Mythical Heroes Flashcards
Heracles
Opposed by Hera.
Strangles two serpents sent by Hera while in the crib.
Completed 12 labors as penance for murdering 1st wife Megara and their children.
Served under Queen Omphale dressed as a woman for murdering Iphitus.
Opposed by Hera.
Strangles two serpents sent by Hera while in the crib.
Completed 12 labors as penance for murdering 1st wife Megara and their children.
Served under Queen Omphale dressed as a woman for murdering Iphitus.
Heracles
Atalanta
Landed the initial hit int he Calydonian Boar Hunt, thus Meleager gave her the pelt.
During the Hunt, killed Hylaeus and Rhaecus for attempted rape.
Melanion used golden apples to beat her in a footrace to marry her
She and Melanion were turned into lions for having sex in the Temple of Zeus.
Landed the initial hit int he Calydonian Boar Hunt, thus Meleager gave her the pelt.
During the Hunt, killed Hylaeus and Rhaecus for attempted rape.
Melanion used golden apples to beat her in a footrace to marry her
She and Melanion were turned into lions for having sex in the Temple of Zeus.
Atalanta
Rama (Hindu)
Father’s third wide Kaikeyi used a boon to force Rama’s exile form Ayodhya
Ravana used a golden deer to kidnap Rama’s wife Sita
Exiled Sita despite her faithfulness
fought his 2 sons Kusa and Lava until Hanuman in the form of a horse revealed the truth to him.
Father’s third wide Kaikeyi used a boon to force Rama’s exile form Ayodhya
Ravana used a golden deer to kidnap Rama’s wife Sita
Exiled Sita despite her faithfulness
fought his 2 sons Kusa and Lava until Hanuman in the form of a horse revealed the truth to him.
Rama
Jason
Sent after golden fleece due to an Oracle warning Pelias to beware a man with one sandal.
While on the Argo, J and crew saved Phineas form the harpies.
After betraying Medea, she murdered his new fiancee Glauce (aka Creusa) and her father.
Killed by a fallen timber from the Argo
Sent after golden fleece due to an Oracle warning Pelias to beware a man with one sandal.
While on the Argo, J and crew saved Phineas form the harpies.
After betraying Medea, she murdered his new fiancee Glauce (aka Creusa) and her father.
Killed by a fallen timber from the Argo
Jason
Theseus
Father Aegeus set a sword and a pair of sansals under a rock to be claimed by Theseus via Aethra.
On journey to Athens, bested 6 adversaries: Periphetes, Sinis, the Cromyonnian Sow, Sciron, Cercyon, Procrustes.
After sending him after the Marathonian Bull, Medea husband of Aegeus tried to poison him.
On a journey to Hades to capture Persephone, he and his friend Pirithous are trapped on a magic bench.
Father Aegeus set a sword and a pair of sansals under a rock to be claimed by Theseus via Aethra.
On journey to Athens, bested 6 adversaries: Periphetes, Sinis, the Cromyonnian Sow, Sciron, Cercyon, Procrustes.
After sending him after the Marathonian Bull, Medea husband of Aegeus tried to poison him.
On a journey to Hades to capture Persephone, he and his friend Pirithous are trapped on a magic bench.
Theseus
Achilles
Would be fully immortal save for him mother Thetis holding his heel while bathing him in the Styx.
Refused to fight after Agamemnon took Briseis, but changed his mind after Hector killed Patroclus.
After dragging Hector’s body around the walls of Troy, allows Priam to claim the body.
Paris fired the shot that hit him on the heel. Odysseus was given Achilles’ divine armor.
Would be fully immortal save for him mother Thetis holding his heel while bathing him in the Styx.
Refused to fight after Agamemnon took Briseis, but changed his mind after Hector killed Patroclus.
After dragging Hector’s body around the walls of Troy, allows Priam to claim the body.
Paris fired the shot that hit him on the heel. Odysseus was given Achilles’ divine armor.
Achilles
Krishna (Hindu)
At birth, swapped with a daughter of Nanda and Yasoda in order to escape Kamsa.
As a child, killed/freed demons: Putana, killer of infants; Baksura, the crane; Kaliya, the serpent.
Established superiority over rain deity Indra by lifting the Govardhana hill to protect herders.
Appears in the Mahabharata as Arjuna’s character.
Offers advice for fighting his own kin in Bhagavan Gita.
At birth, swapped with a daughter of Nanda and Yasoda in order to escape Kamsa.
As a child, killed/freed demons: Putana, killer of infants; Baksura, the crane; Kaliya, the serpent.
Established superiority over rain deity Indra by lifting the Govardhana hill to protect herders.
Appears in the Mahabharata as Arjuna’s character.
Offers advice for fighting his own kin in Bhagavan Gita.
Krishna (Hindu)
Sir Galahad
Only man allowed to sin in the Siege Perilous as he captured the Holy Grail.
Descendant of Joseph of Arimathea through father Lancelot.
Conceived when Elaine appeared to Lancelot as Guinevere.
Proven to be the destined Grail-capturer by pulling Balin’s sword from a block of marble.
After obtaining the grail: healed Pellam, whom Balin wounded with the Lance of Longinus.
