Hercules and Theseus were cousins (Hamilton, 209). Hercules was the strongest man alive, but had very little intellect (Hamilton, 205). He had a short temper, and could kill someone with a single accidental hit (Hamilton, 237). He was very emotional after he does something very wrong, such as when he did the twelve labors of Hercules after killing a man’s family (Hamilton, 232). He was the preferred hero of most of Greece except for Athens (Hamilton, 235). Theseus was favored by the Athenians. Theseus was a wise and just hero. An example of this was when he killed people the same way they killed people(Hamilton, 209-210). Another example was when he took away his own royal power to make an equal government for the Athenians (Hamilton, 215).