Heracles’s demi-god status is further enhanced and immortalized to the status of an Olympian by Zeus because

38. When Oedipus discovers his “crime,” he is not just horrified and numb; he chooses to blind himself and retreat into exile. This act of self-blinding symbolically signifies his

39. Oedipus is raised by King Polybus and Queen Merope of Corinth after 

Heracles, originally the offspring of Zeus and a mortal woman, acquired immortality through being nursed by a goddess whose name is

Although Prometheus is punished by Zeus who binds him to a rock and orders an eagle to feast daily on his liver, Zeus’s punishment is undone after a while because Prometheus is freed and in his place another individual willingly sacrifices himself. This individual is an immortal and is known to us   

After Perseus is successful in his quest of defeating Medusa, he comes to a country where the princess is a sacrifice to the sea monster

When Oedipus travels to Thebes, he meets a winged sphinx, who poses a riddle to Oedipus which he successfully answers. This winged sphinx is:

Heracles was invincible and a very powerful man physically and no one could dominate him or pin him down in physical combat. Yet this powerful man died of excruciating pain from

Jason, in his youthful zeal and eagerness to assist those in need, encounters a mysterious figure disguised as an elderly woman who beseeches his help to traverse a river and her name is 

Heracles’s demi-god status is further enhanced and immortalized to the status of an Olympian by Zeus because