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

“See how tame he is, how gentle. Not in the least like other bulls. I do believe he has the power of reason, just like human beings, and all that he lacks is speech.” In this speech the individual being praised is Zeus, but he is in the shape of an animal when he appears to Europa because

Zeus intended for Heracles to rules over Mycenae and all the descendants of Perseus. Instead, Heracles’s claim did not hold because Heracles was second in line to Eurystheus as Hera interfered by

40. Amongst the royal household of Thebes, the person who is most sympathetic to Oedipus’s plight and who stays with him until his death 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   

4. When Prometheus offended Zeus by tricking him into selecting the unsavory part of the sacrifice that contained bones and suet of the slaughtered bull, Zeus hatched an evil plan that would set Prometheus’s creation on a course of profound setback by  

The much desired object of curiosity and mystery the golden fleece, now possessed by King Aeetes of Colchis, was initially bestowed as a gift from Hermes, the son of Zeus, to…

As Medea, Jason, and the Argonauts prepare to escape Colchis with the golden fleece, King Aeetes dispatches his fleet, led by his son Absyrtus, to thwart their departure. However, Absyrtus fails to halt the Argo and retrieve the fleece because

Heracles got the best trainings from various teachers. This included the art of wrestling, archery, sword fighting, chariot-racing etc. Heracles excellent in all the lessons but he was not an ideal student as he

Upon seeing Jason in her father’s court, Medea, King Aeetes’s daughter, is immediately drawn to him because