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Two Heroes Side By Side


            
             Two heroes of Greece would be Theseus and Hercules.
            
             of Athens, and Hercules was the rest of Greece's hero. These two are similar in .
             many ways but there are also many differences too. For example, they both were .
             disliked by their stepmothers and each possessed strength and bravery, and .
             stupidity. However, many differences appear as well. Each hero uses their .
             intelligence and emotional strength in different ways.
             The stepmothers of both Theseus and Hercules disliked the heroes. Medea, .
             Theseus" stepmother, tries to trick his father, King Aegeus, into poisoning him .
             because she didn't want to lose the power she had over the king. Medea's plan .
             fails because Theseus shows his father the sword he left him. Aegeus recognized .
             the sword and knocked the poisonous wine to the floor. Hera, Hercules's .
             stepmother and the wife of Zeus, hated both Hercules and his mother because .
             Zeus had an affair with Alcmene, Hercules's mother. The hatred of Hera flowed so .
             terribly that Hera tried every means she could to kill Hercules. For instance, Hera .
             sent two deadly serpents after Hercules's younger brother, Iphicles, and him. The .
             serpents went into their nursery; Iphicles woke up screaming while Hercules .
             merely "sat up and grasped the deadly creatures by the throat," and this killed .
             the serpents.
             Both heroes on many separate instances portray their characteristics, .
             strength, bravery, and stupidity. For example, all three traits appear in Theseus .
             when he volunteers to enter a labyrinth and fight a Minotaur, a creature half-man .
             and half-bull. The stupidity of the hero appears because he volunteers for this .
             task. However, he also shows his bravery and strength. Not only is he brave .
             enough to enter the labyrinth to fight the Minotaur, but also Athens' hero .
             portrays great strength when he pins the sleeping creature to the ground and .
             kills the Minotaur with his hands alone. Hercules shows his traits in most of his .
             actions.


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