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Summary: Hercules....a Disney movie
Comment: In my opinion, this book (written basically for children to read) has the magic enough to capture an adult's mind.
I'm very fond of the thought that the Disney Company, makes it's best effort to get a child into the deep world of greek and roman mythology throughout this book (originally a movie) with the usual content of love, comedy, drama and a happy ending, all mixed in a magical, powerful, and most important "understandable" way.
I think that thanks to this amazing story, every child knows that Zeus is the greatest of all Gods, and that he rules with all rest of them (including his wife Hera) in Mount Olympus; that Hades rules the "Underworld" , and as usual, something to learn.... with love, any battle can be won.
I guess there is nothing else to say about this book, it teaches us in a beautiful way, our ancestors believings many centuries ago.
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Summary: gold
Comment: In Estonian language means Herkula the same as "oatflakes" in English. As I was child, the grammy command me to eat the oatmeal. "If you eat the oatmeal, you will be a strong man," she told. I dont know was she right or not, but now I am (really) a strong man. The greeks, the myths, the saturday nights when someone (again grammy) read me those tales. Hercules was then in my "top 10" on the 4th position. The first was Zeus, the 2nd Paris and the 3rd Achilleus. Hercules never got the medal. When I read "Disneys Hercules" now, I realize what I've never seen before: The Hercules story told through the pictures is much more powerful than written word. I might look like a macho, but those funny and childish adventures made me feel like a small boy, face full of joy. I would like to give a golden medal to Hercules now, but does he need that? I've heard that celebrities are swimming in gold. My suggestion to the producers of this wonderful work - there should be more those cartoon-Gods out now, instead of the real ones. Martin Palm
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