Monster Murderers
Here is where you will find many heroes or great legends, like the hero who killed the Nemean lion, or the legend of the young man who beheaded Medusa. You'll find them here. We should explain that some of these heroes are demigods; who are half god and half mortal. When a god marries a god, they have another god. When a god marries a mortal, they have a demigod.
Perseus
Perseus was one of the most famous heroes around. He is the son of the god Zeus and the mortal women Danae'. Perseus is the slayer of Medusa. Perseus was found in a wooden crate in the middle of the ocean, just born with his mother. A fishing ship found the crate and took it in, and found Perseus and his mother inside. The fisherman raised Perseus with his mother, until their ship got destroyed near a city named Argos. Hades (one of the evil kids of Kronos) himself destroyed the ship. The fisherman and Perseus's mother sank down with the ship. Perseus swam to Argos, and gets taken in by soldiers. He sees the king (Cepheus) and queen (Cassiopeia) of Argos. They are very arrogant mortals, and consider themselves and their daughter, Andromeda, better than the gods themselves. Hades is upset by this and comes and kills the queen, Cassiopeia, (Cass-o-pee-a) by aging her to death. Perseus's uncle Hades), then threatens that if the King of Argos doesn't sacrifice Andromeda, Argos will be destroyed in ten days. The king goes to Perseus, asking for help to fight Hades and rescue Andromeda but find a way for Argos not to be destroyed. Perseus refuses at first, until a woman named Io comes and urges him to go on. They grab a war group of mortals and set out to fight Hades. In the ruins of a greek temple they find a sword, forged for Perseus to handle. They also find a herd of Pegasus horses, and set out with them. Hades sends out monsters to try and kill off the group, including a hideous disfigured man named Calibos. Perseus overpowers Calibos, and chops his hand off. They arrive at the garden of Stygia, near the underworld. They encounter the Stygian witches, who survive with one eye in their hand. Perseus threatens them to tell him how to kill the monster that will destroy Argos, also known as the Kraken. The Stygian witches refuse, so Perseus threatens to destroy their one eye. They finally agree to tell how to kill the Kraken, so they have to kill Medusa so they can collect her head to turn the Kraken into stone, but it involves the group dying.
After they leave the witches, Zeus himself comes down to help Perseus so they can get into the underworld, where Medusa's lair is. He gives Perseus a golden drachma, the greek currency, so they can pass the entrance into the underworld. He leaves, and they go to the underworld entrance. They go inside, and find nothing but water and steam. Then Perseus tosses the coin inside, and a boat rises up with the ferryman, Charon. They get in and make the river journey into the deep underworld. Io tells Perseus that there is a spell that prevents women from going inside, so she stays outside once they make their stop. They go into a giant deep cave and find the lair of Medusa. They search around, trying to find Medusa. Medusa kills them off until Perseus is left. He reflects her reflection off of his shield, and goes around and chops her head off. He wraps it in a bag and goes to find Io. He comes out just in time to see Calibos stab Io in the back. Perseus charges Calibos and overpowers him again and stabs him. He withers away. Perseus buries Io, and leaves the underworld with Medusa's head. He sets out to Argos, just in time to see Hades unleash harpies on the city. He flies around on Pegasus, slicing at the harpies until they are dead, but then he sees Andromeda chained to a rock by some Argosians and the king trying to get to her. Somebody stabs the king, and he dies. Suddenly, the waves start crashing and tentacles come out and start crashing around and destroying everything. Perseus gets to the point where he can see its face and puts up Medusa's head. It turns the Kraken to stone and he frees Andromeda. Then Zeus comes and rewards Perseus by resurrecting Io, and they live together.
After they leave the witches, Zeus himself comes down to help Perseus so they can get into the underworld, where Medusa's lair is. He gives Perseus a golden drachma, the greek currency, so they can pass the entrance into the underworld. He leaves, and they go to the underworld entrance. They go inside, and find nothing but water and steam. Then Perseus tosses the coin inside, and a boat rises up with the ferryman, Charon. They get in and make the river journey into the deep underworld. Io tells Perseus that there is a spell that prevents women from going inside, so she stays outside once they make their stop. They go into a giant deep cave and find the lair of Medusa. They search around, trying to find Medusa. Medusa kills them off until Perseus is left. He reflects her reflection off of his shield, and goes around and chops her head off. He wraps it in a bag and goes to find Io. He comes out just in time to see Calibos stab Io in the back. Perseus charges Calibos and overpowers him again and stabs him. He withers away. Perseus buries Io, and leaves the underworld with Medusa's head. He sets out to Argos, just in time to see Hades unleash harpies on the city. He flies around on Pegasus, slicing at the harpies until they are dead, but then he sees Andromeda chained to a rock by some Argosians and the king trying to get to her. Somebody stabs the king, and he dies. Suddenly, the waves start crashing and tentacles come out and start crashing around and destroying everything. Perseus gets to the point where he can see its face and puts up Medusa's head. It turns the Kraken to stone and he frees Andromeda. Then Zeus comes and rewards Perseus by resurrecting Io, and they live together.
Theseus
Theseus was a demigod, the son of Zeus and Aethra) and his half-brother was the famous Hercules. He was a villager in Athens, and the king Minos of Crete received a present from Poseidon one day. It was a minotaur, half man, half bull. The king accepted it graciously, and he put it in a giant maze called a labyrinth. He took seven young Athenian men, and seven Athenian young women every nine years, and fed them to the minotaur so he wouldn't be hungry. One day Theseus was taken in to be fed to the minotaur with the other 6 men. But the princess Ariadne had a love for Theseus, and decided to help him. She gave him a golden ball of string so he wouldn't get lost in the labyrinth, and a sword so he could kill the monster. The next day they were shoved in the labyrinth, and had to face the monster. Theseus rolled the string and found his way to the middle of the maze. The minotaur was there, and tried to kill Theseus, but Theseus dodged its blow and stabbed it. It died, and Theseus came out of the labyrinth alive, and the king gave Theseus the hand of Ariadne to marry.
Hercules
Hercules, the son of Zeus and Hera, was the most strongest man/god ever. He was admired by many and Zeus favored him. Hera was jealous of her own son and drove him to madness and caused Hercules to kill his own teacher, and for that he had to be punished. Zeus gave him twelve labors that he had to do. He was placed servant of KIng Eurysthesus, Hercules's cousin. His first task was to kill the Nemean lion and bring back its hide. He found it and wrestled with it, and squeezed it to death. He skinned it and wore the hide, to show he killed the lion. His second labor was to kill the hydra. He sprang up and knocked off its head, but more grew back from the stumps where the heads were. He got his bow and arrow and shot it down. Then he split the dead Hydra open and bathed his arrows in the venomous blood. His third labor was to find the hind of Ceryneia. It was Artemis's pet, so when Hercules shot it with an arrow, she was very angry. She was about to punish him when Hercules said he was under orders by Zeus to bring its hind back to King Eurysthesus. Artemis healed the deer's wound and Hercules brought it back alive. His fourth labor was to capture the Erymanthian Boar and bring it back alive. He wrestled it and put a net on it. He brought the boar back to King Eurystesus, which the king hid in a jar from fear of the boar. His fifth labor was maid's work. He had to clean up the cattle stables of King Augeas' in a single day. He complained for a bit, for this was not heroes work, but he did it. He took a giant jar of water and washed the stables clean. For the sixth labor, he had to drive away an enormous flock of deadly Stymphalian birds. Athena helped him by giving Hecules noisemaking clappers. He used them on the birds and scared them away, shooting them down with arrows as they flew away. His seventh labor was to capture the Cretan Bull. He easily subdued it. His eighth labor was to kill the man-eating horses of Diomedes. He and a bunch of soldiers captured the animals and trusted a youth named Abderos. The mares then dragged and trampled Abderos until he was dead, and ate him. Hercules fought the horses and killed them, and killed the evil Diomedes, the owner of the horses. His ninth labor was to get the belt of Hippolyte, queen of the Amazons. The men tended to the babies while the women fought. He sailed to the Amazons to claim the belt. Hippolyte came down and asked them why they had come. Hercules said that he had to claim her belt, and Hippolyte promised to give Hercules the belt. Hera was angry, so she came down, disguised as an Amazon, and spread a rumor that the strangers who arrived came to carry off the queen. So the Amazons put on their armor and charged toward the greeks. Hercules realized that they were being attacked, so he drew his club and brought it down on Hippolyte, breaking her head. They had a terrible fight, until the greeks were left standing. Hercules took the belt and sailed back to King Eurystesus. His tenth labor was to bring the cattle of the monster man Geryon. He had a bodyguard named Eurytion, with a two headed dog named Orthus. He killed Eurytion and Orthus with his club. He got all the cattle and tried to get them out, but Geryon was there. Geryon was a normal human, but he had three chests, which means he had three hearts. Hercules shot three of the chests at the same time, killing Geryon. His 11th labor was to claim and take the golden apples of the Hesperides sisters. One bite of the golden apple made you immortal, so Hercules set out to get the apples. But if a mortal touched the apples, they would die from it. So Hercules found the immortal titan Atlas holding up the sky as a punishment. He asked Atlas to help him pick the apples, and Atlas says yes, but Hercules has to take his place holding up the sky first. Hercules agrees, and Atlas goes to pick the apples. "Hmph," said Atlas. "I might just take these apples to Eurysthesus myself!" Hercules was furious. He was smart though. He asked Atlas if he could make a pad of his lion skin clothes so he can support the sky's weight. So Atlas came and supported the sky until Hercules made his pad. But Hercules lied, so then he took the apples and ran off, just to meet the guardian of the garden, the million headed dragon Ladon. He shot a poisonous arrow right at its belly and it died. He went back to Eurysthesus, but the apples were not for keeping, for they belonged to the gods. Hercules went to Athena and gave her back the apples. She returned them to the garden. His twelfth, final and most dangerous labor was to steal the guard dog of the underworld, Ceberus. He went down to the underworld, and asked Hades if he could take Ceberus. He said yes, but only if Hercules could overpower the dog and drag it out of the underworld. He wrestled with the dog until the dog gave up, and Hercules dragged it out. He was finally free of his labors from his father, Zeus.