Philoctetes, or “Phil” for short (voiced by Danny DeVito), is a satyr. He is reunited with Pegasus and sets off to find Philoctetes, who will serve as his instructor.
This is confirmed when he visits Zeus’ temple. At last, his foster parents reveal that he was adopted and may be the son of Zeus. Hercules’ strength causes problems and people are quick to refer to him as a menace. He finally ends up with human foster parents (his father is called Amphitryon!), who quickly discover that Hercules is a lot stronger than most human children. He doesn’t drink all of the potion, though, and so still retains part of his divinity. In order to kill him, he must be made mortal through a potion (a concept alien to Greek mythology). The only thing that can stand in Hades’ way is Hercules. Hades wishes to take control of the universe and for that to happen he needs to unleash the Titans. In this movie, Pegasus – who is probably familiar to most viewers – serves as Hercules’ ride and doubles as a comedy sidekick. In Greek mythology, Pegasus emerged from the neck of Medusa after Perseus (Heracles’ great-grandfather) cut off her head, and the horse would later serve as the mount of the hero Bellerophon. As a result, there was no reason for Disney to include Heracles’ twin-brother Iphicles or his nephew Iolaus.Īt the beginning of the movie, Zeus creates a gift for the infant Hercules: the winged horse called Pegasus. Of course, in Greek mythology, Zeus cheats on Hera by sleeping with the mortal woman Alcmene, an issue that would have been difficult to treat in what is essentially supposed to be a children’s movie. Hercules himself is now a god, the son of both Zeus and Hera, which is ironic when you consider that in Greek mythology Hera was his nemesis. Of course, the hero’s task is to defeat the Titans in the end.
In common with other popular treatments of Greek mythology, the Titans are introduced as forces of chaos and destruction that are locked away and will wreak havoc when unleashed. In keeping with Christian ideas of right and wrong, the movie’s main villain is Hades (voiced by James Woods), who has been given a number of traits commonly associated with the devil. That in itself should not surprise us, since much of Greek mythology doesn’t exactly make for family-friendly viewing.
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Those familiar with Disney’s take on other existing stories will not be surprised that the movie takes considerable liberties when it comes to Greek mythology. This is Disney’s spin on the story of the ancient Greek hero. The animated division was reinvigorated and the first new movie, in which story and well-realized characters took centre stage, was The Little Mermaid (1989), followed by other successes such as Aladdin (1992) and The Lion King (1994).ġ997 saw the release of Hercules, directed by Ron Clements and John Musker. After a string of failures in the seventies and early eighties, the company got a new chairman in 1984, Michael Eisner, who proceeded to shake things up. The Walt Disney Corporation is the largest entertainment company in the world and has been for decades.
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