Hamilton #1

The Greek and Roman tales of their heroes often have a lot in common. The heroes often come up with some way to get out of sticky situations. For example, when Oddysseus and his men are trying to escape from the blinded cyclopse, they hang on to the sides of the sheep and were able to get out of the cave. Another thing many hero tales have in common is that there are always gods that either help them on their journey, or try to prevent them from succeeding. Oddysseus had Posoeidon and Athena against him, until Athena helped him later on, and Aeneas had Juno against him and she made Aeolus send a huge storm upon him. Luckily for him, he had Neptune on his side. When Perseus went to kill Medusa, he got help from Athena. When Hercules took on many of his tasks, he was motivated by Zeus. Also, for most of the heroes, their only concern is getting home to their family. They have shipmates to help them home, but they don't care so much about what happens to them as long as he gets home. Oddysseus tried to save his shipmates when they were in trouble, but he just wanted them alive so that they could help him get home to his family. He didn't care about them. His mindset was similar to Aeneus's.