Hercules is born on Mount Olympus with all the powers of a god to his loving parents, Zeus and Hera. ... Knowing that as a god,Hercules is immortal, Hades sends his two lackeys, Pain and Panic, to kidnap Hercules and turn him mortal by means of a magic potion. Who did Hercules lo...
Hercules, better known to classicists as Heracles, technically had three parents, two mortal and one divine. He was raised byAmphitryonand Alcmene, a human king and queen who were cousins and grandchildren of Zeus' son Perseus. But, according to the legends, Heracles' biological father was a...
troubles was Zeus’ wife Hera. When we watched the movie , we could easily tell that Hades longed to defeat Zeus and become the king of the universe However, someone told him that Hercules would his plans, so he made Hercules a mortal but failed at his attempt to kill the baby Hercules...
It’s not impossible to imagine that, in competition with gods like Hercules (who had a temple near the Roman Forum) and human heroes like the divinized Julius Caesar (who had a temple in the Roman Forum), Jesus also came to be thought of as divine. Moreover, this process of deificati...
The mother of Perseus was Danae, whose father was Acrisius of Argos. Danae conceived Perseus whenZeus, taking the form of a golden shower, impregnated her. Electryon is one of Perseus's sons. Electryon's daughter was Alcmena,Hercules' mother. The other sons of Perseus andAndromedaare Perse...
" Twenty years ago, our continent was an unknown land, and the Rocky Mountains were our Pillars of Hercules. Five years hence, the Orient will be our next-door neighbor. We shall hold the world's granary, the world's treasury, the world's highway. But we shall have no Far West, no...
Daniel(但尼尔)--awise and fair judge (聪明而公正的法官) Judas(犹大)--a traitor(叛徒) Hercules(赫丘利)--a hero of strength and bravery (大力神) (2)历史渊源(historical figures) the Rubicon(鲁比肯河)--an irrevocable step (破釜沉舟,无可挽回)Nero(尼禄)-a tyrant(暴君) ...
MAUIthe demi-godwas sometimes the Hercules of Polynesia. His exploits were fully as marvelous as those of the hero of classic mythology. He snared the sun. He pulled up islands from the ocean depths. What is Maui's backstory? Maui was born to human parents, centuries before the events of...