obtaining the girdle of Hippolyta (Amazon Queen).defeating the Hydra (an enormous snake with many heads).
To atone for his crimes, he was sentenced to complete twelve labors. When he had regained his sanity, he was overcome with grief.
This time, she sent a temporary madness that caused Heracles to kill his own children. She waited until Heracles reached adulthood to seek vengeance again. In fact, in one story, Heracles threatened to use his arrows to shoot the sun because he was too hot. He was not represented as extremely intelligent or patient, and he was prone to temper flares and irrational behavior. A son of Zeus and mortal woman named Alcmena was generally described a heavy bearded man who wore a lion’s hide and carried either a club or a bow as a weapon. Heracles: he is generally referred to as Hercules in Roman spellings. Perseus gave the Medusa head to the goddess Athena. Perseus slew Medusa and rescued Andromeda from a sea monster and married her. In this Perseus was helped by many gods like god Hermes gave him a curved sword and winged sandals, the Greek goddess Athena gave Perseus a mirror-like shield, and the god Hades gave Perseus a helmet that made him invisible. If anyone would look directly into her eyes that person would die. He was sent by King Polydectes on an impossible quest to fetch the head of Gorgon Medusa. The adventures of Perseus are very famous. Perseus: A demigod and son of Zeus (king of gods) and Danae a mortal. Another one is of the shield of Achilles which describes every act of war. Whole body was covered except his foot, therefore he is vulnerable from his heels. One of the famous myths related to him is that Thetis once dipped Achilles in the river Styx to make him immortal. He was the son of a sea nymph named Thetis and King of Myrmidons, Peleus. There are many legends and myths related to him. Here are some demigods and goddesses with some myths related to their lives segregated for you to revive the essence again:Īchilles: He is famously known as ‘Trojan Hero’. Greek mythology is a dream and those heroes are characters everyone wants to play. He proudly considered himself to be Zeus’s mortal son and used to carry one copy of Illiad always with him. If anyone remembers then Alexander the great was much inspired by Homer’s renowned epic Illiad. And if we reach another level, then one of those traits might breach our calmness. Our imagination wrap up every thought just to desire oneself as powerful half-god. If the discussion is about Greek gods, demigods and goddesses then valor, courage, war, supernatural are the words which strike our minds.