FREE ESSAY ON THESEUS AND HERACLES

THESEUS AND HERACLES

Theseus and Heracles were very similar characters in mythology. In this paper I plan to
point out these similarities, and also tell what is different between them. First of all,
Theseus and Heracles were both well know for their strength and hero-like attitudes. They
were well known for helping people, or places, out from certain evils such as Theseus
killing the Minotaur so that the tributes to it would cease. Much of these similarities
are all because of Theseus, who looked up to Heracles and basically wanted to be just
like him. From the time that Theseus was old enough and left Troezen, he and Heracles
would sometimes perform almost identical tasks. However, they do have different reasons
for performing these tasks. Heracles does them because he has to. He must complete ten
labors so that he can free himself of the guilt of killing his family. Theseus does them
only because he wants to help people. Why we're on the subject of differences now, I'd
like to mention their knowledge of women. Heracles would seem to know what he was doing
with women, considering he impregnated 50 of them in one night. But he actually doesn't
have a clue, and he doesn't understand that they posses the wisdom that he lacks. Theseus
on the other hand understands them perfectly and is able to trick them into doing what he
wants them to. Just like he tricked the Amazon queen, Antiope, into joining his side and
fighting against her own people. One last difference between these two mythological
heroes