Salmoneus is a fictional character on the popular TV series Hercules: The Legendary Journeys

Hercules: The Legendary Journeys

Hercules: The Legendary Journeys is a television series, filmed in New Zealand and the United States. It was produced from 1995, and was very loosely based on the tales of the classical Greek culture hero Heracles...

 and Xena: Warrior Princess

Xena: Warrior Princess

Xena: Warrior Princess is an American–New Zealand supernatural fantasy adventure series that aired in syndication from September 4, 1995 until June 18, 2001....

, portrayed by Robert Trebor

Robert Trebor

Robert Trebor is an American character actor, perhaps best known for his role as "Salmoneus" on the cult hits Hercules: The Legendary Journeys and Xena: Warrior Princess...

. He is based on the mythical

Greek mythology

Greek mythology is the body of myths and legends belonging to the ancient Greeks, concerning their gods and heroes, the nature of the world, and the origins and significance of their own cult and ritual practices. They were a part of religion in ancient Greece...

 character Salmoneus

Salmoneus

In Greek mythology, Salmoneus was the son of Aeolus and Enarete, the brother of Athamas, Sisyphus, Cretheus, Perieres, Deionus, Canace, Alcyone, and Perimede. Salmoneus was the father of Tyro by his first wife Alcidice, the second one being Sidero....

.

Overview

Salmoneus is the ancient Greek version of a traveler

Itinerant

An itinerant is a person who travels from place to place with no fixed home. The term comes from the late 16th century: from late Latin itinerant , from the verb itinerari, from Latin iter, itiner ....

 dealer. He always has an angle, and never fails to take advantage of a situation. He is also noted for being the composer

Composer

A composer is a person who creates music, either by musical notation or oral tradition, for interpretation and performance, or through direct manipulation of sonic material through electronic media...

 of Xena's theme music.

Salmoneus on Hercules

On Hercules, Salmoneus is an important character – in fact, after Hercules

Hercules

Hercules is the Roman name for Greek demigod Heracles, son of Zeus , and the mortal Alcmene...

 and Iolaus

Iolaus

In Greek mythology, Iolaus was a Theban divine hero, son of Iphicles, Heracles's brother, and Automedusa.He was famed for being Heracles's nephew and for helping with some of his Labors, and also for being one of the Argonauts...

, is the character with the most appearances.

Salmoneus first meets Hercules when he is being attacked by a cyclops

Cyclops

A cyclops , in Greek mythology and later Roman mythology, was a member of a primordial race of giants, each with a single eye in the middle of his forehead...

, and since then have remained good friends. Salmoneus helps Hercules in many situations, such as at the time when Hercules is blinded and needs to face the Centaurs. Salmoneus is also with Hercules during their fight against Xena

Xena

Xena is a fictional character from Robert Tapert's Xena: Warrior Princess franchise. She first appeared in the 1995–1999 television series Hercules: The Legendary Journeys, before going on to appear in Xena: Warrior Princess TV show and subsequent comic book of the same name...

, and then with Hercules and Xena in the fight against Darphus. Later, Salmoneus helps Hercules create the Olympic Games

Olympic Games

The Olympic Games is a major international event featuring summer and winter sports, in which thousands of athletes participate in a variety of competitions. The Olympic Games have come to be regarded as the world’s foremost sports competition where more than 200 nations participate...

: Salmoneus himself created the name and the Olympic torch in tribute to the Games.

Salmoneus on Xena

On Xena, Salmoneus appears in a total of three episodes.

He helps Xena discover who is named The Black Wolf, and helps Xena and others during the escape from the dungeon of the king

King

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 Xerxes

Xerxes

Xerxes is a male name. Most notably, it may refer to Xerxes I of Persia . It may also refer to:-People:*Xerxes II of Persia, reigned 424 BCE*Xerxes of Armenia, Armenian king, assassinated around 212 BCE...

. Later, Salmoneus sells weapons to a warrior (weapons of poor material and melt in contact with the rain) – Salmoneus now being hunted has to be saved by Xena. Later, Salmoneus appears as a speaker for a Beauty Contest in the name of peace

Peace

Peace is a state of harmony characterized by the lack of violent conflict. Commonly understood as the absence of hostility, peace also suggests the existence of healthy or newly healed interpersonal or international relationships, prosperity in matters of social or economic welfare, the...

... but, of course, he is interested only in money.

On Hercules

• Eye of the Beholder
• As Darkness Falls
• The Gauntlet
• Unchained Heart
• All That Glitters
• Outcast
• Under the Broken Sky
• The Fire Down Below
• Let the Games Begin
• The Wedding of Alcmene
• The Power
• Centaur Mentor Journey
• Mummy Dearest
• The Green-Eyed Monster
• The Lost City
• Les Contemptibles Category:Fictional Greek people
• Reign of Terror
• A Rock and a Hard Place
• If I Had a Hammer
• Men in Pink
• Yes, Virginia, There Is a Hercules
• Genies and Grecians and Geeks, Oh My!
• For Those of You Just Joining Us...

On Xena

• The Black Wolf
• The Greater Good
• Here She Comes...Miss Amphipolis
• Deja Vu all over Again (Robert Trebor guest-starred, but did not play Salmoneus)