Greek+Heroes+and+Creatures

**Heracles**
w as the son of Zeus and Alcmene and to be said the mightiest mortal. His favorite weapon is the gnarled club. He was given 12 labors to complete in a period of his life.

 His mother and father were King Laius and Queen Jocasta.
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Medusa
was the daughter of Phorcys and Ceto. One of the three gorgons (her sisters) changed people to stone. According to Apollodorus, Medusa and her sisters came into the world with snakes on their heads, instead of hair, they had yellow wings and brazen hands.  Their bodies were also covered with impenetrable scales, and their very looks had the power of killing or turning to stones.

Jason
was one of the brave heroes who went in search for the golden fleece.
 *  He was the son of Alcimede and Aeson. Aeson was the rightful king of lolcus. **
 * Jason was married to the sorceress Medea. **

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Theseus
<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">was the king of Athens. <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">during his life he killed a Minotaur. (Very dangerous animal by the way.)

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Minotaur
<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">half human half bull. <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">trapped in the labyrinth in Crete. <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">killed by Theseus.

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Atlanta
<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">was the fastest mortal <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">killed the Calydonian Boar. <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">beat men in wrestling.

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Bellerphon
<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">was the first mortal to ride a Pegasus. <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">He was the greatest hero and slayer of monsters. <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">His greatest feat was killing the Chimera.

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Chimera
<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">a monster that with a lion's head, a goat's body, and a serpent's tail. <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">her breath comes out in terrible blasts of burning flame. <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">very deathly beast (worse than a minotaur by the way.)

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Pegasus
<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">is a white-winged horse. <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">its parents are Posioden and Medusa. <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">its sibling is Chrysaor.

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Pandora
<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">was the first woman. <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">opened the box of evils. <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">only left hope inside as she closed the box again.

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Atlas
<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">titan who held the earth on his shoulders. <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Parents: Iapetus and Asia <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Children: Hesperidas, Hyades, Hyas, Pleiades, Calypso, Dione and Maera.

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Narcissus
<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">beautiful human who fell in love with his image. <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">unable to leave the beauty of his reflection, Narcissus died.

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Orpheus
<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">the greatest musician of the time (except for Apollo, the god of music.) <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">married to Eurydice.

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