The Birth Of Hercules Summary

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This is the tale of a child of the gods. The gods gather together in celebration of the birth of Zeus's son. Although one god is not so happy about this news. The foretell that
Hercules will stop Hades from taking over the world. After hearing this news hades sends pain and panic to kidnap Hercules from his crib. They gave him a potion that would strip his power but were interrupted and the last dropped had been spilled. This allowed Hercules to keep his immortality. For many years he lived with adopted parents and stayed under the radar. It was not until his mother to.d him that he was adopted that
Hercules went to the temple of Zeus. There zeus appeared and told Hercules he can join the gods on mount Olympus, but he must prove himself as …show more content…

Hercules not seeming as hero material must prove himself worthy of the satyrs training. He comes across a ferocious centaur who is attacking people in the woods, and Hercules sees this as his chance to prove himself. He charges at the centaur but his tossed back with ease since his strength was taken from him when he was a baby. Hercules looks at the centaur and realizes he is hurt on his leg. Hercules picks up a log and swings at the centaurs leg a hard as he possibly can knocking it

down into a river and sending it down the stream. Phil is impressed by his intelligence and resourcefulness and agrees to train Hercules. They go from town to town helping people and saving the from creatures that Hades learns he is still living. Hades being enraged by this discovery sends pain and panic to fix their mistake. They kidnap Phil, place him behind a hydra, and tell Hercules he must defeat the hydra. Hercules wanting to save his friend fights the hydra without fear. He grabs a sword and charges down the hydra. Dodging fire and claws targeting him. Knowing he can not cut the beast's head he chops at its leg. After cutting through the monster falls back into a cliff causing a landslide and trapping the beast. After saving his friend Hercules sets his eyes