Perseus, mortal son of Zeus, battles the minion of the underworld to stop them from conquering the Earth & the Heavens...

Clash of the Titans (2010)

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• Son of Zeus and his mistress, Danae.
• King is furious that Zeus disguised himself as the king, that he kills his queen.  He places her and Perseus in a coffin.  He only lived because he is a demigod.
• Hades attacks soldiers and then attacks the fisherman’s boat in which kills Perseus’ mortal family.
• Perseus has a love connection with Io.
• After finding the three witches, or the three fates, Perseus and his men go to find Medusa.
• Perseus and his men chase the cursed king and end up fighting giant scorpions.
• After a long, intense fight scene, they defeat Medusa and use her head to defeat the Kraken.
• He uses Zeus’ help to send Hades back to the underworld.
• Was given a sword from the gods.
• He stumbles upon winged horses, and a black one flies down and Perseus has a connection with this “Pegasus”.
• Io is cursed to live forever.

Perseus

http://www.en.utexas.edu/amlit/amlitprivate/texts/medusa.htm

• Zeus snuck into Danae’s chamber as a shower of gold and impregnated her.
• Danae’s husband was furious and sent mother and son off in a coffin.  They washed up on the shore of Seriphos, and were taken in my fisherman Dictys.
• Claimed Andromeda as his wife by saving her from the sea monster.  In one myth he flew using flying sandals, and the other was that he flew on Pegasus.
• He had seven sons and two daughters.
• Pegasus is the steed of Perseus.
• Found the Graeae, who were three old women who shared an eyeball.  He took the eyeball and held it for ransom to find the whereabouts of Hesperides.
• Hermes lent him winged sandals to fly.
• Quietly he approached the sleeping Medusa, and cut off her head.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perseus

Hercules vs Herakles

Disney's Hercules (1997)

http://www.jesus-is-savior.com/Evils%20in%20America/Hellivision/hercules.htm

• Son of Zeus and Hera.
• Pain and Panic are Hades’ henchmen.
• Hades has Pain and Panic go kill Hercules by kidnapping him, take him to Earth, drink a mortality potion, and change their form into a pair of snakes.
• Hercules doesn’t finish potion and throws the snakes.
• An older farmer couple finds Hercules
• Even though he’s a mortal, he still has “God-like” strength.
• Hercules is treated like an outcast.
• He travels to the temple of Zeus for answers.  Statue of Zeus comes to life and explains what happened when Hercules was a baby
• Must prove that that he’s a true hero to become a god again.
• Finds a trainer named Phil, who is a satire.
• Phil trained heroes such as Achilles, and they were all flops.
• Hercules trains and bulks up.
• Uses a sword and shield.
• Meets and falls for a girl named Megara.  Fights a River Guardian for her.
• Fights the hydra and wins.  Along with a numerous of other creatures and continues to win.
• Has portrait painted on vases, and has Disney's character "Scar" from The Lion King draped over his head.
• Hades releases elemental Titans, and they go after Mt. Olympus.
• Cyclops goes after Hercules who was stripped of his strength.
• Hercules dives into the pool of death to save Meg’s soul, and becomes a god.
• Welcomed back to Mt. Olympus, but decides to stay on Earth and live with Meg.
• Gods put him up in the stars.

Herakles

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• Son of Zeus and Alcmene.
• Zeus had an affair with the mortal Alcmene, by disguising himself as her husband.
• Hera wasn’t aware of who Herakles was as in infant so she nursed him.  He was given supernatural powers from her divine milk.
• Zeus’ wife Hera hated Hercules so much that she went out of her way to torment and try to kill Herakles.
• Hera sent two giant snakes into Herakles and his twin Iphicles’ room.  Herakles strangled the snakes.
• Iconic attributes are the lion skin and club.
• Very well-liked. 
• Killed his music tutor so he was sent to live on a mountain and tend cattle.
• Married King Creon’s daughter Megara.  Hera induced him with a fit of madness, thus he killed his children by Megara.  When he realized what happened, he fled to an Oracle.
• Oracle was being guided by Hera, and had him complete ten tasks.
• Once he fulfilled the ten tasks, he was cheated out of immortality, and had to fulfill two more tasks.
• Herakles had four marriages.  In his third marriage with Deianira, she believed the centaur that Herakles defeated, that its blood would prevent Herakles from ever having an affair again.  She put it on his shirt in which caused him agony and led into death. 
• After he passed, the gods transformed him into an immortal.
• He had numerous sons and daughters.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herakles

Getting Started

  I'm very interested in Greek mythology, and what better way to get a visual of it than to see it through movies?  Greek mythologies in movies are not always accurate.  So what I decided to do, was to watch movies shown in theaters, and write down what happens, the relationships between the characters, creatures, anything that appears relevant during the movie.  I then looked up facts about the main character and compared facts.  So I took Hollywood's version of Greek mythology and compared it to the actual Greek legends.