At that point, Hercules must be something like 16 or 17; the time difference between the beginning of the movie (where Hercules is a baby) and the finale is said to be 18 years, and the heroic tasks and fame-building Hercules does between the first meeting with Meg and the finale must’ve taken him at least a year.

Hercules (/ˈhɜːrkjuliːz, -jə-/) is the Roman equivalent of the Greek divine hero Heracles, son of Jupiter and the mortal Alcmene. In later Western art and literature and in popular culture, Hercules is more commonly used than Heracles as the name of the hero.

The subject of the tapestry is the hero of antiquity, Hercules performing one of the twelve labours set for him by King Eurystheus. Hercules, recognizable by the Nemean lion skin he is wearing, is fighting the dragon Ladon.

After death, the gods transformed him into an immortal, or alternatively, the fire burned away the mortal part of the demigod, so that only the god remained. After his mortal parts had been incinerated, he could become a full god and join his father and the other Olympians on Mount Olympus.

Hercules married Megara, the daughter of Kreo, King of Thebes, and together they had five children. Hera once more interfered and drove Hercules insane so that he killed his wife and children.

Hephaestus returned to Olympus by acting as a mediator between Zeus and Hera, as well as showcasing his metalwork as a gift he can offer both mankind and the gods. Hephaestus was a mild and peaceful god who watched after the cattle of Geryon while Hercules searched for a missing bull.

To the Greeks mythology was all about nature and fire – though potentially dangerous – was just another element. Unlike Hades and Polyphemus, Hephaestus rarely posed a danger to gods or mortals. But he was also considered one of the gods of fire.

Hephaestus was the god of fire, metalworking, stone masonry, forges and the art of sculpture. He was the son of Zeus and Hera and married to Aphrodite by Zeus to prevent a war of the gods fighting for her hand. He was a smithing god, making all of the weapons for Olympus and acting as a blacksmith for the gods.

Hephaestus, Greek Hephaistos, in Greek mythology, the god of fire. Originally a deity of Asia Minor and the adjoining islands (in particular Lemnos), Hephaestus had an important place of worship at the Lycian Olympus.

And like those trolls, Hephaestus is never directly punished for his abuse of Athena. He suffers because he interfered in his parents’ fight, he is embarrassed by Aphrodite because he ignored her, but he faces no consequences for trying to rape a goddess. Click to see full answer.

She cheated on him because she never really loved him. First of all, she was forced to marry Hephaestus by Zeus and Hera to prevent other gods to fight for her and to keep her grounded.

APHRODITE The goddess of love and beauty was the first wife of Hephaistos. He divorced her following an adulterous love-affair with his brother Ares, to whom she had borne several children.

Aphrodite, the goddess of love and beauty, heard about Psyche and her sisters and was jealous of all the attention people paid to Psyche. So she summoned her son, Eros, and told him to put a spell on Psyche.