Athena

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My name is Athena but I do have other names like Pallas Athena and Minerva which the Romans call me. I am the goddess of wisdom, war tactics and domestic arts. My parents are Zeus my father and Metis my mother and I am part of the 12 olympians. I have many symbols like the owl because it is wise like me, an olive tree, my shield the Aegis which has Medusa's head on it and the Parthenon my temple in Athens it was built in honor of me because i'm there partron diety. I have one festival that is celebrated in Athens it is called the Panathenaic festival. I have helped many heros.









Hercules is known to many as just a really strong guy or of a boy born of the gods, but was changed human because of evil, but because he was still part god, he was incredibly strong. So he grew up with mortal parents and when he got older he started to save people and become famous by killing monsters that threatened the land. And through all of this he ways almost always happy and ended up getting the person he loved at the end of the story. But that is only one version of the story and it is not correct it is the Disney movie Hercules. Hercules is really a demigod (which is a child of a god and a mortal) and is not just a really strong guy who killed monsters even though he did and was but he also had a really tragic life. Here is the real version of the story Heracles: Heracles son of Zeus and Aclmene grew up being threatened by a goddess. He did become incredibly strong but again was driven mad by the same goddess who made him kill is wife and kids. Because of this he was assigned the 12 labors, which were jobs that he had to do like killing monsters. He ended up finishing them and in the end he was turned into a god after he died but was never happy because he lived a pretty miserable life. Those 2 stories are different in many ways; here are some comparisons of them. HIS YOUTH: When Hercules was a child in the movie he was born of Zeus and Hera but was kidnapped and changed human by Hades minions so they could kill him. But they fail when Hercules grabbed them and strangled them while they were in snake form. Then Hercules was adopted into a mortal family after they found him. He then grew up trying to fit in but because of his strength he couldn't because he'd always end up breaking or destroying something. The real version is that when he was a baby born of Zeus and Alcmene a mortal. So Hera full of jealousy tried to kill the baby by sending 2 snakes after him but Heracles ended up strangling the snakes. Because his mother was a princess Heracles was taught to read and write also sword fighting, wrestling and archery when he was young. 12 LABORS: In the movie they don't talk about 12 labors at all but they do show Hades trying to kill Hercules by sending monsters that are the labors. Like the centaur, the hydra, the boar, the Nemean lion, and the Stymphalian birds. But he also does others like cleaning the Augean stables and getting the Amazons Queen Hipplyte's belt. And he defeats and finishes each one. The real story Heracles takes on the 12 labors as a punishment for killing his wife and kids when he went mad. He was assigned the labors by Eurystheus king of Mycenae. The labors he took on were: the Nemean lion, the Hydra, Cerynitian Hind which was a female deer with gold horns and it was sacred to Artemis, the Eryanthian Boar, he had to clean the Augean stables, kill the Stymphalian birds, the Cretan Bull, the Mares of Diomedes who ate the flesh of humans, get the Queen of the Amazons Hipplyte's Belt, kidnap the cattle of Geryon, get the Apples of the Hesperides, and last capture Cerberus Hades 3 headed guard dog. RELATIONSHIP WITH THE GODS: In the movie most of the gods like Hercules because he is the son of Zeus. Hera especially because she is Hercules mother and she loves him so much so she was heart broken when he was kidnapped and then had to sadly watch him grow up with the mortal family after they found him. But Hades on the other hand hates Hercules because he is the only one who could stop Hades plan to take over the world, so Hades tries to kill Hercules from the time he was born to when he was 18 that's when he stopped Hades and the Titans from taking over the world. The real version is almost the complete opposite because Heracles was born of Zeus and Alcmene his mortal mother so Hera was jealous and tried to kill Heracles many times and drove him mad till the point that he killed someone. She made sure that his life was miserable. But Hades really didn't care about Heracles even when he asked Hades if he could take Cerberus, Hades just said if you can tame him you can take him. Those are comparisons of two versions of the story Hercules they were the Disney Movie “Hercules” and “ The Labors of Heracles” from Myth web.com. From those stories of Hercules “His youth, The 12 labors and his Relation ship with the gods” are similar and different in many ways, but they both tell a story of Hercules but it doesn’t mean there both correct. So now you know that Hercules is not just a really strong guy who fought monsters all the time and that he also had a really tragic life. But I can see why they would change the movie because if they made the real version of Heracles in would probably not make such a good kids movie.