"Hercules: The Legendary Journeys" Season 2 Quiz

Answer: Autolycus

Autolycus was the self titled King of Thieves. He was rare in that he was an unabashed criminal and scoundrel, but was never seen as a villain. He was played by the charismatic Bruce Campbell both here and on "Xena". This also marked the first appearance of the aspiring lawyer and love interest of Ioalus, Dirce.

Answer: Cerberus

Although Cerberus was a child of Echinda's in myth, she never mentions the guard hound of hell here. Although the Hercules has killed one Hydra in "Hercules and the Amazon Women," there have actually been a number of different Hydras, including one Ioalus faced on his own and a third killed off camera.

Answer: Hades

This was a very accurate retelling of the classic myth (minus Hercules's involvement). Just like in the myth, her mother Demeter withholds spring from Earth until her daughter is returned and ultimately a compromise is reached where Persephone is shared between Hades and Demeter in joint custody each getting 6 months of the year.

Answer: 100

The gentle giant Typhon of the show bears absolutely no resemblance to the one of myth. The myth tells of him as a monster with a lower body composed of tentacles and hundreds of fire breathing snake like hands. He led an uprising against the Olympian and was buried under Mount Etna.

Answer: Sisyphus

The other three are other kings who have appeared throughout the series but none have been inherently evil. This story is based on the legends of the real king Sisyphus. Sisyphus was considered and incredibly vile man whose crimes included incest, fratricide, and betrayal of the gods secrets. For his incredible hubris in life and his attempts to escape his judgment, he was assigned an incredibly tedious task in the afterlife.

He was forced to push a boulder up a hill, but he was always lose his grasp just before the top.

Answer: Jason

Jason (of the Argonauts fame) has become a shell of himself since his wife was killed. Ironically it is on a quest to reclaim the Golden Fleece that he regains his former self and reemerges as a strong confidant and courageous man.

Answer: torch

The torch was originally a grill used by Falafel for food, but Salmoneus has a brainstorm. Instead of medals, the victors were to be crowned with a ring of laurel much like the first Olympic athletes.

Answer: Persephone

Ioalus chooses Aphrodite and is rewarded with an apple that has the power to make women fall in love with him. He uses it on the first women he sees and nearly destroys the marriage meant to unite two warring kingdoms in peace.

Answer: Blue Priest

The Blue Priest was resurrected after his death in "Hercules and the Lost Kingdom". He is there on orders of Hera to ruin the wedding and kill all the guests. Mica and Heliiotrope were associates of Salmoneus who were there in his stead although he does pop up at the last moment just after the huge battle.

Other guest included the surviving Argonauts (Domesticles, Archivus and Phoebe), Dirce the lawyer princess, Hercules's half brother Iphicles and his wife Lea. Echidna and Typhon were unable to make it as Echidna was pregnant again. Deric's wife Lyta was also unable to make it for family reasons (actually due to her commitment as Xena).

Answer: Aphrodite

Deon is torn between a desire to do good and his dreams of adventure and glory. Ultimately though, through a bond he develops with his cousin Hercules he makes the decision to use his power for the cause of good.