Aphrodite

=Aphrodite =

=Hi, I am Aphrodite. I am the goddess of love and beauty. My father is Zeus and I am unsure of who my mother is. I am a very independent women who is always in search of a new lover. My current boyfriend is Hephaestus, but i am cheating on him because I like Ares, the god of War. Ares and I had a child named Eros he is the god of love also. Besides being a beautiful goddess, I have a power, which is whoever I desire will desire me back. I live on Mount Olympus all the Olympians, which means Hephaestus and Ares live their too which sometimes is trouble.=

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Hercules Essay Hercules a demi-god, son of the god, Zeus and the immortal, Alceme, was a problem because Zeus was already married to a goddess named Hera. This is why when Hercules was born there was a lot of hatred and jealously towards him. Some of the gods favored him and some of them hated him, like Hera. When Hercules was born a prophet prophesied that he was going to be a very powerful person. Hercules is a very popular character/hero he had lots of books and movies after him. //The Disney story of Hercules// has a lot of differences from the actual myth. Some of the differences are his youth/childhood, his personality, and his relationship with the gods. Since Zeus has had a baby with Alceme while he was married to Hera it brought some major jealousy and many bad things had occurred in their son’s life. Hera sent many obstacles to Hercules when he was just a baby. When Hercules was a child he did some mind blowing things. One time Zeus put baby Hercules to sleep. In the middle of the night two serpents crawled into Hercules bed and tried to hurt Hercules, they were sent by Hera. Thankfully Hercules awakened and strangled both of the serpents. “Zeus’s Queen Hera was jealous of Heracles, and when he was still an infant she sent two snakes to kill him in his crib. Heracles was found prattling delighted baby talk, and strangled a serpent in each hand” (www.mythweb.com). That’s when many people new that he wasn’t going to be a normal child, which he wasn’t.

Not only in the Hercules’ movie Hercules’ personality is different but his emotions are too. In the movie as Hercules was growing up not everyone wanted to be his friend because he was strong and he was clumsy he would usually break everything he’d touch. In the myth Hercules wouldn’t really mind that other people thought that of him because who cares he’s stronger then them anyway. But in the movie Hercules actually showed emotion he felt bad that no one wanted to play with him, any kid would but in the myth Hercules wouldn’t have shown emotion. Hercules’ personality is very different from the movie then from the actual myth. In the myth Hercules has a temper he always has to be the best, he is selfish, and it always has to be about him. But during the movie he is a very nice boy/man, he didn’t have a temper and he wasn’t selfish. His whole personality was different. In the myth Hercules was focused on the 12 Labors, in the movie he was focusing on just becoming a hero.

In the movie and the myth Hercules has many different relationships which each god. In the Disney movie Hades and him aren’t friends. Hades wants Hercules destroyed; Hades only wants this because he is afraid Hercules could over throw him when Hades gets more power. But in the myths Hades and Hercules don’t really talk to each other. For example in the movie //Disney’s Hercules// Hera, is Hercules mother. But in the myth Hera is the one who is jealous of Hercules and does all these bad things to make his life miserable she even tries to kill him each time. “When he had come of age and already proved himself an unerring marksman with a bow and arrow, a champion wrestler and the possessor of superhuman strength, Heracles was driven mad by Hera” (www.mythweb.com). Those relationships have major differences from the movie to the myth. In the movie Hercules marries Megara, in the myth that happens too. But Hercules was under some “spell” that Hera sent him and made Hercules kill his wife Megara, and the kids they had together. “In a frenzy, he killed his own children. To atone for this crime, he was sentenced to perform a series of tasks, or “Labors”, for his cousin Eurystheus, the king of Tiryns and Mycenae.” (www.mythweb.com)

When you are comparing and contrasting The Hercules Myth to //Disney’s Hercules Movie// you may notice that they’re many differences. A few examples are Hercules’ personality, his emotions, and also his relationship with the other gods. Most people that don’t know the story of Hercules probably just think Hercules is a strong hero. But Hercules went through many things to become a hero, when he was just a baby he did mind blowing things. He did mind blowing things throughout his whole life. Today, Hercules is a legend and will always be remembered.