Athena (sword, bag of holding) • Graeae tell him to find Medusa, he beheads her, Pegasus and Chrysaor come out. • Uses head to: petrify Ceto (Monster), Polydectys, save Andromeda, Danae

Theseus • Child of Aegeus, Aethra • Rolls rock, finds stuff, defeats different bandits to claim Athens princeship • Bandits: Sinis- treebender; Sciron-cliffpusher; Procrustes-stretcher • Heads to Crete (king Minos), kills Minotaur, helped by Ariadne, ditches Ariadne@Naxos • Forgets to change sails, Aegeus suicides, Aegean named after him

Jason • • • Son of Aeson Alcimide • Fights: Gegeines (giants) with Cyzicus (Doliones), Harpies with Phineas (Salmyedessus), Symplegades (crashing rocks) • • Fights Aeetes bulls, dragon, tooth-soldiers with Medea’s help to get fleece • Jason killed by Argo mast. Hera loses his sandal, Pelias (evil king) tells him to get golden fleece Recruits Argo nautae: Heracles, Philoctetes, Peleus, Telamon, Orpheus, Castor+Pollux, Atalanta, Euphemus Medea kills Absyrtus (brother), Talos (bronze man) Pelias, Glauce (Jason’s love) Creon (her dad) rides away on dragon

Bellerophon • Child of Glaucos and Eurynome (Poseidon? ) • Captures pegagus with golden bridle from Athena • Killed Proteus, goes to Argos under king Proteus, wife Anteia claims rape • Goes to Lycia, kills Chimera (goat lion snake), Defeats Solymi, Amazons • Flies to Olympus, bucked off Pegasus, becomes hermit, Pegasus carries thunderbolts for Zeus