Hercules wrestled the mad beast to the ground and brought it back to King Eurystheus. Unfortunately, the king set it free, and it roamed Greece, causing terror wherever it went. Eight: Capture the Horses of Diomedes King Diomedes, leader of the Bistones, fed his bloodthirsty horses on human flesh. Hercules and his men fought and killed King Diomedes and fed the king to his horses. This made the horses tame, so that Hercules was able to lead them to King Eurystheus.
Odysseus was widely known to the ancient Greeks for helping defeat Troy with his idea of the Trojan horse to get King Menelaus’ wife, Helen, back from Paris, the prince of Troy. It took Odysseus ten years to win the war and ten years to reach his homeland, Ithaca, and return to his wife, Penelope, and his son, Telemachus. During these twenty years, Odysseus has chosen to make many bad decisions and choices yet he was blessed by the gods and helped by his mentor Athena and safely reached Ithaca but lost all his comrades and friends. Odysseus reached Ithaca to find his home occupied by ruthless, arrogant suitors! Aggravated, Odysseus carefully planned a trap with the help of two loyal men and killed all the suitors.
Hera proposed that in order for Hercules to be forgiven he is to perform 12 labors. Once Hercules is told about his quest he must complete he separates from his home and goes out to complete the 12 labors the King informed him about. Hercules begins his initiation by visiting and slaying the Nemian Lion which had an indestructible pelt, knowing this he strangles it to death using his strength. His second labor was a treacherous one because he had to destroy the multi headed Hydra. The Hydra is a snake that regenerates heads after you slice one off.
Jack had evil intents to hurt the other tribe with the conch shell. Jack and his hunters have already brutally beaten and killed Simon because they thought he was the monster in the woods. Jack had attacked Ralph’s tribe several times. Piggy did everything he could to help them stay together but when Jack made his offer the other’s followed him. After being attacked by Jacks tribe they went to Castle Rock to find Jack and his tribe right before Piggy was killed.
Let the bull spill his blood.” (Page 40). Gilgamesh and Enkidu wrestle with the bull that Anu sent and kill it. The act of killing the bull made the gods made so they decided to kill Enkidu. “The gods all gathered round last night and Anu told Enlil that one of us should die because of what we’ve done against their names.” (page 44). When he finally dies, Gilgamesh is heartbroken.
Hercules, the Latin equivalent of Heracles, was the son of Jupiter and Alcmene. His jealous stepmother, Juno, tried to murder the infant Hercules by putting a serpent in his cradle. Luckily for Hercules, he was born with great strength and killed the serpent. By the time Hercules was an adult, he had already killed a lion. Eventually, Juno drove Hercules insane.
In the between of story Enkidu was enemy first and became a great companion of Gilgamesh. One day Ishtar sends bull of heaven with the help of her parents. Bull of heaven was created by Enu and Antum. Bull of heaven came down to Mesopotamia and started destroying cities and villages, so Gilgamesh killed bull of heaven with the help of Enkidu. One night Enkidu had a dream of Ishtar cursing him that he will die of sickness and that dream did become true.
After Rainsford discovered that General Zaroff has been hunting humans, he ends up fighting for his life after general Zaroff challenges him. General Zaroff has been hunting for his entire life, but Rainsford hates hunting. He now gets to feel what it is like to be the hunter and the huntee. Ironically he ends up killing one of general Zaroff dogs and Ivan. Rainsford used a pit trap to get the dog, and he uses a knife trap to lacerate and kill Ivan.
In the movie it was mentioned that Hrothgar is the father of the monster named Grendel. In the poem , It was never mentioned that Hrothgar is the father of the monster. In the end, a dragon attacked Beowulf’s Kingdom. So, they had a fight. Beowulf cut off his arm so he could kill the dragon and also showed him ripping the dragon’s heart out.
Given the opportunity, Odysseus shot Antinous, the most perfidious of the suitors, with an arrow that “hit him under the chin/ and punched up to the feathers through his throat …Like pipes his nostrils jetted/ crimson runnels, a river of mortal red/ and one last kick upset his table/ knocking the bread and meat to soak in dusty blood” (703). Odysseus took his revenge on Antinous by shooting him, which justifies the common idea in Ancient Greece that violence serves as a suitable form of revenge. Odysseus also reinforced this idea when he warned the disloyal suitors “There will be killing till the score is paid. / You forced yourselves upon this house. Fight your way out, / or run for it, if you think you can escape death.