Peering around from his perch, he spied a lone temple seated on a hill, just over the mountain. After watching his fellow disciples head off, Sun Wukong preformed one great leap that carried him into the sky and on to a cloud. Zhu was upset about being given the mundane task, but it meant he would be eating soon, so he did not complain. Zhu, I saw some green grass a ways back, take the horse and feed him there.'

Friar Sand, collect some wood so we may start a fire. Brother Monkey, go and search the area, see if there are any houses or temples nearby where we may beg for some food.

'We haven't eaten anything for two days! Master, please allow us to stop and search for some food!' Xuanzang, Zhu Bajie, Sha Wujing, and Sun Wukong were in the last leg of their journey Western Heaven was only a few leagues away. The trotting of a horse, the light footsteps of a god, the grumbling of a warrior, and the stride of a ogre: these were the sounds that filled a mountain pass as the sun rose. These tasks including the killing of monsters like the Hydra and the Nemean Lion, and quests for fabulous treasures, like the Girdle of the Amazon Queen Hippolyta and the golden Apples of the Hesperides.Īgainst all odds, Hercules completed all the challenges and had plenty of other adventures along the way, including sailing with Jason and the Argonauts, fighting the Gigantes alongside the Olympians, sacking the city of Troy, and even having a few battles against the gods themselves.Īt the end of his life, Hercules's mortal half was separated from him by Zeus, and he rose to Olympus and became a god. When Hera caused him to go into a fit of rage and murder his wife and children, Hercules sought redemption and was instructed by the Oracle of Delphi to pledge his service to the Mycenaean King Eurystheus.Įurystheus ordered Hercules to complete ten, later twelve seemingly impossible labors. The son of Zeus, King of the Gods, and the mortal woman Alcmene, Heracles, better known under his Roman name Hercules, born as Alcaeus or Alcides, is perhaps the most famous hero in the mythology of ancient Greece.īeing an illegitimate child from one of Zeus's many affairs, Hercules suffered the wrath of Zeus's wife, Hera, throughout his life.

Afoe hesperides