Mythical Heroes

Opposed by Hera; strangled two of her serpents in his crib

Completed 12 Labours after murdering Megara, his first wife, and kids

Served under Queen Omphale after murdering Iphitus, during which time he dressed as a woman

Before ascending Olympus to fight the Gigantomachy, he gave Philoctotes his bow/arrows

Landed the first wound in the Calydonian boar hunt; thus Meleager gave her the pelt

Killed Hylaeus and Rhaceus for attempting to assault her during the Hunt

Melanion used the Golden Apples to beat her in a footrace, thus winning her in marriage

After having sex in the temple of Zeus, she and Melanion were turned into lions

His father's 3rd wife, Kaikeyi, used a boon to force his exile from Ayodhya

Through the use of a golden deer, his wife Sita was captured by Ravana and taken to Lanka

Bowing to the wishes of the people, he exiled Sita despite her faithfulness

He fought is two sons, Kusa and Lava, until Hanuman in the form of a horse revealed the truth

Sent after the Golden Fleece after an oracle warned Pelias to beware a man with one sandal

While travelling on the Argo, he and his crew saved Phineas from the Harpies

After his betraying Medea, she murdered his new fiancee Glauce (Creusa) and her father

Killed when a timber from the Argo struck his head

His father Aegeus sent sandals and a sword under a rock, to be retrieved with Aethra's help

On his journey to Athens, he dispatched Periphetes, Sinis, the Cromyonnian Sow, Sciron, Cercion, and Procrustes

After sending him after the Marathonian Bull, Medea (wife of Aegeus) tried to poison him

On a journey to Hades to capture Persephone, he and his friend Pirithous were trapped on a magic bench.

He would be fully immortal, but his mother Thetis held him by the foot when he was dipped in the Styx

Refused to fight after Agamemnon took Briseis, but changed his mind after Hector killed Patroclus

After dragging Hector's body around Troy, he allowed Priam to claim the body

Paris fired the lucky shot that hit him on his motal point, and Odysseus was given his divine armour.

At birth, he was swapped with a daughter of Nanda and Yasoda to escape Kamsa

As a child, he killed/freed several daemons - Putana (killer of infants), Bakasura (crane), Kaliya (serpant - he is often seen dancing on its many hoods)

Established his superiority over rain deity Indra by lifting the Govardhana hill to protect herders

Appears in the Mahabharata as Arjuna's charioteer; in the Bhagavad Gita offers advice concerning fighting his own kin

The only man allowed to sit in the Siege Perilious, as he captured the Holy Grail

His father Lancelot was a descendent of Joseph of Arimathaea; conceived when Elaine appeared to Lancelot as Guinevere

Proved to be the destined Grail-capturer by pulling the sword of Balin from marble

After finding the Grail, he healed Pellam, who Balin wounded with the Sword of Longinius

According to the Chanson de ___, after sounding the horn Oliphant at Roncesvalles, his head exploded

His sword Durendal has a thread from the Virgin Mary's cloak in its hilt; also has a tooth of Peter, a hair of Denys, and a drop of blood from Basil

Attempting to break Durendal at Roncesvalles resulted in the formation of a deep cleft, his namesake Breche in the Pyrrenes

He was betrayed by his stepfather Ganelon, who was executed for treason by dismemberment

Following Zeus' kidnapping of his sister Europa, he and his brothers Phoenix and Cilix were ordered by Agenor to not return to Tyros without her

After consulting the oracle, he was told to follow a cow. He founded Thebes where it sat down.

He killed the dragon that killed his men and buried its teeth. Warriors sprang up, and they fought until only 5 remained

After he and his wife travelled to Illyria, they were turned into serpents