The story is very loosely based on Greek mythology, combining elements of various myths. In the myths, Theseus was King of Athens (the capital of Greece) and (in some versions) a son of Poseidon (Greek god of sea and Zeus' brother), although his legal father was King Aegeus of Athens (namesake of the Aegean Sea). Theseus killed the Minotaur (a creature with the body of a man and a head of a bull imprisoned in a labyrinth, depicted here as a man with a helmet made of wires and horns) with the help of Princess Ariadne, whom he later married. King Hyperion is from a different myth, and was the name of one of the twelve Titans. There were only twelve Titans in the myths, and they were immortal and unkillable. There was a war in the heavens, and the Titans lost. Zeus then threw them into Tartarus, which is represented as a mountain in this movie, but in the old myths, was a cave at the center of the Earth with minor similarities to Hell, to be imprisoned for all eternity. Epirus Bow doesn't exist in any mythology, but it might be inspired by the bow of Heracles, a.k.a. Hercules, which was used by the Greeks to defeat Troy in the great war. (Epirus was a Greek kingdom in what is now Albania, and was home to King Pyrrhus of "pyrrhic victory" fame.) The movie's version of Theseus might be partially inspired by Heracles, a.k.a. Hercules, a son of Zeus who was the only hero to ascend to Olympus to rule with the Gods. Phaedra was the sister of Princess Ariadne, and the second wife to Theseus. She was not a seer. Acamas was the son of Phaedra and Theseus, but wasn't a seer either. Theseus was murdered in his old age, but not in a battle, and he did not ascend. Hoplite was the ancient Greek title for soldiers in ancient Greek states. Heraklion is a capital of the Greek island of Crete, and there were never any military formations with that title. In the Theseus story, Crete had its capital at Knossos, and its ruler was the cruel King Minos (father of Ariadne and Phaedra), who was the basis for this movie's Hyperion. Sibyl was the ancient Roman title for prophetesses. There were twelve Olympian gods and goddesses, and they were immortal and unkillable as well.
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