> I'm not arguing with you, but I would like to point out that the myths about Hrcules are so full of contradictions that there really isn't one true plotline that anyone could stick to if they wanted to. From what I remember from my Classical Studies course, the tasks he had to perform vary from myth to myth--there are about thirteen tasks that he supposedly completed. I also seem to remember that the thing about killing his wife and children was not present in all versions of his story, and was directly contradicted in some.
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> Don "Of course, Disney could have picked SOME elements from the original stories and gone with them, but I can't blame them for just making up their own stuff--obviously, others have done so before, just not as recently" Monkey

I didn't know THAT. Are we talking about the GREEK myth or the ROMAN myth? Or do they BOTH contain different versions of themsevles?

I had also forgotten he was captured and forced to do thirteen tasks. Disney COULD HAVE written a story about THAT and remain SOMEWHAT true to the myth (or variations thereof).

But they STILL should've called him HERACLES.

Adam "Why use his Roman name in an ancient Greece backdrop? It makes no sense" Bomb