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Message: <blockquote data-quote="SKyOdin" data-source="post: 5390542" data-attributes="member: 57939">Heracles is a bit of a tricky case to figure out. On one hand, many of the monsters he is famous for defeating are used as common D&D monsters. On the other hand, he performed some truly incredible feats of strength. In order to get the golden apples, he made a bargain with the Titan Atlas, in which Heracles agreed to hold the heavens on his shoulders for a few hours in Atlas' place. Similarly, Heracles supposedly created the 'Pillars of Hercules', the massive rocks on either side of the Straight of Gibraltar (in another version, Heracles pulverized a mountainside to create the Straight).Of course, the monsters Heracles fought were in a very different league than their D&D equivalents. Most of them were the direct offspring of Typhon, the most powerful of all monsters whom even the gods feared. Among them was Cerberus, the guardian of the gates of the underworld, whom Heracles had to subdue and capture alive without weapons as his final labor.What also serves to elevate Heracles to Epic Tier was that he did become a god after his death as a mortal being. There were numerous temples dedicated to him in the ancient world.</blockquote>