Hercules: The Animated Series

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Premise

Production

Characters

Main Characters

• Hercules
  Hercules (Disney character)
  
  Hercules is a Disney character who first appeared in the Hercules and later in the midquel television series of the Hercules . He is based on the mythical character Hercules, although some aspects of his life differ greatly from the original legend....
   (Tate Donovan
  Tate Donovan
  
  Tate Buckley Donovan is an United States film and television actor and Television director. He is best known for his role as Jimmy Cooper in the American teen drama television series The O.C....
  ) - The god turned mortal hero
  Hero
  
  A hero , in Greek mythology and folklore, was originally a demigod, the offspring of a mortal and a deity,their Greek hero cult being one of the most distinctive features of Religion in ancient Greece....
  -in-training thus he is now half-mortal, half-god. He is a son of Zeus and Hera which is in contrast to the myth.
• Philoctetes
  Philoctetes
  
  In Greek mythology, Philoctetes was the son of King Poeas of Meliboea in Thessaly. He was a Greek hero, famed as an archer, and was a participant in the Trojan War....
   (Robert Costanzo
  Robert Costanzo
  
  Robert Costanzo is an United States actor. He has an acting career spanning over thirty years and is often found playing surly New York types such as crooks or low lever workers and mixes both drama and comedy roles....
  ) - The satyr
  Satyr
  
  In Greek mythology, satyrs are a troop of male companions of Pan and Dionysus ? "satyresses" were a late invention of poets ? that roamed the woods and mountains....
   hero trainer. One of the few characters from the movie whose voice actor (Danny DeVito
  Danny DeVito
  
  Daniel Michael "Danny-Fanny" DeVito, Jr. is an United States actor, film director and film producer, who first gained prominence for his portrayal of "Louie De Palma" on the popular American Broadcasting Company and NBC television television program Taxi ....
  ) didn't return.
• Pegasus
  Pegasus
  
  In Greek mythology, Pegasus was a winged horse sired by Poseidon, in his role as horse-god, and foaled by the Gorgon Medusa....
   (Frank Welker
  Frank Welker
  
  Franklin W. Welker is a veteran United States voice acting. He is responsible for a broad spectrum of character voices, and other vocal effects that have appeared over the last 40 years in American television and motion pictures....
  ) - The winged horse
  Horse
  
  The horse is a hoofed mammal, a subspecies of one of seven extant species of the family Equidae. The horse has evolution of the horse over the past 45 to 55 million years from a small multi-toed creature into the large, odd-toed ungulate animal of today....
   formed from clouds by Zeus,he is the childhood pet and faithful companion of his owner Hercules with the brain of a bird.
• Icarus
  Icarus (mythology)
  
  Icarus is a character in Greek mythology. He is the son of Daedalus and is commonly known for his attempt to escape Crete by flight, which ended in a fall to his death....
   (French Stewart
  French Stewart
  
  French Stewart, born Milton French Stewart on February 20, 1964, is an Television in the United States actor, best known for his role as Harry Solomon on the 1990s sitcom 3rd Rock from the Sun....
  ) - Hercules' best friend. The boy who escaped from the Labyrinth
  Labyrinth
  
  In Greek mythology, the Labyrinth was an elaborate structure designed and built by the legendary artificer Daedalus for King Minos of Crete at Knossos....
   with his father on wax wings appears as a complete nut (he was "brain-fried" by flying too close to the Sun
  Sun
  
  The Sun , a G V star, is the star at the center of the Solar System. The Earth and other matter orbit the Sun, which by itself accounts for about 98.6% of the Solar System's mass....
  ). Despite his accident, Icarus still flies every chance he gets resulting in a few more encounters with the sun. Icarus is very adaptive and hence could adjust to about every situation, except when he is very jealous and acts irrational. He could become an ultra serious soldier at boot camp or a nearly identical version of Hades himself. Thankfully, at the end of each episode, he reverts to his own odd self. His father, Daedalus
  Daedalus
  
  In Greek mythology, Daedalus was a most skillful artificer, or craftsman, so skillful that he was said to have invented images that seemed to move about....
   (David Hyde Pierce
  David Hyde Pierce
  
  David Hyde Pierce is an Emmy Award- and Tony Award-winning United States actor, best known for his role as psychiatrist Niles Crane on the NBC sitcom Frasier....
  ), is a teacher in the academy and Icarus doesn't acknowledge his parents' divorce. When Icarus graduates, he goes into inventing with his father and makes a fortune, earning the commercial title "The Wax-Wing King".
• Cassandra
  Cassandra
  
  In Greek mythology, Cassandra was the daughter of King Priam and Queen Hecuba of Troy. Her beauty caused Apollo to grant her the gift of prophecy....
   (Sandra Bernhard
  Sandra Bernhard
  
  Sandra Bernhard is an American comedian, singer, actress and author. She first gained attention in the late 1970s with her stand-up comedy in which she often bitterly critiques celebrity culture and political figures....
  ) - The Trojan War
  Trojan War
  
  In Greek mythology, the Trojan War was waged against the city of Troy by the Achaeans after Paris of Troy stole Helen from her husband Menelaus, the king of Sparta....
   prophet
  Prophet
  
  In religion, a prophet is a person who has claimed to have encountered the supernatural or the Divinity, often one who serves as an intermediary with humanity....
   appears as an anti-social girl, that has visions
  Vision (religion)
  
  In spirituality including religion, visions comprise inspirational renderings, generally of a future state and/or of a mythologyical being, and are believed to come from a deity, sometimes directly or indirectly via prophets, and serve to inspire or prod believers as part of a revelation or an Epiphany ....
   of the future (usually bad) once in a while. Icarus is completely obsessed with marrying her; she has no reciprocation, but merely tolerates him, though she loathes even trying to kiss him. After graduating, she joins the Oracle Friends Network.

Supporting Characters

• Adonis
  Adonis
  
  Adonis is a figure of West Semitic origin, where he is a central cult figure in various mystery religions, who enters Greek mythology in Hellenistic culture....
   (Diedrich Bader
  Diedrich Bader
  
  Karl Diedrich Bader , better known as Diedrich Bader, is an United States actor and comedian. He is best known for his role as Oswald on The Drew Carey Show....
  ) - The narcissistic prince of Thrace
  Thrace
  
  Thrace is a historical and geographic area in southeast Europe. Today the name Thrace designates a region spread over southern Bulgaria , northeastern Greece , and European Turkey ....
  , self-obsessed prince who bullies Hercules and Icarus every chance he has. He even annoys the gods which resulted in Gaea even putting a curse on him once. Adonis believes that anything can be solved with power and money. In "The Yearbook", at graduation, he was one credit short and had to attend summer school.
• Tempest
  TEMPEST
  
  TEMPEST is a codename referring to investigations and studies of compromising emanations . Compromising emanations are defined as unintentional Intelligence -bearing signals which, if intercepted and analyzed, may disclose the information transmitted, received, handled, or otherwise processed by any information-processing equipment....
   (Jennifer Jason Leigh
  Jennifer Jason Leigh
  
  Jennifer Jason Leigh is a Golden Globe Awards-nominated and two-time New York Film Critics Circle Awards-winning United States actress.Her work has drawn high critical praise....
  ) - An Amazon
  Amazons
  
  The Amazons , ) are a nation of all-female warriors in Classical and Greek mythology, who were possibly historical. Herodotus placed them in a region bordering Scythia in Sarmatians....
  , daughter of Hippolyta
  Hippolyta
  
  In Greek mythology, Hippolyta or Hippolyte is the Amazons queen who possessed a magical girdle she was given by her father Ares, the god of war....
   (Jane Curtin
  Jane Curtin
  
  Jane Therese Curtin is an Emmy Award-winning United States actress and comedienne. She starred in such hits, as The Coneheads, 3rd Rock from the Sun, and more recently The Librarian: Return to King Solomon's Mines....
  ). She sports a mohawk hairstyle and is very tough. In the Amazon culture, the women fight and work while the men stay at home baking cookies and cleaning the house.
• "Bob" the Narrator (Robert Stack
  Robert Stack
  
  Robert Langford Modini Stack was an Emmy Award-winning and Academy Award- nominated United States theater and movie actor. He was perhaps best known for his film acting as well as his role in the television series The Untouchables and as host of Unsolved Mysteries....
  ) - The incorporeal
  Incorporeal
  
  Incorporeal or uncarnate means without the nature of a body or substance. The idea of incorporeality refers to the notion that there is an incorporeal realm or place, that is distinct from the corporeal or material world....
   voice who opens most episodes and is helped by the Muse
  Muse
  
  File:Muse reading Louvre CA2220.jpgThe Muses in Greek mythology, poetry, and literature are the goddesses or spirits who inspire the creation of literature and the arts....
  s who act as a "Greek chorus
  Greek chorus
  
  The Greek chorus is a group of twelve or fifteen minor actors in tragedy and twenty-four in Ancient Greek comedy plays of classical Athens....
  " typically singing their narration. Bob has an incorporeal wife (Mrs. Bob) and two incorporeal children named Tiffany & Chad. Their only "appearance" on screen is in episode "Return of Typhon", their movements only noticeable by the hats they wore.
• Helen of Troy
  Troy
  
  Troy is a legendary city and center of the Trojan War, as described in the Epic Cycle, and especially in the Iliad, one of the two epic poems attributed to Homer....
   (Jodi Benson
  Jodi Benson
  
  Jodi Benson is an United States voice actor and soprano singer. She is known for providing both the singing and the speaking voice of Disney's Ariel in The Little Mermaid and its sequels....
  ) - Helen was the sweetest and feminine character of the series. She was the most popular girl in the academy and Adonis' girlfriend. Helen tries her best to keep Adonis from being a jerk but mostly fails. She likes Hercules but as a friend. She is a princess as in the myth but is not a half-sister of Hercules in the series.

Greek pantheon

• Zeus
  Zeus
  
  Zeus in Greek mythology is the king of the gods, the ruler of Mount Olympus and the god of the sky father and List of thunder gods. His symbols are the thunderbolt, eagle, bull , and oak....
   (Corey Burton
  Corey Burton
  
  Corey Burton is an animation voice acting. He is perhaps best known as the evil Brainiac in the DC animated universe, the Decepticon Shockwave in the Transformers Universe, and as Captain Hook in Walt Disney's Peter Pan movies....
  ) - The king of all gods. Contacts his son through his temple. He is seen to be a silly god in contrast to the mythology. He showed lavish closeness for Hercules despite the distance between them and helps him out whenever he could. Sometimes, his attempts go wrong, causing Herc even more trouble than before.
• Hades
  Hades (Disney)
  
  Hades, voiced by James Woods, is the villain in the 1997 movie Hercules , based on the Greek god Hades. Unlike the mythological Hades, who is for the most part a relatively passive deity doing a sometimes nasty job, this version is a fast-talking, evil deity, reminiscent of Satan....
   (James Woods
  James Woods
  
  James Howard Woods is a two-time Academy Award-nominated, Emmy Award-winning and Golden Globe-winning United States film, Theatre and television actor....
  ) - the smooth-talking lord of the underworld
  Underworld
  
  In the study of mythology and religion, the underworld is a generic term approximately equivalent to the lay term afterlife, referring to any place to which newly the dead souls go....
  , who constantly makes plans to overthrow and rule Olympus
  Mount Olympus
  
  Mount Olympus is the highest mountain in Greece at 2,919 metres high . Since its base is located at sea level, it is one of the highest mountains in Europe in terms of topographic prominence, the relative altitude from base to top....
  , bring more dead into the underworld or rewrite universal order. His crazy shapeshifting imp
  Imp
  
  An imp is a mythology being similar to a fairy or demon, frequently described in folklore and superstition. The word may perhaps derive from the term ympe, used to denote a young grafting tree....
   assistants, Pain (Bob Goldthwait) and Panic (Matt Frewer
  Matt Frewer
  
  Matthew Frewer is a Canada and United States stage, TV, and film actor. Acting since 1983, he is probably best known for portraying the 1980s icon Max Headroom ....
  ), have also returned from the movie. He is disappointed about being named Pluto
  Pluto (mythology)
  
  Pluto was the Roman god of the underworld, known in Latin as Tertius, the counterpart of the Greek Hades....
   in the episode "Hercules and the Romans", saying he wouldn't even name his dog Cerberus
  Cerberus
  
  Cerberus is the name given to the entity which, in Greek mythology and Roman mythology, is a multi-headed dog which guards the gates of Hades, to prevent those who have crossed the river Styx from ever escaping....
   "Pluto" (a pun that Pluto
  Pluto (Disney)
  
  Pluto is an animated cartoon character made famous in a series of The Walt Disney Company short animation. He has most frequently appeared as Mickey Mouse's pet dog....
   is Mickey Mouse
  Mickey Mouse
  
  Mickey Mouse is a funny animal cartoon character who has become an icon for The Walt Disney Company. Mickey Mouse was created in 1928 by Walt Disney and Ub Iwerks and voiced by Walt Disney....
  's dog and also the other name for Hades in Roman mythology).
• Hera
  Hera
  
  In the Twelve Olympians of classical Greek Mythology, Hera or Here was the wife and older sister of Zeus. Her chief function was as goddess of women and marriage....
   (Samantha Eggar
  Samantha Eggar
  
  Victoria Louise Samantha Marie Elizabeth Therese Eggar is an Academy Award-nominated, Golden Globe-winning England actress.She was born to an English father and a mother of Dutch people and Portuguese people descent and was educated at a convent....
  ) - Hera in the Disney's Hercules movie plays as the mother of Hercules due to the reasons that the Disney producers wanted to avoid referencing spousal jealousy, though many cartoon versions of Hera do present spousal jealousy though Hercules' complete origin is not entirely revealed but people know him as a son of Zeus through the film. Hera was just as loving to Hercules as Zeus but she is in more control and helps keep Zeus under control.
• Poseidon
  Poseidon
  
  In Greek mythology, Poseidon was the god of the sea and, as "Earth-Shaker," of earthquakes. The name of the god Nethuns in Etruscan mythology was adopted in Latin for Neptune in Roman mythology: both were sea gods analogous to Poseidon....
   (Jason Alexander
  Jason Alexander
  
  Jason Alexander is an United Statesn actor, best known for his role as George Costanza on the television series Seinfeld....
  ) - God of the sea. He, Hades and Zeus are brothers, as Hercules referred to him as "Uncle Po-po" in "Hercules and the Son of Poseidon", but which of them is older is unknown. Is married to the sea-goddess Amphitrite
  Amphitrite
  
  In ancient Greek mythology, Amphitrite was a sea-goddess. Under the influence of the Olympian pantheon, she became merely the consort of Poseidon, and was further diminished by poets to a symbolic representation of the sea....
   (Leslie Mann
  Leslie Mann
  
  Leslie Mann is an American actress.Mann was born in San Francisco, California, and began her career at the age of 17, with appearances in television commercials....
  ) and has a son, Triton
  Triton (mythology)
  
  Triton is a mythological Greek mythology, the messenger of the deep. He is the son of Poseidon, god of the sea, and Amphitrite, goddess of the sea....
   (Chris Elliott
  Chris Elliott
  
  Christopher Elliott is an United States comedian and actor....
  ), a cousin of Hercules.
• Hephaestus
  Hephaestus
  
  Hephaestus was a Greek god whose Roman equivalent was Vulcan . He was the god of technology, blacksmiths, craftsmen, artisans, sculpture, metals, metallurgy, Fire and volcanoes....
   (Kevin Michael Richardson
  Kevin Michael Richardson
  
  Kevin Michael Richardson is an American voice acting and actor, one of the most prominent voice actors in the field. He starred in the short lived The Knights of Prosperity, an American Broadcasting Company comedy....
  ) - The peg-legged god of fire and the Gods' blacksmith. Whether or not he is a son of Zeus and Hera is still to be revealed. Engaged to Aphrodite and hates it if Hades flirts with her.
• Morpheus
  Morpheus (mythology)
  
  Morpheus is the Greek mythology God of dreams.Morpheus has the ability to take any human's form and appear in dreams. He is the son or brother of Hypnos, the god of sleep....
   (Jonathan Katz
  Jonathan Katz
  
  Jonathan Katz is an United States comedian, actor, and voice actor who is best known for his starring role in the animated sitcom Dr. Katz, Professional Therapist....
  ) - God of sleep, is and has a little brother called Phobetor
  Phobetor
  
  In Greek mythology, Phobetor was a son or a brother of Hypnos and one of the Oneiroi. He was the personification of nightmares and appeared in dreams in the form of animals or monsters....
   who wanted to become god of sleep but Zeus
  Zeus
  
  Zeus in Greek mythology is the king of the gods, the ruler of Mount Olympus and the god of the sky father and List of thunder gods. His symbols are the thunderbolt, eagle, bull , and oak....
   said that Thanatos
  Thanatos
  
  In Greek religion, Th?natos was the Daemon personification of Death and Mortality. He was a minor figure in Greek mythology, often referred to but rarely appearing in person....
   can't be God of sleep because of his "seniority."
• Phantasos
  Phantasos
  
  In Greek mythology, Phantasos was a brother of Hypnos and one of the Oneiroi. He appeared in dreams in the form of :wiktionary:Inanimate objects....
   (Tom Kenny
  Tom Kenny
  
  Thomas James "Tom" Kenny is an United States voice actor and comedian perhaps best known for his work in the animated series SpongeBob SquarePants, in which he is the voice of SpongeBob SquarePants , the narrator, and Gary the Snail among others....
  ) - He became the god of dreams and nightmares after a failed attempt to make Morpheus look bad. Hercules and Morpheus convinced Zeus to give the job of dreams to Phantasos since he was much better at dreams and nightmares than his brother.
• Ares
  Ares
  
  In Greek mythology, Ares is the son of Zeus and Hera. Though often referred to as the Twelve Olympians God of warfare, he is more accurately the god of bloodlust, or slaughter personified: "Ares is apparently an ancient abstract noun meaning throng of battle, war."...
   (Jay Thomas
  Jay Thomas
  
  Jay Thomas is an United States actor and disc jockey....
  ) - The god of war, who just wants to destroy things and prove the superiority of Sparta
  Sparta
  
  Sparta was a city-state in ancient Greece, situated on the Eurotas River in the southern part of the Peloponnese. From circa 650 BC it rose to become the dominant military power in the region and as such was recognized as the overall leader of the combined Greek forces during the Greco-Persian Wars....
  . He hates using 'egghead', and similar words, and is a brash god. It can be assumed he and Hercules are full brothers, since he is a son of Hera and Zeus. Served by his sons Fear
  Phobos (mythology)
  
  Phobos is the embodiment of fear and Horror in Greek mythology. He is the offspring of Ares and Aphrodite. He was known for accompanying Ares into battle along with his brother, Deimos , the goddess Enyo, and his father?s attendants....
   (David Cross
  David Cross
  
  'David Cross' is an Emmy Award-winning United States comedian, writer, and actor. He is best known for his appearances on the television series Mr....
  ) and Terror
  Deimos (mythology)
  
  In Greek mythology, Deimos was the personification of Angst.He was the son of Ares and Aphrodite. He, his twin brother Phobos and the goddess Enyo accompanied Ares into battle, as well as his father's attendants, Trembling, Fear, Dread, and Panic....
   (Toby Russ). Ares also has two "dogs of war" who draw his chariot named Brutacles & Sadisto.
• Athena
  Athena
  
  In Greek mythology, Athena is the shrewd companion of Hero and the goddess of Hero endeavour. She is the virgin patron of Athens, which built the Parthenon to worship her....
   (Jane Leeves
  Jane Leeves
  
  Jane Leeves is an England actress.After beginning her career in the Benny Hill Show, Leeves moved to the United States, where she performed in small roles until she secured a recurring part in the television sitcom Murphy Brown....
  ) - The goddess of wisdom and warfare, witty sister of Ares - her rival. Ares tries frequently to destroy her worship city, Athens, but Athena always receives help from Hercules. Athena has a pet owl named Ibid. Though she doesn't get along with Ares, when the two team up, they are a formidable pair.
• Boreas (Alan Rosenberg
  Alan Rosenberg
  
  Alan Rosenberg is an American actor of both stage and screen, and current president of the Screen Actors Guild, the principal motion picture industry on-screen performers' union....
  ) - The god of the north wind, seems to have a grudge against Ares for beating him up when Sparta was being created. Aeolus
  Aeolus
  
  Aeolus , Latinized as ?olus was the ruler of the winds in Greek mythology. In fact this name was shared by three mythic characters. These three personages are often difficult to tell apart, and even the ancient mythographers appear to have been perplexed about which Aeolus was which....
   or any of the other winds do not appear so in the show he may be the god of all of the winds.
• Apollo
  Apollo
  
  In Greek mythology and Roman mythology, Apollo , is one of the most important and many-sided of the Twelve Olympians. The ideal of the kouros , Apollo has been variously recognized as a god of light and the sun; truth and prophecy; archery; medicine and healing; music, poetry, and the arts; and more....
   (Keith David
  Keith David
  
  Keith David Williams , better known by the stage name Keith David, is an Emmy Award-winning United States film, television, and voice actor actor....
  ) - God of the sun
  Sun
  
  The Sun , a G V star, is the star at the center of the Solar System. The Earth and other matter orbit the Sun, which by itself accounts for about 98.6% of the Solar System's mass....
  . He rides a chariot around and has very dark skin. Brother of Artemis.
• Aphrodite
  Aphrodite
  
  Aphrodite is the classical Greek mythology goddess of love, sex, and beauty. According to Greek oral poet Hesiod, she was born when Uranus was castrated by his son Cronus....
   (Lisa Kudrow
  Lisa Kudrow
  
  Lisa V. Kudrow is an Emmy Award- and Screen Actors Guild-winning United States actor, best known for her roles as Phoebe Buffay in the popular television situation comedy Friends and as Valerie Cherish in the HBO series The Comeback , which she produced and co-created....
  ) - Goddess of the love, with a theme song that even she thinks is annoying. She is quite strong minded, feisty and clever. Shown to be engaged to Hephaestus but only in one episode. She has pink skin and blonde hair. Hades is constantly trying to flirt with her, to no avail.
• Demeter
  Demeter
  
  File:Demeter in horse chariot w daughter kore 83d40m wikiC Tempio Y di Selinunte sec VIa.JPGDemeter , in Greek mythology, is the Goddess of cereal and fertility, the pure....
   (Florence Henderson
  Florence Henderson
  
  Florence Agnes Henderson is an American actress and singer, perhaps best known for playing the role of Carol Brady in the television program The Brady Bunch, which ran from 1969 to 1974....
  ) - Goddess of agriculture. Summoned Nemesis
  Nemesis (mythology)
  
  Nemesis , also called Rhamnousia/Rhamnusia , at her sanctuary at Rhamnous, north of Marathon, Greece, in Greek mythology was the spirit of divine punitive justice against those who succumb to hubris, vengeful fate personified as a remorseless goddess....
   to smite the satyr Pan
  Pan (mythology)
  
  Pan , in Ancient Greek religion and Greek mythology, is the companion of the nymphs, god of shepherds and flocks, of mountain wilds, hunting and rustic music....
   (Joe Pantoliano
  Joe Pantoliano
  
  Joseph Peter "Joe" Pantoliano is an American film and television actor. He is perhaps best known for his roles as Ralph Cifaretto on The Sopranos, Cypher in The Matrix, Captain Howard in Bad Boys and Bad Boys II and Teddy in Memento_....
  ) for his inadequate offerings at her harvest festival and was building a temple to himself.
• Persephone
  Persephone
  
  In Greek mythology, Persephone was the embodiment of the Earth's fertility at the same time that she was the Queen of the Greek Underworld, the kore , and the parthenogenesis daughter of Demeter and, in later Classical myths, a daughter of Demeter and Zeus....
   - Contrary to seemingly popular opinion, she never actually appeared in the show. According to an inside source from the show, several different stories were considered for her, including one where she was the daughter of Hades
  Hades (Disney)
  
  Hades, voiced by James Woods, is the villain in the 1997 movie Hercules , based on the Greek god Hades. Unlike the mythological Hades, who is for the most part a relatively passive deity doing a sometimes nasty job, this version is a fast-talking, evil deity, reminiscent of Satan....
   and Demeter
  Demeter
  
  File:Demeter in horse chariot w daughter kore 83d40m wikiC Tempio Y di Selinunte sec VIa.JPGDemeter , in Greek mythology, is the Goddess of cereal and fertility, the pure....
   who were embroiled in a custody battle, and another where she would have been a teacher at Prometheus Academy, but nothing ever felt really appropriate and her storyline was dropped.
• Cupid (Tom Arnold
  Tom Arnold (actor)
  
  Thomas Duane "Tom" Arnold is an United States actor and comedian....
  ) - The god of passion also appears. He is shown as a pink, short, overweight, middle-aged man wearing a diaper; not explicitly stated to be a son of Aphrodite. Cupid has minions called puttos, and his quiver holds both "love" and "loathe" arrows.
• Hermes
  Hermes
  
  Hermes is the messenger of the gods in Greek mythology. An Twelve Olympians, he is also the patron of boundaries and of the travelers who cross them, of shepherds and cowherds, of thieves and road travelers, of orators and wit, of literature and poets, of athletics, of weights and measures, of invention, of general commerce, and of the cunni...
   (Paul Shaffer
  Paul Shaffer
  
  Paul Allen Wood Shaffer, Order of Canada is a Canadian musician, actor, voice actor, author, comedian and composer currently the bandleader and sidekick on the Late Show with David Letterman....
  ) - The messenger
  Messenger
  
  A messenger is a person employed in business to convey messages, official dispatches, telegrams, letters, or parcels, and go on special errands as part of their duties....
   of the gods
  Deity
  
  A deity is a postulated preternatural or supernatural immortal being, who may be thought of as holy, divinity, or sacred, held in high regard, and respected by human beings....
   and god
  God
  
  God is a deity in theism and deism religions and other belief systems, representing either the sole deity in monotheism, or a principal deity in polytheism....
   of thieves. Frequently a companion to "Herc", whom he furnishes with comic relief, possibly another son of Zeus and Hera. Its only questioned because some characters referred to as Hercules' Uncle.
• Bacchus
  Dionysus
  
  In classical mythology, Dionysus or Dionysos , is the God of wine, the inspirer of ritual madness and ecstasy, and a major figure of Greek mythology, and one of the twelve Olympians, among whom Greek mythology treated Dionysus as a late arrival....
   (Dom DeLuise
  Dom DeLuise
  
  Dominick "Dom" DeLuise is a Golden Globe- nominated United States actor, comedian, film director, television producer, and chef. He is the husband of actress Carol Arthur, and the father of actor, writer, director Peter DeLuise, and actors David DeLuise and Michael DeLuise....
  ) - God of the vine
  Vine
  
  A vine is any plant of genus Grape or, by extension, any similar climbing or trailing plant. The word, derived from Latin vinea, referred to the grape-bearing variety....
  , nearly sinks Phil's island with his revelry.
• Nemesis
  Nemesis (mythology)
  
  Nemesis , also called Rhamnousia/Rhamnusia , at her sanctuary at Rhamnous, north of Marathon, Greece, in Greek mythology was the spirit of divine punitive justice against those who succumb to hubris, vengeful fate personified as a remorseless goddess....
   (Linda Hamilton
  Linda Hamilton
  
  Linda Carroll Hamilton is a Emmy- and Golden Globe-nominated American actress, best known for her roles as Sarah Connor in The Terminator and its sequel Terminator 2: Judgment Day and as Catherine Chandler in Beauty and the Beast ....
  ) - The Demigoddess of Vengeance who works for the Infernal Retribution Service (IRS
  Internal Revenue Service
  
  The Internal Revenue Service is the Federal government of the United States agency that collects taxes and enforces the tax law. It is an agency within the U.S....
  ), a service which punishes mortals for offenses committed against gods. She can turn her hands into weapons. She gets really angry whenever she can't do a smiting.
• Trivia
  Trivia (mythology)
  
  Trivia in Roman mythology was the equivalent of the Greek mythology goddess Hecate, the goddess of witchcraft, the three-way crossroads, and the harvest moon....
   (Ben Stein
  Ben Stein
  
  Benjamin Jeremy Stein is an United States actor, writer, Conservatism in the United States political and economic commentator, and attorney. He gained early success as a speechwriter for American presidents Richard Nixon and Gerald Ford....
  ) - The God of when three roads meet. Considered boring and unimportant and not invited to Hades' pool party (actually a memory-erasing plot) at the River Lethe. He speaks in a monotone. Depicted as a god of Trivial Information
  Information
  
  Information as a Conveyed concept has a diversity of meanings, from everyday usage to technical settings. Generally speaking, the concept of information is closely related to notions of constraint, communication, control system, data, form, instruction, knowledge, Meaning , stimulation, pattern, perception, and knowledge representation....
  , sought out Hercules to help maintain order in the world while the other gods have lost their memories. In actual mythology this name belongs to Hecate
  Hecate
  
  Hecate Hekate , or Hekat was originally a goddess of the wilderness and childbirth, naturalized early in Mycenaean Greece or in Thrace, but originating among the Carians of Anatolia, the region where most theophoric names invoking Hecate, such as Hecataeus or Hecatomnus, progenitor of Mausollus, are attested, and where Hekate re...
  .
• Artemis
  Artemis
  
  In Greek mythology, Artemis was the daughter of Zeus and Leto, and the twin sister of Apollo. She was the Hellenic goddess of forests and hills, child birth/virginity/fertility, the hunt and was often depicted as a huntress carrying a bow and arrows.....
   (Reba McEntire
  Reba McEntire
  
  Reba Nell McEntire is an United States country music singer, performer and actress. Sometimes referred to as "The Queen of Country", she is known for her lively stage-shows and pop-tinged ballads....
  ) - Goddess of the moon and more shown as the goddess of the hunt, Artemis has a few appearances mainly relating to episodes involving hunting, sporting McEntire's accent. In particular, she is seen protecting the Calydonian Boar
  Calydonian Boar
  
  The Calydonian Boar is one of the monsters of Greek mythology that had to be overcome by heroes of the Olympian age. Sent by Artemis to ravage the region of Calydon in Aetolia because its king failed to honor her in his rites to the gods, it was killed in the Calydonian Hunt, in which many male heroes took part, but also a powerful wom...
   and transforms a few of the characters into animals, a reference of her turning a hunter who saw her bathing into a stag in mythology. She is also seen scolding Orion
  Orion (mythology)
  
  Orion was a giant hunting of Greek mythology whom Zeus placed among the stars as the Orion .Ancient sources tell several different stories about Orion....
   also making references to the Belt of Orion in terms of the star patterns. A few times, she is comically seen fighting off her adoring animal fans like a snake that starts to constrict her. Sister of Apollo
• Hestia
  Hestia
  
  In Greek mythology, virginal Hestia, daughter of Cronus and Rhea , is the goddess of the hearth, of the right ordering of domesticity and the family, who received the first offering at every sacrifice in the household....
   (Betty White
  Betty White
  
  Betty Marion White is a film and television actress with a career spanning 60 years. White is perhaps best known for her close association with the shows The Golden Girls and The Mary Tyler Moore Show, as well as for her regular appearances on the game shows Password and Match Game....
  ) - Only making a few appearances, the goddess of family and the hearth is seen as a cheery housewife type. She is often seen cooking or marveling at her own confections... most of which end up being ruined in a comical fashion.
• Hecate
  Hecate
  
  Hecate Hekate , or Hekat was originally a goddess of the wilderness and childbirth, naturalized early in Mycenaean Greece or in Thrace, but originating among the Carians of Anatolia, the region where most theophoric names invoking Hecate, such as Hecataeus or Hecatomnus, progenitor of Mausollus, are attested, and where Hekate re...
   (Peri Gilpin
  Peri Gilpin
  
  Peri Gilpin is an United Statesn actress.She portrayed Roz Doyle on the U.S. television series Frasier from 1993 until 2004. Along with the principal cast, Gilpin won two Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series in 2000 and 2004....
  ) - An Underworld goddess, Hecate is the goddess of witchcraft and longs to take over the Underworld from Hades in much the same way he longs to take Olympus from Zeus. Despite his seeming dislike of the place most of the time, he's very possessive of his kingdom whenever she tries to overthrow him.
• The Muses: Clio
  Clio
  
  In Greek mythology, Clio or Kleio is the muse of history. Like all the muses, she is a daughter of Zeus and Mnemosyne. She had one son, Hyacinth , with the King of Macedonia , Pierus....
    (Vanéese Y. Thomas) (portrayed as being rather haughty), Melpomene
  Melpomene
  
  Melpom?ne , initially the Muse of Singing, she then became the Muse of Tragedy, for which she is best known now. Her name was derived from the Greek verb melp? or melpomai meaning "to celebrate with dance and song." She is often represented with a tragic mask and wearing the cothurnus, boots traditionally worn by tragic actors....
    (Cheryl Freeman)(portrayed with the longest hair), Terpsichore
  Terpsichore
  
  In Greek mythology, Terpsichore "delight of dancing" was one of the nine Muses, ruling over dance and the dramatic Greek chorus. She lends her name to the word "terpsichorean" which means "of or relating to dance"....
   (LaChanze Sapp
  LaChanze
  
  LaChanze is an American actor, singer, and dancer....
  ) (portrayed as the 2nd shortest with a sweeter voice), Thalia
  Thalia
  
  Thalia can refer to four distinct entities in Greek mythology, two of whom were daughters of Zeus, and a third of whom bore him sons. The name Thalia, or Thaleia is spelled T??e?a in Greek and derives from the same stem as ????e?? "to bloom"....
   (Roz Ryan
  Roz Ryan
  
  Rosalyn Bowen is an United States actress and comedian. She is professionally known as Roz Ryan....
  ) (portrayed as the shortest and the plumpest Muse) & Calliope
  Calliope
  
  File:Calliope.jpgIn Greek mythology, Calliope was the muse of heroic poetry, daughter of Zeus and Mnemosyne, and is now best known as Homer's muse, the inspiration for the Iliad and the Odyssey....
   (Lillias White
  Lillias White
  
  Lillias White is an Tony and Emmy award-winning United States singer and actor.The Brooklyn, New York native made her Broadway theatre in Barnum in 1981....
  ) (portrayed as the leader of the Muses) - Daughters of Memory
  Mnemosyne
  
  Mnemosyne was the personification of memory in Greek mythology. This titan was the daughter of Gaia and Uranus and the mother of the Muses by Zeus....
  , goddesses of the arts and proclaimers of heroes. They are usually the ones who set the scene for the story. They sometimes have comical exchanges between the narrators. Terpsichore even has her own special appearance when Hercules is afraid of dancing in front of others.
• Narcissus
  Narcissus (mythology)
  
  Narcissus or Narkissos in Greek mythology was a hero from the territory of Thespiae in Boeotia who was renowned for his beauty. In the various stories, he became obsessed with his own reflection in a pool, and for one reason or another, dies because of it....
   - God of Vanity? Not truly a god in Greco-Roman mythology
  Classical mythology
  
  The terms "classical mythology" and "Greco-Roman mythology" usually refer to the mythology, and the associated polytheism rituals and practices, of Classical Antiquity....
  , but was depicted several times in both the film and the series as an Olympian god.
• Gaia
  Gaia (mythology)
  
  Gaia Gaia is a Greek primordial gods and chthonic deity in the Ancient Greek Pantheon and considered a Mother Goddess or Great Goddess....
   (Kerri Kenney) - Goddess of the Earth
  Earth
  
  Earth is the third planet from the Sun. Earth is the largest of the terrestrial planets in the Solar System in diameter, mass and density. It is also referred to as the World and Wiktionary:Terra.Note that by International Astronomical Union convention, the term "Terra" is used for naming extensive land masses, rather...
  , mother of the Titans
  Titan (mythology)
  
  In Greek mythology, the Titans ; were a race of powerful deities that ruled during the legendary golden age. Their role as Elder Gods was overthrown by a race of younger gods, the Twelve Olympians, effected a mythological paradigm shift that the Greeks borrowed from the Ancient Near East....
  . Adonis selfishly woke her from her eternal slumber after not heeding a warning sign and she cursed him to die at sundown. With Hercules' help, Adonis procured golden apples to appease Gaia, who removes his curse.

Heroes

• Hercules
  Hercules (Disney character)
  
  Hercules is a Disney character who first appeared in the Hercules and later in the midquel television series of the Hercules . He is based on the mythical character Hercules, although some aspects of his life differ greatly from the original legend....
   and Pegasus
  Pegasus
  
  In Greek mythology, Pegasus was a winged horse sired by Poseidon, in his role as horse-god, and foaled by the Gorgon Medusa....
   (see main characters
  Hercules: The Animated Series
  
  Hercules is an animated television series based on the Hercules and the Greek mythology Heracles. The series follows teenage Hercules training as a hero as well as trying to adjust to life....
  ).
• Hippocrates
  Hippocrates
  
  Hippocrates of Cos II or Hippokrates of Kos - ancient Greek: ; Hippokr?tes was an Ancient Greece physician of the Age of Pericles, and was considered one of the most outstanding figures in the history of medicine....
   (Mandy Patinkin
  Mandy Patinkin
  
  Mandel Bruce ?Mandy? Patinkin is an American actor of stage and screen and a tenor vocalist. Patinkin is known for his roles in television series such as: Chicago Hope, Dead Like Me and the first two seasons of Criminal Minds....
  ) - He is the world's First Doctor. He cures people of plague
  Plague
  
  Plague may refer to:...
   and going as far as bringing the dead back to life.
• Paris
  Paris (mythology)
  
  Paris , the son of Priam, king of Troy, appears in a number of Greek mythology. Probably the best-known was his elopement with Helen, queen of Sparta, this being one of the immediate causes of the Trojan War....
   (Cary Elwes
  Cary Elwes
  
  Ivan Simon Cary Elwes is a UK actor credited as Cary Elwes, known for his performances in The Princess Bride ; Robin Hood: Men in Tights; Hot Shots!; Glory ; Liar, Liar; Saw ; and Twister ....
  ) - Trojan Academy student and arrogant Trojan prince.
• Hylas
  Hylas
  
  In Greek mythology, Hylas was the son of King Theiodamas of the Dryopians. Other sources such as Ovid state that Hylas' father was Heracles and his mother was the nymph Melite, or that his mother was the wife of Theiodamus, whose adulterous affair with Heracles caused the war between him and her husband....
   (Rocky Carroll
  Rocky Carroll
  
  Rocky Carroll is an United States actor....
  ) - He is "the bad boy of rowing" although in Greek mythology he is the son of Hercules or was at least raised by him.
• Orpheus
  Orpheus
  
  Orpheus was a legendary figure, probably from Thracian origin, venerated by the Greeks and Thracians of the Classical age as a chief among poets and musicians, and the perfector of the lyre invented by Hermes....
   (Rob Paulsen
  Rob Paulsen
  
  Robert Fredrick Paulsen, III is an United States voice acting best known as the voice behind "Raphael " from the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, "Yakko Warner" from Animaniacs and "Pinky_and_the_Brain#Pinky" from Pinky and the Brain....
  ) - He is a singer and teen idol.
• Chiron
  Chiron
  
  In Greek mythology, Chiron or Cheiron was held as the superlative centaur among his brethren. Like the satyrs, centaurs were notorious for being overly indulgent drinkers and carousers, given to violence when intoxicated, and generally uncultured delinquents....
   (Lou Gossett, Jr./Kevin Michael Richardson
  Kevin Michael Richardson
  
  Kevin Michael Richardson is an American voice acting and actor, one of the most prominent voice actors in the field. He starred in the short lived The Knights of Prosperity, an American Broadcasting Company comedy....
  ) - Centaur, Hero, famous hero-trainer and author. Chiron is both rival and friend to Phil, and hunting buddy of Nestor and Meleager.
• Meleager
  Meleager
  
  In Greek mythology, Meleager was the son of Althaea and Oeneus and, according to some accounts father of Parthenopeus and Polydora. His story has similarities with the Scandinavian Norna-Gests ??ttr....
   (Nicholas Turturro
  Nicholas Turturro
  
  Nicholas Turturro, Jr. is an United States film, television and prolific on-stage character actor, perhaps best known for his role as Dennis Franz's rookie plainclothes detective and Gordon Clapp's partner, Sgt....
  ) - He's usually is with Nestor. He has extraordinary hearing abilities.
• Nestor
  Nestor (mythology)
  
  In Greek mythology, Nestor of Ger?nia was the son of Neleus and Chloris, and the King of Pylos. He became king after Heracles killed Neleus and all of Nestor's brothers and sisters....
   (James Belushi
  James Belushi
  
  James Adam "Jim" Belushi is an United States actor, comedian and musician, best known for being the younger brother of late comedian John Belushi....
  ) - He is usually with Meleager. He can see very far.
• Agamemnon
  Agamemnon
  
  In Greek mythology, Agamemnon / is the son of King Atreus of Mycenae and Queen Aerope, the brother of Menelaus and the husband of Clytemnestra; different mythological versions make him the king either of Mycenae or of Argos....
   (Patrick Warburton
  Patrick Warburton
  
  Patrick John Warburton is an American television actor and voice actor. He is best known for the TV roles of David Puddy on Seinfeld, the Tick of The Tick , and the evil Johnny Johnson on NewsRadio....
  ) - He is a drill sergeant for the Spar O.T.C.
• Achilles
  Achilles
  
  In Greek mythology, Achilles was a Greeks hero of the Trojan War, the central character and the greatest warrior of Homer's Iliad, which takes for its theme ; the Wrath of Achilles....
   (Dom Irrera
  Dom Irrera
  
  File:DomIrrera06.jpgDomenick Jack Irrera , originally from Philadelphia, is a stand-up comedian. Much of his material is in the form of stories about his life, especially his childhood years and growing up in an Italian-American family, which contributes to the "natural" feel of his performances....
  ) - He is an old hero who everyone except for Hercules has forgotten. He was once trained by Phil but he failed.
• Odysseus
  Odysseus
  
  Odysseus or Ulysses , in Greek mythology , was a legendary Greeks king of Ithaca and the hero of Homer's Epic poetry, the Odyssey. Odysseus also plays a key role in Homer's Iliad and other works in the Epic Cycle....
   - (Steven Weber
  Steven Weber
  
  Steven Weber may refer to:* Steven Weber , American actor* Steven Weber , professor at the University of California, Berkeley, studying open source...
  ) cunning king of the Greek island
  Island
  
  An island or isle is any piece of land that is surrounded by water. Very small islands such as emergent land features on atolls are called islets....
   of Ithaca
  Ithaca
  
  Ithaca or Ithaka is an island in the Ionian Sea, in Greece, with an area of 118 km? and three thousand inhabitants. It is an independent Communities and Municipalities of Greece of the prefecture of Kefalonia and Ithaka Prefecture, and lies off the northeast coast of Kefalonia....
  .
• Telemachus
  Telemachus
  
  Telemachus is a figure in Greek mythology, the son of Odysseus and Penelope, and a central character in Homer's Odyssey. The first four books in particular focus on Telemachus's journeys in search of news about his father; they are, therefore, traditionally accorded the collective title Telemachy....
   - The prince of Ithaca. He, Hercules, and three Argonauts end up in their own Odyssey
  Odyssey
  
  The Odyssey is one of two major ancient Hellenic civilization epic poetrys attributed to Homer. It is, in part, a sequel to the Iliad, the other work traditionally ascribed to Homer....
  .
• Jason
  Jason
  
  Jason was a late ancient Greece Greek mythology figure, famous as the leader of the Argonauts and their quest for the Golden Fleece. He was the son of Aeson, the rightful king of Iolcus....
   (William Shatner
  William Shatner
  
  William Alan Shatner is a Canadian double Emmy-, Golden Globe- and Saturn Award-winning actor and novelist. He gained worldwide fame and became a cultural icon for his portrayal of James T....
  ) - The leader of the Argonauts
  Argonauts
  
  In Greek mythology, the Argonauts were a band of heroes who, in the years before the Trojan War, accompanied Jason to Colchis in his quest to find the Golden Fleece....
  .
• Lynceus
  Lynceus (Argonaut)
  
  Lynceus was the jealous murderer of Castor and Polydeuces, along with his brother, Idas. Idas and Lynceus murdered Castor because they all sought Phoebe and Hilaeira, daughters of Leucippus ....
   (Larry Miller
  Larry Miller (actor)
  
  Lawrence J. "Larry" Miller is an United States Stand-up comedy comedian, actor and columnist who frequently portrays babbling, obsequious yes man, slightly odd friends, wisecracking professionals and other Second banana characters to headlining comedians in movies and television shows....
  ) - The helmsman of the Argo.
• Butes
  Butes
  
  In Greek mythology, the name Butes referred to three different people.*An Argonauts, son of Teleon. Aphrodite's lover, a famous bee keeper and a Sicily king....
   (Steven Wright
  Steven Wright
  
  Steven Alexander Wright is an Academy Award-winning United States comedian, actor and writer. He is known for his distinctly lethargic voice and slow, deadpan delivery of irony, witty, philosophical and sometimes confusing or nonsensical jokes and one-liner joke with intentionally overly-contrived situations....
  ) - Bee keeper from the Argo.
• Bellerophon
  Bellérophon
  
  Bell?rophon is an opera with music by Jean-Baptiste Lully and a libretto by Thomas Corneille and Bernard le Bovier de Fontenelle first performed at the Palais Royal, Paris on 31 January 1679....
   (David Schramm
  David Schramm (Actor)
  
  David Schramm is an American actor. He is best known for playing Roy Biggins, the portly, curmudgeonly rival airline owner in the TV series Wings ....
  ) - Hero king of Corinth
  Corinth
  
  Corinth, or Korinth Corinth is now the capital of the Prefectures of Greece of Corinthia. The city is surrounded by the coastal townlets of Lechaio, Isthmia, Kechries, and the inland townlets of Examilia and the archaeological site....
   who takes Pegasus in and names him "Ignatius". With the help of Pegasus, Bellerophon is able to defeat the Chimera
  Chimera
  
  Chimera, chimaira or chimaera may refer to:* Chimera , a monstrous creature made of the parts of multiple animals* Mount Chimaera, the region in Lycia that some believe was the inspiration for the myth...
  .
• Mentor
  Mentor
  
  In Greek mythology, Mentor was the son of Alcumus and, in his old age, a friend of Odysseus. When Odysseus left for the Trojan War he placed Mentor in charge of his son, Telemachus, and of his palace....
   (Edward Asner) - The tough chief police man.
• Chipacles (Mike Connors
  Mike Connors
  
  Mike Connors is a Golden Globe-winning United States actor best known for playing detective Joe Mannix in the long-running Columbia Broadcasting System television series, Mannix....
  ) - A city-state trooper for the Athens P.D who takes his job very seriously. (Probably a reference to the television show CHiPS
  CHiPs
  
  CHiPs is an United States television drama series produced by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios that originally aired on NBC from September 15, 1977 to June 17, 1983....
  )
• Melampus
  Melampus
  
  In Greek mythology, Melampus, or Melampous , was a legendary soothsayer and healer, originally of Pylos, who ruled at Argos. He was the introducer of the worship of Dionysus, according to Herodotus, who asserted that his powers as a seer were derived from the Ancient Egypt and that he could understand the language of animals....
   (Ethan Embry
  Ethan Embry
  
  Ethan Embry is an United States actor.Embry was born in Huntington Beach, California, the son of Karen and Charles Randall. He started acting in 1991, at age thirteen....
  ) - He is a nerd that goes to Prometheus Academy. He is dating Cassandra which makes him Icarus' rival. Icarus once tried to hurt Melampus but was stopped by Hercules.
• Alectryon
  Alectryon
  
  Alectryon may refer to:*Alectryon *Alector, father of one of the Argonauts, referred to by Homer as "Alectryon"*Alectryon , in botany*Alectryon , A company located in the Netherlands...
   (Steve Hytner
  Steve Hytner
  
  'Stephen Arthur Hytner' is an United States actor.He appeared as a regular in the The Jeff Foxworthy Show and Working , in several episodes of Roswell , and CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, Friends, King of Queens, Dharma and Greg, The X-Files, Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman, Thats So Raven...
  ) - He is a retired hero and a Rooster. Whenever he crows, anyone who is asleep wakes up.
• Theseus
  Theseus
  
  For other uses, see Theseus Theseus was a legendary king of Athens, son of Aethra , and fathered by Aegeus and Poseidon, with whom Aethra lay in one night....
   (Eric Stoltz
  Eric Stoltz
  
  Eric Hamilton Stoltz is a Golden Globe-nominated United States actor. He is known for playing either sensitive misfits or antisocial personality disorderic criminals ....
  ) - After the Minotaur
  Minotaur
  
  In Greek mythology, the Minotaur was a creature that was part man and part Bull . It dwelt at the center of the Labyrinth, which was an elaborate maze-like construction built for King Minos of Crete and designed by the architect Daedalus and his son Icarus who were ordered to build it to hold the Minotaur....
   escapes from the Labyrinth
  Labyrinth
  
  In Greek mythology, the Labyrinth was an elaborate structure designed and built by the legendary artificer Daedalus for King Minos of Crete at Knossos....
  , he helps Hercules face it. Theseus has a double identity, his second self being the superhero "Grim Avenger", whose costume resembles that of DC Comics' character Doctor Fate
  Doctor Fate
  
  Doctor Fate is the name of a succession of fictional Magician who appear within DC Comics' DC Universe. The original version was created by writer Gardner Fox and artist Howard Sherman, and first appeared in More Fun Comics #55 ....
  , though his personality and backstory are more inspired by Batman
  Batman
  
  Batman is a Character , a comic book superhero co-created by artist Bob Kane and writer Bill Finger , appearing in publications by DC Comics. The character first appeared in Detective Comics #27 in May 1939....
  . As the Grim Avenger, Theseus is constantly narrating his every move aloud.

Jr. Prometheus Academy

Prometheus Academy

Prometheus Academy is a fictional high school from the The Walt Disney Company animated cartoon Hercules: The Animated Series . Though set in Ancient Greece , the Academy shares many traits with modern educational institutions....

• Alexander the Great
  Alexander the Great
  
  Alexander the Great , also known as Alexander III of Macedon was an ancient Greeks King of Macedon . He was one of the most successful military commanders of all time and is presumed undefeated in battle....
   (Courtland Mead
  Courtland Mead
  
  Courtland Robert Mead is an American actor.Mead was born in Mission Viejo, California, the son of Denise and Robert Mead and brother of twin sisters Lauren and Candice Mead....
  ) - He is a geek who can't tie his shoes
  Gordian Knot
  
  The Gordian Knot is a legend associated with Alexander the Great. It is often used as a metaphor for an intractable problem, solved by a bold stroke :...
  . Hercules is his mentor.
• Brutus
  Marcus Junius Brutus
  
  File:Portrait Brutus Massimo.jpgMarcus Junius Brutus or Quintus Servilius Caepio Brutus, often referred to simply as Brutus, was a Roman Senate of the late Roman Republic....
   (Pamela Segall
  Pamela Adlon
  
  Pamela Adlon is an United States actress and voice actress. She is sometimes credited as Pamela Segall and Pamela Segall Adlon. Adlon is best known for providing the voice of Bobby Hill on the animated series King of the Hill - a role for which she won an Emmy for Outstanding Voice-Over Performance in 2002....
  ) - He is a bully and a centaur
  Centaur
  
  In Greek mythology, the centaurs are a race of creatures composed of part human and part horse. In early Attica Pottery of ancient Greece, they are depicted with the torso of a human joined at the waist to the horse's withers, where the horse's neck would be....
  .
• Alcides (Christine Cavanaugh
  Christine Cavanaugh
  
  Christine Cavanaugh is an United States former voice actor who had a distinctive speaking style and had provided the voice for a large range of cartoon characters....
  )- He is always scared and holding his blanket.
• Callista
  Callista
  
  Callista comes from the Greek language for "Most Beautiful" . It is an uncommon name for girls.As a name it is derived from the Greek name of a huntress in the Callisto , who was loved by Zeus....
  (Lacey Chabert
  Lacey Chabert
  
  Lacey Nicole Chabert is an United States actress and voice actor, best known for her roles as Claudia Salinger in the television drama Party of Five and as Gretchen Wieners in the movie Mean Girls....
  ) - A brat girl who has an Aphrodite doll.
• Phillip (Ryan O'Donohue
  Ryan O'Donohue
  
  Ryan O'Donohue is an American voice actor, most notable for his performances in many Disney projects.O'Donohue began his acting career at the age of nine when he played Zeke Byrd on the 1994 ABC drama Byrds of Paradise, filmed in Hawaii....
  ) - A kid with teething problems.

Guest characters

• The Fates
  Moirae
  
  The Moirae or Moerae , in Greek mythology, were the white-robed personifications of destiny . The Greek word moira literally means a part or portion, and by extension one's portion in life or destiny....
   - Atropos
  Atropos
  
  In Greek mythology, Atropos was one of the three Moirae, Goddesses of wikt:fate and destiny. Her Roman equivalent was Morta . Atropos was the oldest of the Three Fates, and was known as the "inflexible" or "inevitable." It was Atropos who chose the mechanism of death and ended the life of each mortal by cutting their thread with her "abhor...
   (Paddi Edwards
  Paddi Edwards
  
  Paddi Edwards , was an United States actress. She worked steadily in film and television between the years of 1960 and 1999, up until the time of her death in Encino, California on October 18, 1999....
  ), Clotho
  Clotho
  
  Clotho or Klotho — the "spinner" — was the youngest of the Moirae of Greek mythology, otherwise known as the Fates due to their roles in governing over the lives of humans....
   (Tress MacNeille
  Tress MacNeille
  
  Tress MacNeille is an United States voice acting best known for providing various voices on the list of animated television series The Simpsons, Futurama, Rugrats, All Grown Up!, Tiny Toon Adventures, Animaniacs and some Disney movies....
  /Amanda Plummer
  Amanda Plummer
  
  Amanda Michael Plummer is an award-winning United States actress....
  ) & Lachesis
  Lachesis
  
  Lachesis can be:* Lachesis , one of the "Moirae" the personification of destiny in Greek mythology.* Lachesis , a.k.a. bushmasters, a group of venomous pitvipers found in Central and South America....
   (Carole Shelley
  Carole Shelley
  
  Carole Shelley is an English Tony Award-winning actor....
  ) from the movie reappear in some episodes, including one where they accidentally sink Atlantis
  Atlantis
  
  Atlantis is a legendary island first mentioned in Plato's dialogues Timaeus and Critias .In Plato's account, Atlantis was a naval power lying "in front of the Pillars of Hercules" that conquered many parts of Western Europe and Africa 9,000 years before the time of Solon, or approximately 9600 BC....
  . They also doubled as the Norse Norns
  Norns
  
  The Norns are a kind of d?sir, numerous female beings who rule the fates of the various races of Norse mythology.According to Snorri Sturluson's interpretation of the V?lusp?, the three most important norns, Ur?r , Ver?andi and Skuld come out from a hall standing at the Well of Ur?r and they draw water from the well and take sand t...
   in one episode. They tell the fate of all through the Tapestry of Fate, which if someone weaves something, it turns into reality. They are omniscient, like Bob, knowing everything, past, present and future.
• Echidna
  Echidna (mythology)
  
  In the most ancient layers of Greek mythology, Echidna was called the "Mother of All Monsters". Echidna was described by Hesiod as a female monster spawned in a cave, who mothered with her mate Typhon every major horrible monster in the Greek myths,...
   (Kathie Lee Gifford
  Kathie Lee Gifford
  
  Kathryn Lee "Kathie Lee" Gifford is an United States television hostess, singer, actor, noted for her 15-year run on the talk show Live with Regis and Kelly, which she co-hosted with Regis Philbin....
  ) - The Mother of all Monsters. Echidna had a recurring role in the series and was typically seen as an obsessive and doting mother to her various children who one-by-one were defeated by Hercules (a reference to Kevin Sorbo's Hercules fighting Echidna, except here she serves Hades). Her mate was Typhon
  Typhon
  
  In Greek mythology, Typhon , also Typheus/Typhoeus , Typhaon or Typhos is the final son of Gaia , fathered by Tartarus, and is the god of wind....
   (Regis Philbin
  Regis Philbin
  
  Regis Francis Xavier Philbin is an United States television personality and occasional actor known for his roles as a talk show host, game show host, and presenter at various events....
  ) the many-headed Titan who battled Zeus, but was defeated by Hera (which is celebrated as an annual school holiday called "Titan Smit'n Day." Among their children were the cyclopes
  Cyclops
  
  In Greek mythology and later Roman mythology, a cyclops , is a member of a primordial race of giant , each with a single eye in the middle of its forehead....
   Brontes
  Brontes
  
  * For the Greek mythological figure Brontes, see Cyclops.* For the 19th-century England writers, see Bront? - Charlotte Bront?, Emily Bront?, and Anne Bront?....
  , Steropes & Arges
  Arges
  
  * In Greek mythology, Arges was one of the Cyclops. He was elsewhere called Acmonides or Pyraemon.* Arges is the name of several geographic locations in Romania...
  , Polyphemus
  Polyphemus
  
  Polyphemus , the gigantic one-eyed son of Poseidon and Thoosa, is a character in Greek mythology, one of the Cyclops. His name means "famous". Polyphemus plays a pivotal role in Homer's Odyssey....
   and Zool
  Zool
  
  Zool is a British computer game originally produced for the Amiga by Gremlin Interactive as a rival to Sega Sonic the Hedgehog . It was heavily hyped upon its initial release in 1992, including being bundled with the newly launched Amiga 1200, although not the Advanced Graphics Architecture version with enhanced graphics which followe...
   and Orthros
  Orthrus
  
  In Greek mythology, Orthrus was a multi-headed animal dog and a doublet of Cerberus, both whelped by the chthonic monster Echidna by Typhon....
  , the two-headed Bi-Clops (Wayne Knight
  Wayne Knight
  
  Wayne Knight is an United States Comedian actor, perhaps best known for his role as Newman in the television situation comedy Seinfeld. His other prominent roles include Dennis Nedry in Jurassic Park , List of Toy Story characters#Al in Toy Story 2, Tantor in Tarzan , Don Orville in 3rd Rock from the Sun and Stan Podolak...
  /Jeff Bennett
  Jeff Bennett
  
  Jeff Glen Bennett is an American voice actor in cartoons , movies and games. He also had guest roles in live action shows such as Married...with Children, and The Suite Life of Zack and Cody as the voice of Wilfred Tipton....
  ), Cerberus
  Cerberus
  
  Cerberus is the name given to the entity which, in Greek mythology and Roman mythology, is a multi-headed dog which guards the gates of Hades, to prevent those who have crossed the river Styx from ever escaping....
  , Hydra
  Lernaean Hydra
  
  In Greek mythology, the Lernaean Hydra The Hydra was the offspring of Typhon and Echidna , noisome offspring of the earth goddess, Gaia. It was said to be the sibling of the Nemean Lion, the Stymphalian birds, the Chimera ,and Cerberus....
  , Erymanthian Boar
  Erymanthian Boar
  
  In Greek mythology, the Erymanthian Boar is remembered in connection with Labours of Hercules, in which Heracles, the enemy of Hera, visited in turn "all the other sites of the Goddess throughout the world, to conquer every conceivable 'monster' of nature and rededicate the primordial world to its new master, his Olympian father," Zeus....
  , Nemean Lion
  Nemean Lion
  
  The Nemean lion was a vicious monster in Greek mythology that lived in Nemea. He was eventually killed by Heracles. The lion was usually considered the offspring of Typhon and Echidna , but it was also said to have fallen from the moon, offspring of Zeus and Selene....
  , the Harpies, Ceto
  Ceto
  
  In Greek mythology, Cetus , also called Ceto or Cetea, was a hideous sea monster, a daughter of Gaia and Pontus . The asteroid 65489 Ceto was named after her, and its satellite Ceto I Phorcys after her husband....
  , Minotaur
  Minotaur
  
  In Greek mythology, the Minotaur was a creature that was part man and part Bull . It dwelt at the center of the Labyrinth, which was an elaborate maze-like construction built for King Minos of Crete and designed by the architect Daedalus and his son Icarus who were ordered to build it to hold the Minotaur....
  , Medusa
  Medusa
  
  In Greek mythology, Medusa was a gorgon, a chthonic female monster; gazing upon her would turn onlookers to stone. She was beheaded by the hero Perseus, who thereafter used her head as a weapon until giving it to the goddess Athena to place on her Aegis....
  , the Furies, Chimera
  Chimera
  
  Chimera, chimaira or chimaera may refer to:* Chimera , a monstrous creature made of the parts of multiple animals* Mount Chimaera, the region in Lycia that some believe was the inspiration for the myth...
  , Ladon
  Ladon
  
  Ladon may refer to:*Ladon , one of the dragons in Greek mythology*Ladon river in Arcadia, Greece*Ladon, Loiret, a commune in the Loiret d?partement of France...
  , Gaggenus (the multi-armed yeti-like sailor-eating monster), Geryon
  Geryon
  
  In Greek mythology, Geryon , son of Chrysaor and Callirrhoe and grandson of Medusa was a fearsome giant who dwelt on the island Erytheia of the mythic Hesperides in the far west of the Mediterranean....
  , Argus
  ARGUS
  
  ARGUS, all capitalized, may refer to:* ARGUS , a particle physics experiment that ran at DESY* ARGUS distribution, a function used in particle physics named after the above experiment...
   Panoptes
  Panoptes
  
  In Greek mythology, Panoptes was an epithet for both Helios and Argus.Argus Panoptes was a giant with a hundred eyes. He was also the nymph Io 's brother....
  , and Briareus.
• Homer
  Homer
  
  Homer is traditionally held to be the author of the ancient Greek language epic poems the Iliad and the Odyssey, as well as of the Homeric Hymns....
   - Homer (coincidently voiced by another "Homer
  Homer Simpson
  
  Homer Jay Simpson is a fictional main character in the animated television series The Simpsons and father of the Simpson family. He is voiced by Dan Castellaneta and first appeared on television, along with the rest of his family, in The Tracey Ullman Show The Simpsons shorts "Good Night " on April 19, 1987....
  ", Dan Castellaneta
  Dan Castellaneta
  
  Daniel Louis "Dan" Castellaneta is an American film, stage and television actor, comedian, Voice acting and television writer. Noted for his long-running role as Homer Simpson on the animated television series The Simpsons, he also voices many other characters on The Simpsons, including Abraham Simpson, Barney Gumble, Krusty the Clow...
  ) is Journalist for a National News-scroll, the "Greekly World News."
• Another episode featured the Titan
  Titan (mythology)
  
  In Greek mythology, the Titans ; were a race of powerful deities that ruled during the legendary golden age. Their role as Elder Gods was overthrown by a race of younger gods, the Twelve Olympians, effected a mythological paradigm shift that the Greeks borrowed from the Ancient Near East....
   Prometheus
  Prometheus
  
  In Greek mythology, Prometheus is a Titan known for his wily intelligence, who stole fire from Zeus and gave it to human beings for their use....
   (Carl Reiner
  Carl Reiner
  
  Carl Reiner is an United States actor, film director, television producer, writer and comedian. He has won nine Emmy Awards during his career....
  ) himself, with Hercules rescuing him
  Heracles
  
  In Greek mythology, Heracles or Herakles meaning "glory of Hera", or "Glorious through Hera" Alcides or Alcaeus " was a hero, the son of Zeus and Alcmene, foster son of Amphitryon and great-grandson of Perseus....
   from the Eagle (Jerry Stiller
  Jerry Stiller
  
  Gerald Isaac "Jerry" Stiller is an United States of America Emmy Award-nominated comedian and actor.He spent many years in the comedy team Stiller and Meara with his wife Anne Meara....
  ).
• One episode featured a cross-over with Aladdin, in which Hades and Jafar
  Jafar (Aladdin)
  
  Jafar is a Character , Voice acting by Jonathan Freeman, and is featured as the primary antagonist in the The Walt Disney Company film Aladdin and its sequel, The Return of Jafar. He is an evil Magician and the former Grand Vizier of the Sultan of Agrabah....
   (Jonathan Freeman
  Jonathan Freeman
  
  Jonathan Freeman is a Tony Award-nominated American actor known for voicing the villainous Jafar in Disney Aladdin and its sequel The Return of Jafar, as well as the Kingdom Hearts series and was the puppeteer for Tito Swing of the Jukebox Band on the Public Broadcasting Service series Shining Time Station....
  ) team up to destroy both their respective enemies (ignoring the fact these two series seem to take place a thousand years apart from each other).
• One episode deals with Egyptian gods (Horus
  Horus
  
  Horus is a god of the Ancient Egyptian religion, most commonly known by the Greek language version Horus, of the Egyptian language Heru/Har....
  , Bastet and Ra
  Ra
  
  Ra is an ancient Egyptian Solar deity . By the Fifth dynasty of Egypt he became a major deity in ancient Egyptian religion, identified primarily with the noon, with other deities representing other positions of the sun....
  ) and the dual role of the Greek gods in Rome
  Rome
  
  Rome is the capital city of Italy and Lazio, and is Italy's largest and most populous city, with 2,724,347 residents in an urban area of some ....
   who answered the petitions of Romulus
  Romulus
  
  Romulus may refer to any of these articles:...
   and Remus
  Remus
  
  Remus could refer to any of the following:* Remus, twin brother of the mythical founder of Rome, Romulus ? see Romulus and Remus* Remus , the twin of the Romulans' fictional homeworld in Star Trek...
   and vied for patronage with Icarus, Nemesis and the Grecian Gods of Olympus. At the end of the episode, Icarus gives all the gods Roman
  Latin
  
  Latin is an Italic language, historically spoken in Latium and Ancient Rome. Through the Military history of the Roman Empire, Latin spread throughout the Mediterranean and a large part of Europe....
   names, where Zeus became "Jupiter
  Jupiter (mythology)
  
  In Roman mythology, Jupiter or Jove was the king of the gods,and the god of sky and thunder. He is the equivalent of Zeus in the Greek pantheon....
  ", Hera became "Juno
  Juno (mythology)
  
  File:Juno sospita pushkin.jpgJuno was an Roman religion, the protector and special counselor of the state. She is a daughter of Saturn and sister of the chief god Jupiter and the mother of Juventas, Mars , and Vulcan ....
  " etc. Hades is infuriated at receiving the name "Pluto
  Pluto (mythology)
  
  Pluto was the Roman god of the underworld, known in Latin as Tertius, the counterpart of the Greek Hades....
  ". As he storms out of the room in a rage, Hades shouts: "Pluto?! I wouldn't name my dog Pluto
  Pluto (Disney)
  
  Pluto is an animated cartoon character made famous in a series of The Walt Disney Company short animation. He has most frequently appeared as Mickey Mouse's pet dog....
  !" Having given nearly all of the Greek gods new Roman names, Icarus suddenly found himself at a loss when he came to Apollo
  Apollo
  
  In Greek mythology and Roman mythology, Apollo , is one of the most important and many-sided of the Twelve Olympians. The ideal of the kouros , Apollo has been variously recognized as a god of light and the sun; truth and prophecy; archery; medicine and healing; music, poetry, and the arts; and more....
   and finally dubbed him "Larry." (reference to both Romans and Greeks using the same name for Apollo)
• The Norse Gods also appeared where Loki
  Loki
  
  File:Loke og Sigyn by Eckersberg.jpgIn Norse mythology, Loki is a ?ss or j?tunn . Loki's relation with the gods varies by source. Loki assists the gods, and sometimes causes problems for them....
   (Vince Vaughn
  Vince Vaughn
  
  Vincent Anthony "Vince" Vaughn is an United States film actor. He began acting in the late 1980s, appearing in minor television roles before experiencing wider recognition with the 1996 in film movie, Swingers ....
  ) tricks Hercules into depowering Thor
  Thor
  
  Thor is the red-haired and bearded god of thunder in Germanic mythology and Germanic paganism, and its subsets: Norse paganism, Anglo-Saxon paganism and Continental Germanic mythology....
   (David James Elliott
  David James Elliott
  
  David James Elliott is a Canadian-born actor who was the star of the series JAG from 1995 to 2005, playing lead character Harmon Rabb....
  ) to cause the Twilight of the Gods
  RagNaRok
  
  Ragnar?k is the fifth album, released in 1995 on Metal Blade Records, by the Rock and roll/Heavy metal music/punk rock band GWAR.This album contains the most varied vocal stylings of any GWAR album, as the majority of the band lends their lungs to the tracklist , as well as guest villain Cardinal Syn....
  . This is slightly referential to the episode of Hercules: The Legendary Journeys
  Hercules: The Legendary Journeys
  
  Hercules: The Legendary Journeys is an United States Television program, filmed in New Zealand. It was produced from 1995 to 1999, and was very loosely based on the tales of the classical Greek mythology culture hero Heracles....
   in "Somewhere Across the Rainbow Bridge" where Ragnarok would begin but to a lesser extent. Also The Fates are accused of "moonlighting" as the Norns
  Norns
  
  The Norns are a kind of d?sir, numerous female beings who rule the fates of the various races of Norse mythology.According to Snorri Sturluson's interpretation of the V?lusp?, the three most important norns, Ur?r , Ver?andi and Skuld come out from a hall standing at the Well of Ur?r and they draw water from the well and take sand t...
  , a reference to how the Norns bear striking resemblance to the Fates. Vaughn's portrayal of Loki is obviously comparable to Woods
  James Woods
  
  James Howard Woods is a two-time Academy Award-nominated, Emmy Award-winning and Golden Globe-winning United States film, Theatre and television actor....
  's portrayal of Hades as a slick showbiz agent-type, and is very reminiscent of his role in Swingers
  Swingers (1996 film)
  
  Swingers is a film released in 1996 in film about the lives of single, unemployed actors living on the 'eastside' of Hollywood, Los Angeles, California during the 1990s swing revival....
  . Even Odin
  Odin
  
  Odin , is considered the chief ?sir in Norse paganism. Homologous with the Anglo-Saxons Woden and the Old High German Wotan, it is descended from Proto-Germanic *Wodanaz or *Wodanaz....
   (Garrison Keillor
  Garrison Keillor
  
  Gary Edward "Garrison" Keillor is an United States of America author, storyteller, humorist, columnist, musician, satirist, and radio personality....
  ) is portrayed somewhat similarly to Zeus's persona in the show.
• The Nemean Lion
  Nemean Lion
  
  The Nemean lion was a vicious monster in Greek mythology that lived in Nemea. He was eventually killed by Heracles. The lion was usually considered the offspring of Typhon and Echidna , but it was also said to have fallen from the moon, offspring of Zeus and Selene....
   (Jeremy Piven
  Jeremy Piven
  
  Jeremy Samuel Piven is a three-time Emmy Award- and Golden Globe Award-winning American actor. He is best known for his role as Ari Gold on the critically acclaimed HBO television series Entourage ....
  ) made an appearance in an episode involving Icarus moonlighting as a costumed superhero.
• Medusa
  Medusa
  
  In Greek mythology, Medusa was a gorgon, a chthonic female monster; gazing upon her would turn onlookers to stone. She was beheaded by the hero Perseus, who thereafter used her head as a weapon until giving it to the goddess Athena to place on her Aegis....
   (Jennifer Love Hewitt
  Jennifer Love Hewitt
  
  Jennifer Love Hewitt is an United States actress and singer-songwriter. Hewitt began her acting career as a child by appearing in television commercials and the Disney Channel series Kids Incorporated....
  ) made an appearance in an episode. Here Medusa rescues Herc from drowning and has a crush on him. Hoping to befriend him, she ask for divine assistance to make her beautiful. Aphrodite offers useful but utterly ignored self-esteem tips and stone-preventing sunglasses, while Hades grants her a beautiful appearance by day, monster and his employee by night. But if one true friend accepts her for who she is, he'd turn her human permanently. But when Hercules finds out what she truly was, he first thought she was trying to get close to turn him to stone and she runs off, sad. When Hades learns that it is Hercules that she had a crush on, he purposefully revealed her appearance in the dark to turn him to stone. But Aphrodite appeared, pointing out the technicality in the contract but Hades was only concerned in turning Medusa human but she deflects the spell with Hercule's shield at him. With his eyes closed, Hercules asks Medusa out, to which she says yes but she first takes Aphrodite's glasses.
• Galatea
  Galatea (mythology)
  
  The name "Galatea"Though the name "Galatea" has become so firmly associated with Pygmalion's statue as to seem antique, it originated with a post-classical writer....
   (Jennifer Aniston
  Jennifer Aniston
  
  Jennifer Joanna Aniston is an American actress. She became famous from the mid 1990s to the early 2000s for playing the role of Rachel Green in the popular US sitcom Friends, a role for which she won an Emmy Award, a Golden Globe Award, and a Screen Actors Guild Award....
  ) also made an appearance, but not as the wife of Pygmalion
  Pygmalion (mythology)
  
  Pygmalion is a legendary figure of Cyprus. Though Pygmalion is the Greek version of the Phoenician royal name Pumayyaton, he is most familiar from Ovid's Metamorphoses , in which Pygmalion is a sculptor who falls in love with a statue he has made....
   the art teacher, but as the statue Hercules beseeched Aphrodite to bring to life for him as a date to the Aphrodasia Dance. Hercules learned a decidedly different lesson than the one from the original myth. Because he asked that her personality would be "crazy about [him]", Galatea becomes increasingly obsessive about him, especially when he dumped her and dropped her off on an island in the middle of nowhere. Literally, she walked through water to get to him. She was solidified by an accidental fire but tried hopping to him. Aphrodite changes her personality to free will and have a mind of her own.
• Circe
  Circe
  
  In Greek mythology, Circe , is a Queen goddess living on the island of Aeaea.Circe's father was Helios , the god of the sun and the owner of the land where Odysseus' men ate cattle, and her mother was Hecate the goddess of magic and the moon ; she was sister of two kings of Colchis, Aeetes and Perses, and of Pasipha?, mother of the Mino...
   (Idina Menzel
  Idina Menzel
  
  Idina Kim Menzel is a Tony Award-winning United States actress, singer and songwriter. She is widely known for originating the roles of Maureen in Rent and Elphaba in Wicked ....
  ) also made an appearance, but not with Odysseus
  Odysseus
  
  Odysseus or Ulysses , in Greek mythology , was a legendary Greeks king of Ithaca and the hero of Homer's Epic poetry, the Odyssey. Odysseus also plays a key role in Homer's Iliad and other works in the Epic Cycle....
  , who appeared in other episodes. She was simply looking for suitable boyfriends and turned most of the male cast into various animals.
• Electra
  Electra
  
  In Greek mythology, Electra was an Argosian princess and daughter of King Agamemnon and Queen Clytemnestra, and was a sibling to sisters Iphigeneia, Chrysothemis, and brother Orestes....
   (Joey Lauren Adams
  Joey Lauren Adams
  
  Joey Lauren Adams is an United States actor who has appeared in more than 30 films. She is perhaps best known for her roles in the films of Kevin Smith , particularly Chasing Amy....
  ) is a beatnik
  Beatnik
  
  Beatniks were part of a sociocultural movement in the 1950s and early 1960s that subscribed to an anti-materialistic lifestyle in the wake of WWII....
  -like girl, that when angered summons the Furies
  Erinyes
  
  In Greek mythology the Erinyes or Eumenides or Furies in Roman mythology were female, chthonic deities of revenge or supernatural personifications of the anger of the dead....
  , vicious birds.
• Midas
  Midas
  
  In Greek mythology, Midas or King Midas is popularly remembered for his ability to turn everything he touched into gold: the Midas touch....
   (Eugene Levy
  Eugene Levy
  
  Eugene Levy is a Canada Emmy- and Grammy Award-winning actor, television director, Television producer, musician and writer. He is known for his work in Canadian television series, United States film and television movies....
  ) is a greedy king whose touch turns everything into gold, which wanted Hermes' sandals to transform the whole world. After being foiled in a James Bond
  James Bond
  
  James Bond 007 is a fictional character created in 1953 by writer Ian Fleming, who featured him in twelve novels and two short story collections....
   manner by Hercules, Midas sees the negative side of his power after accidentally touching his daughter Marigold (Tia Carrere
  Tia Carrere
  
  Tia Carrere is an United States actor, model , and Grammy Award winning singer, perhaps most widely known for her role as Cassandra in the feature films Wayne's World and Wayne's World 2 and as Sydney Fox in the TV series Relic Hunter....
  ).
• The Minotaur
  Minotaur
  
  In Greek mythology, the Minotaur was a creature that was part man and part Bull . It dwelt at the center of the Labyrinth, which was an elaborate maze-like construction built for King Minos of Crete and designed by the architect Daedalus and his son Icarus who were ordered to build it to hold the Minotaur....
   (Michael Dorn
  Michael Dorn
  
  Michael Dorn is an United States actor known for his role as the Klingon Worf in multiple Star Trek shows and movies....
  ) appears in two episodes, the first following his myth, being housed inside the Labyrinth
  Labyrinth
  
  In Greek mythology, the Labyrinth was an elaborate structure designed and built by the legendary artificer Daedalus for King Minos of Crete at Knossos....
   — built by Daedalus for the insane Crete
  Crete
  
  Crete is the largest of the Greek islands and the List of islands in the Mediterranean largest island in the Mediterranean Sea at 8,336 km? ....
   king Minos
  Minos
  
  In Greek mythology, Minos was a mythical king of Crete, son of Zeus and Europa . After his death, Minos became a judge of the dead in Greek Underworld....
   (Charles Nelson Reilly
  Charles Nelson Reilly
  
  Charles Nelson Reilly was an United States actor, comedian, film director and drama teacher known for his comedic roles in movies, children's television, animated cartoons, and as a panelist on the game show Match Game....
  ) —, and the second has him escaping and reaching Athens, where he faces Hercules and Theseus.
• Megara (Susan Egan
  Susan Egan
  
  Susan Egan is an United States Actor and singer best known for her work on the Broadway stage....
  ) appeared twice, once as a teenager and once as an adult from the movie timeline. One interesting note is that the person to whom Megara sold her soul to Hades to save, (in the Hercules movie), was actually Adonis.
• The Armageddon Bow is a weapon that can fire energy arrows without need for real one, developed by Hephaestus to give to Ares. But it talks like a girl for some reason and apparently didn't want to be a weapon in the first place. Hercules soon gives the bow to Cupid, who uses the bow for shooting his love arrows, which the bow says is poetic justice.
• Doubt is a snake that bites people, causing them to drown in fear and doubt. Hades called him in to strike Icarus so that he won't kiss Cassandra (because she sold her soul to him to make sure he doesn't kiss her), but his bite wore off quickly.
• Arachne
  Arachne
  
  In Greco-Roman mythology, Arachne was a great mortal weaver who boasted that her skill was greater than that of Minerva, the Latin parallel of Pallas Athena, goddess of crafts....
  , the guardian of the Tapestry of Fate. She only became a guardian because of her mother, saying she should see the world, eat exotic people. When Hades changed the Tapestry, Arachne was reduced to minding the cave where the Tapestry used to be.

Episodes

Zero To Hero

• Hercules and the First Day of School
• Hercules and the Grim Avenger
• Hercules and the Visit From Zeus

Differences from the original mythology

• Every character is portrayed with their original Greek names, except for Hercules, Cupid and Bacchus, who are portrayed with their Roman names (the original ones being Heracles
  Heracles
  
  In Greek mythology, Heracles or Herakles meaning "glory of Hera", or "Glorious through Hera" Alcides or Alcaeus " was a hero, the son of Zeus and Alcmene, foster son of Amphitryon and great-grandson of Perseus....
  , Eros
  EROS
  
  EROS may refer to:* Center for Earth Resources Observation and Science, the Center for Earth Resources Observation and Science, the United States national archive of remotely sensed images of the Earth's land surface...
  , and Dionysus
  Dionysus
  
  In classical mythology, Dionysus or Dionysos , is the God of wine, the inspirer of ritual madness and ecstasy, and a major figure of Greek mythology, and one of the twelve Olympians, among whom Greek mythology treated Dionysus as a late arrival....
  , respectively). Eros is given his Roman form due to the family-friendly theme of the cartoon.
• Hercules is shown in the film and in this series to be a son of Zeus and Hera but in the mythology, he is the illegitimate child of Zeus and a mortal woman (named Alcmene
  Alcmene
  
  In Greek mythology, Alcmene or Alcmena was the mother of Heracles....
   in Greek mythology). In this version, Alcmene is the mortal woman who, with her husband Amphitryon, simply finds the abandoned infant Hercules and raises him as their own. The legends generally depict Hera as despising Hercules; with the Goddess frequently trying to kill him or otherwise hinder his quests.
• Narcissus is depicted in the series as an Olympian god, which he was not in original mythology.
• There were 9 Muses in Greek mythology; in the series there are only five shown, with no mention as to the other four.
• The series show Pegasus
  Pegasus
  
  In Greek mythology, Pegasus was a winged horse sired by Poseidon, in his role as horse-god, and foaled by the Gorgon Medusa....
   being created by Zeus to be Hercules' pet and servant. In Mythology, Pegasus was a wild beast created from Medusa
  Medusa
  
  In Greek mythology, Medusa was a gorgon, a chthonic female monster; gazing upon her would turn onlookers to stone. She was beheaded by the hero Perseus, who thereafter used her head as a weapon until giving it to the goddess Athena to place on her Aegis....
  's blood, who was captured by another hero, Bellerophon
  Bellérophon
  
  Bell?rophon is an opera with music by Jean-Baptiste Lully and a libretto by Thomas Corneille and Bernard le Bovier de Fontenelle first performed at the Palais Royal, Paris on 31 January 1679....
  . The original Hercules never even encountered Pegasus.
• Homer
  Homer
  
  Homer is traditionally held to be the author of the ancient Greek language epic poems the Iliad and the Odyssey, as well as of the Homeric Hymns....
   appears as a reporter, yet is a historical, not mythological figure
• Icarus originally died when he flew too close of the Sun.
• In the Series, young Hercules claims to be a fan of Odysseus
  Odysseus
  
  Odysseus or Ulysses , in Greek mythology , was a legendary Greeks king of Ithaca and the hero of Homer's Epic poetry, the Odyssey. Odysseus also plays a key role in Homer's Iliad and other works in the Epic Cycle....
  , whose exploits took place after the mythological Heracles
• In mythology, Cassandra received her ability to see negative events from Apollo
  Apollo
  
  In Greek mythology and Roman mythology, Apollo , is one of the most important and many-sided of the Twelve Olympians. The ideal of the kouros , Apollo has been variously recognized as a god of light and the sun; truth and prophecy; archery; medicine and healing; music, poetry, and the arts; and more....
  , but with the curse that nobody would believe her predictions. In the series, everyone usually believes Cassandra's predictions, unlike the original myth.
• The original Adonis was a deity, while the one in the series is a mortal.
• In the original mythology, Hera
  Hera
  
  In the Twelve Olympians of classical Greek Mythology, Hera or Here was the wife and older sister of Zeus. Her chief function was as goddess of women and marriage....
   is the one who tries to interfere with Hercules, not Hades
  Hades
  
  Hades refers both to the ancient Greek underworld, the abode of Hades, and to the god of the underworld. Hades in Homer referred just to the god; the genitive case , Haidou, was an elision to denote locality: "[the house/dominion] of Hades"....
  .
• Cupid isn't shown as being the son of Aphrodite
  Aphrodite
  
  Aphrodite is the classical Greek mythology goddess of love, sex, and beauty. According to Greek oral poet Hesiod, she was born when Uranus was castrated by his son Cronus....
   and Ares
  Ares
  
  In Greek mythology, Ares is the son of Zeus and Hera. Though often referred to as the Twelve Olympians God of warfare, he is more accurately the god of bloodlust, or slaughter personified: "Ares is apparently an ancient abstract noun meaning throng of battle, war."...
  , which he is in mythology.
• Pan
  Pan (mythology)
  
  Pan , in Ancient Greek religion and Greek mythology, is the companion of the nymphs, god of shepherds and flocks, of mountain wilds, hunting and rustic music....
   is portrayed as a simple satyr
  Satyr
  
  In Greek mythology, satyrs are a troop of male companions of Pan and Dionysus ? "satyresses" were a late invention of poets ? that roamed the woods and mountains....
   in the series; He was originally a god son of Hermes
  Hermes
  
  Hermes is the messenger of the gods in Greek mythology. An Twelve Olympians, he is also the patron of boundaries and of the travelers who cross them, of shepherds and cowherds, of thieves and road travelers, of orators and wit, of literature and poets, of athletics, of weights and measures, of invention, of general commerce, and of the cunni...
  , and king of the satyrs.
• Hercules introduces the Greek Pantheon to Rome
  Rome
  
  Rome is the capital city of Italy and Lazio, and is Italy's largest and most populous city, with 2,724,347 residents in an urban area of some ....
  , a city yet to be founded let alone grow to a large city.
• Trivia, the god of when three roads meet and of trivial information
  Information
  
  Information as a Conveyed concept has a diversity of meanings, from everyday usage to technical settings. Generally speaking, the concept of information is closely related to notions of constraint, communication, control system, data, form, instruction, knowledge, Meaning , stimulation, pattern, perception, and knowledge representation....
  , doesn't exist in Greek Mythology. Trivia was, however, the Latin name for Hecate
  Hecate
  
  Hecate Hekate , or Hekat was originally a goddess of the wilderness and childbirth, naturalized early in Mycenaean Greece or in Thrace, but originating among the Carians of Anatolia, the region where most theophoric names invoking Hecate, such as Hecataeus or Hecatomnus, progenitor of Mausollus, are attested, and where Hekate re...
  , the goddess of witchcraft and darkness.
• The series depicts Atlantis
  Atlantis
  
  Atlantis is a legendary island first mentioned in Plato's dialogues Timaeus and Critias .In Plato's account, Atlantis was a naval power lying "in front of the Pillars of Hercules" that conquered many parts of Western Europe and Africa 9,000 years before the time of Solon, or approximately 9600 BC....
   being sunk. The island was sunk many years before Hercules's time.
• Ceto
  Ceto
  
  In Greek mythology, Cetus , also called Ceto or Cetea, was a hideous sea monster, a daughter of Gaia and Pontus . The asteroid 65489 Ceto was named after her, and its satellite Ceto I Phorcys after her husband....
  , Medusa
  Medusa
  
  In Greek mythology, Medusa was a gorgon, a chthonic female monster; gazing upon her would turn onlookers to stone. She was beheaded by the hero Perseus, who thereafter used her head as a weapon until giving it to the goddess Athena to place on her Aegis....
  , the Minotaur
  Minotaur
  
  In Greek mythology, the Minotaur was a creature that was part man and part Bull . It dwelt at the center of the Labyrinth, which was an elaborate maze-like construction built for King Minos of Crete and designed by the architect Daedalus and his son Icarus who were ordered to build it to hold the Minotaur....
  , the Harpies, Geryon
  Geryon
  
  In Greek mythology, Geryon , son of Chrysaor and Callirrhoe and grandson of Medusa was a fearsome giant who dwelt on the island Erytheia of the mythic Hesperides in the far west of the Mediterranean....
  , Argus Panoptes
  Argus Panoptes
  
  In Greek mythology, Argus Panoptes or Argos, guardian of the heifer-nymph Io and son of Arestor, was a primordial giant whose epithet "Panoptes", "all-seeing", led to his being described with multiple, often a hundred, eyes....
  , the Cyclops
  Cyclops
  
  In Greek mythology and later Roman mythology, a cyclops , is a member of a primordial race of giant , each with a single eye in the middle of its forehead....
  , the Erymanthian Boar
  Erymanthian Boar
  
  In Greek mythology, the Erymanthian Boar is remembered in connection with Labours of Hercules, in which Heracles, the enemy of Hera, visited in turn "all the other sites of the Goddess throughout the world, to conquer every conceivable 'monster' of nature and rededicate the primordial world to its new master, his Olympian father," Zeus....
   and the Furies are depicted as children of Echidna
  Echidna (mythology)
  
  In the most ancient layers of Greek mythology, Echidna was called the "Mother of All Monsters". Echidna was described by Hesiod as a female monster spawned in a cave, who mothered with her mate Typhon every major horrible monster in the Greek myths,...
   and Typhon
  Typhon
  
  In Greek mythology, Typhon , also Typheus/Typhoeus , Typhaon or Typhos is the final son of Gaia , fathered by Tartarus, and is the god of wind....
  , which they are not in mythology.
• In mythology, the Nemean Lion is killed by Hercules and isn't able to talk, unlike the series' version.
• Galatea
  Galatea (mythology)
  
  The name "Galatea"Though the name "Galatea" has become so firmly associated with Pygmalion's statue as to seem antique, it originated with a post-classical writer....
   was created by Pygmalion
  Pygmalion (mythology)
  
  Pygmalion is a legendary figure of Cyprus. Though Pygmalion is the Greek version of the Phoenician royal name Pumayyaton, he is most familiar from Ovid's Metamorphoses , in which Pygmalion is a sculptor who falls in love with a statue he has made....
  , not Hercules.
• Hercules never found Medusa
  Medusa
  
  In Greek mythology, Medusa was a gorgon, a chthonic female monster; gazing upon her would turn onlookers to stone. She was beheaded by the hero Perseus, who thereafter used her head as a weapon until giving it to the goddess Athena to place on her Aegis....
   in Greek mythology. In the series Medusa gradually becomes Hercules' friend.
• Unlike the Circe of the series, that seduces men to her island
  Aeaea
  
  Aeaea was a possibly Greek mythology island said to be the home of the sorceress Circe.Though the somewhat inconsistent geography of the Odyssey is more mythic than literal, Aeaea was later identified by classical Roman writers with Mount Circeo on Cape Circeo on the western coast of Italy — about 100 kilometers south of Rome &md...
  , the original Circe
  Circe
  
  In Greek mythology, Circe , is a Queen goddess living on the island of Aeaea.Circe's father was Helios , the god of the sun and the owner of the land where Odysseus' men ate cattle, and her mother was Hecate the goddess of magic and the moon ; she was sister of two kings of Colchis, Aeetes and Perses, and of Pasipha?, mother of the Mino...
   turned to animals those who dared to go there.
• Unlike in the series, griffins can't talk in mythology.
• Hercules participates in the Ancient Olympics, which he didn't in the original mythology. Also, most likely due to the family-friendly theme, the participants of the Olympics wear clothes.
• Hades is refered to as Zeus' younger brother. However, Zeus is the youngest, and Hades is the oldest of the brothers in mythology.
• Megara
  Megara (mythology)
  
  In Greek mythology, Megara was the oldest daughter of Creon, king of Thebes, Greece. In reward for Heracles' defending Thebes from Orchomenus in single-handed battle, Creon offered his daughter Megara to Heracles and he brought her home to the house of Amphitryon....
   is depicted as a simple Greek citizen, not as a princess. She is also not the wife of Hercules. Her father Creon
  Creon
  
  Creon is a figure in Greek mythology best known as the ruler of Thebes,_Greece in the legend of Oedipus. He was the father of Menoeceus and Megara by his wife, Eurydice of Thebes....
   is never mentioned.

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  Eurocom
  
  Eurocom is a United Kingdom-based video game developer founded specifically to develop games for the Nintendo Entertainment System. Since then Eurocom has expanded to other platforms including, Game Boy, Game Boy Advance, Game Gear, Super Nintendo, 3DO Interactive Multiplayer, Sega Mega Drive, Nintendo 64, Wii, Sega Dreamcast, GameCube, Play...