Greek Mythology Heroes

Odysseus

Odysseus father was Laerest and his mother was Anticlea. He is a Greek Hero because he helped win the Trojan War.  After the Trojan war Odysseus and his men sailed home. Instead of going home he and his men landed on an island. Immediately they started looking for food. One of Odysseus men found a cave full of food. His men immediately started taking the food, but Odysseus said to wait for the owner to return. The owner turned out to be a Cyclopes. He trapped Odysseus and his men in the cave. The Cyclopes started to eat Odysseus men! So Odysseus and the remaining men started to form a plan. Odysseus gave the Cyclopes all there wine from the ship. The Cyclopes thanked Odysseus and said he would eat him last. While the Cyclopes was asleep they started the plan. They took a pointed stick and stabbed the Cyclopes in the eye. The next morning the Cyclopes let his sheep out to graze, touching the tops of the sheep to make sure that the men did not escape. The men hid under the sheep and escaped. Odysseus went to his boat and traveled home. The Cyclopes found out the men had escaped and asked his father Poseidon to bring many storms to him. It took Odysseus many years to return home.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               

Hercules

Hercules was the son of Zeus and the son of Alcmene. But Alcmene was a mortal so Hercules was a demi-god. Demi-god are half mortal and half god, so he would die one day. Hera is Zeus’s real wife so Hera was very Jealous that Alcmene actually gave birth to Hercules and she was going to punish Zeus, she realized she couldn’t Zeus was the head of the gods she could do nothing against him. Instead Hera punished Hercules. Since he wasn’t a true god she could. She made Hercules life miserable and gave him many challenges, but Hercules faced them all and won. Eventually Hercules did become a god on Olympus.

Perseus

Perseus is the son of Zeus and Danae. Perseus is the hero that killed medusa. He did this because king Polydectes wanted Perseus out of the way because he wanted to marry Danae. So he set Perseus on a quest to kill Medusa. But with the help of Athena and Hermes, he completed the quest. Perseus was one of the few greek heroes to not be cursed by the gods. He died of old age with his wife.

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