List of Hercules: The Legendary Journeys and Xena: Warrior Princess characters

This is a list of significant characters from the television programs Hercules: The Legendary Journeys and Xena: Warrior Princess.

Main Characters

Main Characters: (left to right) Gabrielle, Xena, Hercules and Iolaus.

• Hercules (portrayed by Kevin Sorbo): Son of Zeus and Alcmene.
• Iolaus (portrayed by Michael Hurst): Hercules' sidekick, best friend and companion.
• Xena (portrayed by Lucy Lawless): Once a power-hungry warlord, she was shown the error of her ways by Hercules and later repented and renounced her old life as an evil warrior. However, as she was about to turn her back on her old life, she came across a group of young girls destined to be sold into slavery, one of which was Gabrielle, who later allied and morally guided Xena in her adventurous journeys. Xena is considered to be a counter-part of Hercules, despite her supposed pure-mortal blood-status. She is considered extremely powerful in the spiritual world, having defeated Alti on many occasions.
• Gabrielle (portrayed by Renée O'Connor): One of the slave girls rescued in Xena's first acts of good, who was initially resisted in her advances to ally with Xena. Moreover, after pushing her luck to impress, she became Xena's sidekick, moral guider, and later best friend and companion.

The Amazons

The Amazons are an all-female tribe who make frequent appearances in the series. They are first depicted as a large nation that spreads throughout the land and then later as a number of tribes scattered throughout the world, segregated by an unknown cataclysm from their distant past. The Amazons trace their creation to the goddess Artemis, and value an all-female society that strives to uphold the same rights and freedoms for women as those of men. Each tribe is headed by a queen, whose position may be either inherited, or passed on as a right of caste to any named successor. A queen's authority may also be openly challenged by another royal Amazon and her title relinquished if she is defeated in single combat.

Although several tribes are known in different countries, Xena deals prominently with the Greek Amazons and the Northern Amazons of Siberia. With her fighting skills and advocacy for women's rights, Xena bears a striking resemblance to the Amazons. But she is careful to emphasize that she is not an Amazon, nor has she any wish to become one. She turns down offers to join the tribes, preferring an independent, nomadic lifestyle to the membership of a collective. The series reveals that some of the Amazons do not trust Xena because of atrocities she committed against them in her past, although most respect her abilities as a warrior.

Gabrielle, on the other hand, during her first encounter with the Greek Amazon tribe throws herself over an Amazon named Terreis to protect her from falling arrows. Although Terreis is already dying, she is impressed by Gabrielle's bravery and gives her her right of caste. Terreis was the next in line to rule, and by giving Gabrielle the right, Gabrielle becomes an Amazon Princess of the Greek tribe.

This chance encounter leads to Gabrielle's acceptance into the Amazons, and with it she carries her titles duties and expectations. Although Gabrielle decides to continue to follow Xena on her adventures, she is occasionally called by her Amazon sisters in times of need or to fulfill her duties as royalty. The tribes also value Xena as an experienced warrior, and occasionally request her assistance.

Among the known Amazons are:

• Queen Hippolyta (portrayed by Roma Downey): Daughter of Ares and an unknown mortal woman. She is the queen of the Amazons.
• Amarice (portrayed by Jennifer Sky): She is an over-zealous young Amazon. She disputed Eli's philosophy of non-violence and criticized Gabrielle for following it. Amarice vowed to live her life in memory of "The Warrior Princess".
• Ephiny (portrayed by Danielle Cormack): A proud and loyal Amazon. Although loyal to her tribe, she wanted to foster peace between her people and the Centaurs. She later marries a Centaur named Phantes, and bears him a son. She is the Queen of an Amazon tribe while the queen, Gabrielle, is away. She is later killed by Brutus.

Mortals

• Alcmene (portrayed by Jennifer Ludlum, Kim Michalis, Elizabeth Hawthorne, Liddy Holloway, Rachel Blakely, and Sharon Tyrrell in the TV series, voiced by Josephine Davison in the animated film): Alcmene is the mother of Hercules and Iphicles.
• Alti (portrayed by Claire Stansfield): Alti is an evil shaman who sought revenge against the Siberian Amazon nation for expelling her from their tribe.
• Atalanta (portrayed by Corey Everson): Atalanta is a Greek athlete and female warrior exclusive in "Hercules: The Legendary Journey." She fell in love with Hercules right from her first appearence.
• Autolycus (portrayed by Bruce Campbell): Autolycus is the self-proclaimed "King of Thieves" who has a kinder heart than he lets on. He is friends with Xena and Hercules, though they don't always trust him for his devious nature.
• Borias (portrayed by Marton Csokas): A warlord who became good. He later became Xena's Lover and the Father of Solan.
• Callisto (portrayed by Hudson Leick and Lucy Lawless): Callisto is a vengeful warrior who becomes an immortal, goddess, demon, and angel through her attempts of trying to avenge her past on Xena. As a young girl, her family was killed in a village arson fire at Xena's instructions to her army when she was evil.
• Cyrene (portrayed by Darien Talke): Mother of Xena. Tavern and inn-keeper, prominent figure in the village of Amphipolis.
• Deianeira (portrayed by Tawny Kitaen): Deianeira was the wife of Hercules. She gave birth to his three children; Aeson, Klonus, and Ilea. She was known to be feisty when she met Hercules. However, Deianeira was killed, along with the children, by Hera.
• Draco (portrayed by Jay Laga'aia): Warlord enemy of Xena.
• Eli (portrayed by Timothy Omundson): Mystical healer befriended by Xena and Gabrielle in India, who martyred himself to Ares.
• Eve (portrayed by Adrienne Wilkinson): Xena's daughter who bears Callisto's soul.
• Julius Caesar (portrayed by Karl Urban): Roman general and statesman, the Conqueror of Gaul. Once a lover and now enemy of Xena. He was assassinated by a group of senatorial conspirators on the Ides of March, 44 BC.
• Joxer (portrayed by Ted Raimi): Joxer is a loyal friend to both Xena & Gabrielle. He is in love with Gabrielle, but his love is unrequited, so Joxer just settles for being a good friend. Joxer comes from a ruthless warlord family, but he is the White Sheep. Joxer is killed by Eve, Xena's daughter.
• King Iphicles (portrayed by Kevin Smith): Half-brother of Hercules. His father is Amphitryon, and his mother is Alcmene. He bears a passing resemblance to Ares.
• King Jason (portrayed by Jeffrey Thomas at middle-age, Chris Conrad at young-adult): The legendary ruler of Corinth and Argos, hero to Hercules, and leader of the Argonauts. Jason later gave up his crown to Iphicles and married Alcmene.
• Lao Ma (portrayed by Jacqueline Kim): Lao Ma is a woman of peace and wisdom. She is hard and soft at the same time, like water. She is probably one of the most influential figures in Xena's life. Lao Ma possesses great spiritual power, which she tried to teach to Xena.
• Lyceus (portrayed by Aaron Devitt): The younger brother of Xena and Toris. He was killed by Cortese
• Mabon: A 10-year-old boy who is a Druid and the Keeper of Wisdom.
• Najara (portrayed by Kathryn Morris): A strange warrior woman who is lead through life by Djinn. She leads a group of warriors to fight for the light against evil. Xena discovers that Najara is not as good as she appears to be. Najara gives the wrongdoers the chance to repent and turn to the light, but if they refuse or she senses their conversion is not pure, she then kills them.
• Nebula (portrayed by Gina Torres): A female pirate who is the half-sister of Gilgamesh and the princess of Sumeria.
• Salmoneus (portrayed by Robert Trebor): A salesman, always on the lookout to make a quick dinar, and not above tricking people by selling faulty goods. Also a friend to Xena and Hercules, and on rare occasion shows some caring and kindness.
• Solan (portrayed by David Taylor and Nicko Vella): Xena's and Borias' son. Killed by Hope

Gods

Olympian Gods

Olympian Gods: (left to right) Athena, Deimos, Ares, Hades, and Artemis.

• Aphrodite (portrayed by Alexandra Tydings): Aphrodite is the Greek Goddess of Love. She is the half-sister of Hercules and other gods as well. Her son is Cupid, the God of Love. She is married to Hephaestus, until Hephaestus is killed by Xena. Despite losing her husband, Aphrodite still indirectly aids Xena by transporting her, Gabrielle and Eve to Olympus. She temporarily loses her godhood when the demented-emperor Caligula starts leeching off of her powers. Her immortality is eventually restored by golden apples.
• Apollo (portrayed by Scott Michaelson): Apollo is the Greek God of the Sun and son of Zeus and Leto. He is one of the rudest and most arrogant gods on Olympus, which is nowhere close to the myth.
• Ares (portrayed by Kevin Smith): Ares is the Greek God of War. He is the half-brother of Hercules and other gods as well. He is known to be served by Discord, Strife, and Deimos. Ares is considered to be easily swayed, joining forces with Dahak at one point. He is disliked by most of the gods, and is taunted relentlessly by Athena. Despite the malevolent front he puts up, he is surprisingly sympathetic and caring, even going as far to resurrect Eve and heal Gabrielle so Xena could kill his sister, Athena. His unrequited love for Xena is considered to be the main theme between the two characters. As Xena says, "You were bad for me, Ares. You still are".
• Artemis (portrayed by Rhonda McHarty in the TV series, Josephine Davison in the animated movie): Artemis is the Greek Goddess of the Hunt and Wild. She is twin sister of Apollo. Artemis is also known as the Goddess of the Amazons as well. Xena killed Artemis with her own arrows when Xena stormed the Olympian Pantheon.
• Athena (portrayed by Amanda Lister, Jane Fullerton-Smith, and Paris Jefferson): Athena was the Greek Goddess of Wisdom, Warfare, and Weaving. She was the daughter of Zeus and Metis. Despite many depictions of Athena in classical mythology, Athena is depicted as more self-righteous and condescending than wise. She strategically plans for the demise of Eve, and later, even Xena. When Xena goes to Olympus to kill the goddess, Eve has already died from a stab-wound inflicted by a Fury-possessed Gabrielle, stripping Xena of the power to kill gods. When Ares resurrects Eve, the power is restored, and Xena kills Athena with a second jab to the stomach.
• Cupid (portrayed by Karl Urban): Son of Ares and Aphrodite. He was cursed by his grandmother Hera into becoming a green-eyed monster in an attempt to kill his uncle Hercules.
• Deimos (portrayed by Joel Tobeck): Deimos is the Greek God of Terror. He is the twin brother of Phobos. Deimos was known for his annoying laughter and idiotic ideas. He is killed by Xena. He is Strife's cousin.
• Demeter (portrayed by Sarah Wilson): Sister of Zeus and Goddess of Agriculture. She bore Zeus a daughter named Persephone.
• Discord: Discord is the Greek Goddess of Discord and Retribution. She has always tried to get Ares’ favor and she’s always fighting with Strife and later Deimos for the position of Ares’ second-in-command. Discord hates Aphrodite, and vice-versa. Discord is the first goddess to be killed, when Xena decapitates her.
• Fatuus (played by Philip Grieve): The God of Prophecy. He can only predict it if the prophecy is bad.
• Fortune (portrayed by Lori Dungey): The Goddess of Good Luck. When Iolaus blamed himself for being unable to save a woman's life, Fortune granted him the request of memory loss so that he wouldn't be plagued by the event. Later at Hercules' request, she restored Iolaus' memories.
• Hades (portrayed by Mark Ferguson, Erik Thomson, and Stephen Lovatt): Hades was the God of the Underworld and the king of the Olympus' brother. Though he is Zeus' older brother, he appears much younger. Xena spits fire on Hades causing him to burn to death when he tried to target Eve.
• Hephaestus: The God of Fire and the Gods' smith. He is considered to be an ugly god and was disowned by Zeus and Hera because of it. Married to Aphrodite. Hephaestus was known to have created any weapon or equipment throughout the show like the Sword of Hephaestus, the Chains of Hephaestus, the Metal of Hephaestus, the Eye of Hephaestus, the Shield of Perseus, the Metal Panther, and Hercules' gauntlets. He is killed by his own hammer when Xena deflects it with her chakram.
• Hera (portrayed by Meg Foster in the TV series, Joy Watson in the animated movie): Hera was the Queen of the Olympian Gods and the sister/wife of Zeus. Hera is Hercules' jealous stepmother. During her fight with Hercules, Hera was tossed into Tartarus by Hercules, Zeus later used Evander to free Hera who had no memory of her past actions until Ares obtained help from the Fates to restore her memories. After helping to keep Evander alive, Hera drops her vendetta against Hercules. She later reforms to help her former-enemy Hercules kill Zeus. She was killed by Zeus when he finds out that she betrayed him.
• Hermes (portrayed by Murray King): The Messenger of the Gods. In "Porkules," Hermes delivered a message to Hercules stating that Artemis' bow has been stolen.
• Lachrymose (portrayed by John Gadsby): The God of Despair who isn't very good at promoting it.
• Momus (portrayed by Ranald Hendriks): Thge God of Satire, Mockery, and Censure. He is also associated with writers and poets. He was a close friend of Apollo's and could often be found in one of Apollo's temples. He was often exiled from Mount Olympus for mocking the other gods.
• Nemesis (portrayed by Karen Witter, Teresa Hill, Kimberly Joseph, and Charmaine Guest): Nemesis is the Greek Goddess of Divine Justice & Retribution. She was Hercules’ childhood friend and sweetheart. Hera once sent her to kill Hercules. After she failed to do that, Hera rendered Nemesis mortal and created the Enforcer to take her place. She later gave birth to Evander.
• Persephone (portrayed by Andrea Croton): Daughter of Zeus and Demeter. She is married to her uncle Hades like in the myths. What becomes of her later is unknown.
• Poseidon (voiced by Charles Siebert in the first appearance, Rick Jacobson in the fourth appearance): Poseidon was the God of the Sea and the brother of Zeus. He appears only in the sea made completely out of water and standing at 30 ft. He carries a yellow trident and wears a crown. He takes part in the attack upon Xena and is killed when Xena deflects a fireball at him which ends up evaporating Poseidon.
• Strife (voiced by Joel Tobeck): Strife is the Greek God of Strife. Strife constantly tagged along with Ares in his numerous plans to fight Hercules and Xena, but usually bumbled the operations. Also butting heads on occasion with Discord, who also wanted attention from Ares, Strife usually tried Ares' patience. Strife was killed by Callisto when she stained a dagger with the Hind's blood, one of the only things that could kill a god, and stabbed him. He's cousin of Deimos.
• The Fates: The Fates are Clotho (a young girl), Lachesis (a mother), and Atropos (a crone). They are the embodiment and manifestation of fate itself. It was the Fates that first warned Zeus of the "Twilight of the Gods". After Gabrielle destroyed their loom, it wasn't said what happened to them if anything at all.
• Triton (portrayed by Bruce Hopkins): A sea god who is the son of Poseidon.
• Zeus (portrayed by Anthony Quinn in the TV movies, Peter Vere-Jones in "Judgement Day," Roy Dotrice in Season 4, John Bach in "Valley of the Shadow," Charles Keating in "Full Circle" and "God Fearing Child", voiced by Peter Rowley in the animated movie): Zeus was the King of the Olympian Gods. After impregnating Alcmene, he had never been there for Hercules, however he intended on making up for it. He was portrayed as a caring father who drops in on Hercules quite frequently. However, he refused to help Hercules with the loss of Deianeira, Serena, or his children. Hercules killed Zeus using a Rib of Cronus when he tried to prevent Xena from giving birth to Eve.

Norse Gods

• Baldur (portrayed by Rupert Cox): Baldur is the Norse God of Light. He is the youngest and third son of Odin and Frigga. His brothers are Loki and Thor. Baldur is one of the few gods in the world that cares about mortals. Baldur and Hercules each had the exact same dream at the same time, in which Baldur asks Hercules to help him just before he dies. Hercules travels to the Norseland after the dream, and meets Baldur. After Baldur is killed, Hercules must find out who did it and why. Hercules ended up changing the past with the paint of Fate and he saves Baldur's life and stops Ragnarok, the Twilight of the Gods.
• Frigga: The Norse Goddess of Marriage and the Sky.
• Loki (portrayed by Ian Hughes): Loki is the Norse God of mischief. He and Dahak team up in an attempt to get start Ragnarok.
• Norns: The Norse counterparts of the Fates.
• Odin (portrayed by Peter McCauley in "Hercules: The Legendary Journeys," Alexander Peterson in "Xena: Warrior Princess"): Odin is the father of the Norse Gods, and Ruler of Asgard and Valhalla.
• Thor (portrayed by Ben Reed): Thor is the Norse Thunder God and son of Odin and Jord. He is pictured to be big and powerful.

Other Gods

• Dahak (portrayed by Michael Hurst and Mark Newnham): Dahak is a powerful godly entity that is bent on evil, chaos, and destruction. He had impregnated Gabrielle, the Battling Bard of Potetedia, with his evil daughter. When Gilgamesh killed Iolaus, the evil god took control over Iolaus’ body. Dahak had made his way into killing the Sumerian Gods and the Druids. He almost eliminated the Norse Gods and the Greek Gods, but was stopped by the combined effort of Hercules and Iolaus in a spiritual battle.
• Kernunnos (portrayed by Stuart Devenie): Kernunnos is the horned god of Celtic polytheism. He is a nature god associated with fertility.
• Mephistopheles (portrayed by Anthony Ray Parker): Mephistopheles was the King of Hell until he was killed by Xena and replaced by the Archangel Lucifer.

Demigods

• Deon (portrayed by David Drew Gallagher): Son of Aphrodite and Jacobus. He has the power to order people to follow his commands.
• Eryx the Boxer (portrayed by Jorge Gonzales): The son of Aphrodite and King Butes. He is later killed by Hercules.
• Evander (portrayed by Rachel Ackerly and Rose Schicker): Evander is the demigod son of Nemesis and Ares. His powers mainly consist of whatever he imagines turns into reality, which makes him a valuable asset for Ares. Zeus once used him to free Hera from Tartarus and Evander unknowingly released the Titans Helios and Oceanus.
• Morrigan (portrayed by Tamara Gorski): She is the half god/half mortal counterpart to Hercules, appearing at first as evil, working as an assassin for the Ireland Gods. Hercules quickly comes to understand why she is doing it and helps her to overcome her dark side and become The Druid of Justice.
• Hope (portrayed by Amy Morrison and Renée O'Connor): The daughter of Dahak and Gabrielle, she possessed a link to the powers of Dahak, telekinesis and telepathy. She killed Solan, Xena's son. She and Ares have a monster child, which kills Hope when Gabrielle tricks the monster and stabs it.
• The Sovereign (portrayed by Kevin Sorbo): In an alternate timeline, Hercules became the tyrannical Sovereign and never became the people's champion.

Titans

Xena's Titans: Hyperion, Thea and Crius.

• Atlas (voiced by David Press): Atlas was a field general for Cronus during the fight against the Gods. He was frozen in ice by Zeus, but later freed by Helios. Hera accidentally turns Atlas to stone and now he's holding up Mount Olympus.
• Crius (portrayed by Edward Campbell in the TV series, voiced by Ted Raimi in the animated movie): Crius was one of the Titans who favored the humans. He was accidentally freed from his stone imprisonment by Gabrielle and later killed by Hyperion during an argument over the humans. In the animated movie, Crius appears with the depiction of a Wind Titan. He is portrayed as being extremely stupid and somewhat romantically linked to Mnemosyne. He is dark blue in color, with a light grey underbelly and hands and small horns. In some scenes he is portrayed as having a pot belly, and in others he is in relatively good shape. His form is later altered by Hera using the Cronus Stone, giving him large wings, a VERY loud scream and more wind related abilities, this transformation leaves him, as more of an animal than the others, walking on all fours and speaking in only screams. He is the least reluctant of the group to accept these new forms (actually going so far as to say in his sleep "no, I dont want to change"). He is the first of the group to be thrown into Tartarus.
• Cronus: Former ruler of the Titans. Cronus is the father of Zeus and thus the father of the Greek gods as well. He once took out one of his ribs (with the artifact now known as the Rib of Cronus) in order to dispose of his father Uranus. Cronus is defeated by Zeus shortly after the Titans defeat Dahak in ancient prehistory and is sentenced to eternity in Tartarus.
• Gaia: The personification of Earth. This Titan is referred to several times, but never seen.
• Helios (portrayed by Phil Grieve): A Titan who is the physical incarnation of the sun. He is among the Titans Evander frees from Tartarus when he uses his powers to bring back Hera. He uses his powers to thaw out Atlas from his frozen imprisonment.. Helios and Oceanus are defeated by Hercules when he causes them to collide in their tornado forms.
• Hyperion (portrayed by Mark Rafferty): The Titan of the Sun. He was turned to stone by the Gods, but accidentally restored by Gabrielle.
• Mnemosyne (portrayed by Claire Stansfield in the TV series, voiced by Allison Wall in the animated film): A fiery Titan who is trapped in a cave. Hercules seeks her out for advice on how to defeat Dahak. Aside from Zeus, she is the only living being that was around to witness Dahak's first defeat and is accessible from the mortal realm. In the animated film, Mnemosyne appears as a fiery Titan with fiery hair who is freed by Hera. Hera later used the Cronus Stone to alter her form to having brown hair, beast-like legs, a devil-like tail, and markings on her face. Iolaus defeated her and Tethys by causing them to collide and drift into Tartarus.
• Oceanus (portrayed by Andrew Kovacevich): A Titan who personifies the oceans. He is among the Titans Evander frees from Tartarus when he uses his powers to bring back Hera. Helios and Oceanus are defeated by Hercules when he causes them to collide in their tornado forms.
• Porphyrion (voiced by David Mackie): In the animated movie, Porphyrion is depicted as Titan that has the element of Earth. He was freed from Tartarus by Hera and seeks to claim the Cronus Stone. Hercules runs into him and is allowed to go free as he isn't defending the Olympian Gods. When Hera uses the Cronus Stone to alter the Titans' appearances, Porphyrion's form is altered to appear with horns, empty wings, and one large "trunk" instead of legs. He manages to steal the Cronus Stone from Hera and shrink her with it. With help from Gabrielle's eagle form, Hercules sends Porphyrion back into Tartarus.
• Prometheus (portrayed by Mark Ferguson and John Freeman): A Titan trapped by Hera to rob humanity of his gift of fire and healing. He was freed by the joint effort of Xena and Hercules.
• Tethys (voiced by Allison Wall): A female Titan that appears in the animated movie. She is a watery Titan who is the most humanoid of the four Titans. Hera later used the Cronus Stone to alter Tethys' appearance which gave her a mermaid-like fin that sprouts octopus tentacles instead of legs. Unlike the other Titans, she is pleased wit her makeover. Iolaus defeats her and Mnemosyne by causing them to collide and drift into Tartarus.
• Thea (portrayed by Amanda Tollemacke): A female Titan associated with sight and shining light of the clear blue sky. She was turned to stone by the Gods, but accidentally restored by Gabrielle.
• Typhon (portrayed by Glenn Shadix): An extremely gentle giant and the husband of Echidna. Typhon is first seen being rescued by Hercules from his imprisonment inflicted by Hera. Hercules managed to reunite him with Echidna. He is shown to have a twin brother named Typhoon.
• Typhoon (portrayed by Glenn Shadix): The twin brother of Typhon. This Titan lives in a cloud castle and abducts a human woman named Leanna to be his bride. He and Leanne currently live together guarding the last three unhatched Harpy eggs.

Mythological Creatures

The following mythological creatures appear in both series. Some of them were exclusive to both series:

• Antaeus (portrayed by Mark Newnham): An Earth Giant who is the son of Poseidon and Gaia. He guards the shortcut to Mount Aethion and collects skulls of those who dare to trepass his domain. He was considered invincible, for he gathers his strength from the ground. With the help from Deianeira, Hercules was able to defeat him and left his remains on top of his "trophies".
• Arachne (portrayed by Josephine Davison): Half woman, half spider. She was once a queen who didn't want her daughter to upstage her beauty and had her drowned in the ocean. Zeus turned her into a half woman, half spider creature and banished her to a deserted island in the Charybdian Sea. When a shipload of pirates landed on the island to bury their treasure, Arachne began to kill them. She laid eggs inside their bodies, planning to grow an army of spiders to rule over. Hercules and Iolaus landed on the island shortly after the pirates and with the help of the pirate captain Nebula, they defeated Arachne.
• Archdemon: A race of demons that live in Hell.
• Ares Monster (portrayed by Mark Newnham, voiced by Al Chalk): A full-armored monster that is associated wit Ares.
• Ares' Snake: A giant snake that guards the Urn of Zeus in Ares' Cave.
• Argo: A palomino horse, which happens to be the cavalry horse of Xena. Argo can sense danger, use martial arts, and issue commands to other horses. During the 25 year sleep of Xena and Gabrielle, Joxer would ride Argo to find them until Argo died of old age. Before Argo died, She had a daughter whom Joxer named Argo II.
• Argo II: During the 25 year sleep, Argo died of old age and had a daughter whom Joxer named after Argo and never let anyone ride her. When Xena returns, Argo is her new Cavalry horse.
• Bacchae: The bloodthirsty slaves of Bacchus.
• Banshee: A race of shade-like beings.
• Blue Serpent: A sea serpent that works for the Blue Priest and Hera.
• Braxus: A young dragon that was used by Adamis. However, Braxus was only being controlled by Adamis' lies that Hercules killed his mother. When Braxus finally meets Hercules and Iolus, they try to convince Braxus that they didn't kill her and have him subdued to try and reason with him. When Adamis and his men battle Hercules and Iolus, Adamis admits that he killed Braxus' mother and Braxus, now furious engulfs Adamis in a fireball and befriends Hercules and Iolus.
• Centaur: Part Human and part Horse.
  • Nessus (portrayed by Cliff Curtis): A centaur who was a farmhand for Hercules and Deianeira. He has a twin brother named Nemis.
  • Phantes (portrayed by Colin Moy): Chief of the Centaurs.
• Cerberus: A three-headed dog that is the son of Echidna and Typhon. It guards the entrance to the Underworld to prevent the living from entering and the dead from leaving.
• Cloud Serpent: A giant snake that lived in the clouds outside of Typhoon's castle.
• Cyclops: A race of one-eyed giants.
• Demon: A race of creatures that live in Hell.
• Destroyers: Six monstrous creatures that are the children of Ares and Hope.
• Dryad: A race of winged creatures that guard the lair of Bacchus.
• Echidna (voiced by Bridget Hoffman): Echidna is the infamous mother of all monsters. She was married to Typhon, a giant, but Hera trapped him and so Echidna became evil and used her children for the same purpose, and Hercules was forced to kill them all. Echidna took it upon herself to kill Hercules, in front of his mother, Alcmene, so Alcmene could see how it feels. Echidna turns good, though, when Typhon is brought back to her.
• Four Horsemen: Four skeletal horsemen that represent War, Famine, Pestilence, and Death. They were once used by the Archangel Michael in a plot to end the world.
• Ghidra: A two-headed, fire-breathing reptile creature with a scorpion-like tail that is one of Hera's "pets." In the event that it's tail was cut off, it would grow back. It attacked a lot of villages before being slayed by Hercules, Iolaus, and Jason.
• Golden Hinds: A golden creature that is part female human and part deer. Their blood is poisonous to Gods.
  • Serena: Serena was the last of the Golden Hinds. Hercules fell in love with Serena and gave up his powers so he could marry her. She was murdered by Ares and Strife.
• Graegus: The Dog of War who is a pet of Ares.
• Grindl: A creature that created from The Ring.
• Harpies: A race of monsters that attacked Leanna's village. The villagers made a deal with Hades to withdraw the Harpies to the Underworld if Leanna would go live with Typhoon.
• Hydra: A multi-headed serpent that is the daughter of Echidna and Typhon. She was killed by Hercules and Iolaus. Iolaus finds another one later but is left alive due to a lack of fire to burn the wounds.
• Lead Bounty Hunter: A creature that works for Hera. It led a bunch of bounty hunter to look for Hercules and a group of homeless people who are heading to Calydon. In the toyline, the Lead Bounty Hunter was immortalized as "Mole Man."
• Mandrake Lizard: A lizard-like creature that sprouts from the roots of a mandrake.
• Metal Panther: A metallic panther that was forged by Hephaestus. Iolaus fought and defeated the panther in defense of his grandmother Leandra.
• Minotaur: A creature with the head of a bull and the body of a man.
  • Gryphus: The son of Zeus that was once a handsome man. When he began to lead people away from the worship of the Olympians, Zeus punished him by turning him into a Minotaur and imprisoning him in a Labyrinth in Alturia. Gryphus remained imprisoned for one hundred years until Andius and Danion accidentally set him free. Gryphus was bent on revenge and in order to hurt Zeus he targeted Hercules. Hercules had to kill Gryphus to defeat him and as he died, Zeus transformed him back into his mortal appearance stating that it didn't have to end this way.
  • Hera's Minotaur: A Minotaur that was created by Hera in "The Sword of Veracity." There was a second Minotaur that Hera also created to be the assistant of this Minotaur.
• Mummy (portrayed by Mark Newnham): The mummy of the ancient ruler Ishtar.
• Nemean Lion: Hercules once slayed this monster and still had it's pelt in his possession.
• Obie: Short for Obstetrius, Obie is the offspringe of Echidna and Typhon. Echidna didn't want to give him to Hera after what happened to her other children. Klepto kidnapped Obie, intending to give him to the warlord Bluth for the same reasons. However, in the time Klepto and Obie were together, they grew fond of one another. Once Klepto apologized for his wrong-doing, Echidna and Typhon accepted him as Obie's babysitter.
• Perfidia: A giant sea serpent used by the Blue Priest to kill Hercules at the wedding of Zeus and Alcmene.
• Primord: A race of homonids that are a cross between man and beast. A tribe of Primords lived near Zebron where they were befriended by Tarlus. Several of these were executed by King Beraeus when he was searching for Ramina. Primords were capable of making guttural sounds but not of speech.
• Pyro (portrayed by Daniel Batton): A fire monster summoned by Hera and given to Zandar to use against Hercules.
• Sand Rays: A race of stingray-like creatures that live in the sands of a deserted island.
• Sand Shark: A deadly creature that lives in the sands of the island Golgoth.
• Satyr: A creature with the upper body of a human and the legs of a goat.
• She-Demon (portrayed by Nicky Mealings): A lovely female monster that serves Hera. She weirs a long dress and lures men close with promeses of love. Once they step onto her dress, she stabs them with her snakes tale and turns them to stone. Hercules doges the tail and it turns the She-Demon to stone.
• Sirens: A race of women with beautiful singing voices.
• Skeleton Warriors: A bunch of Skeletons that work for Hera. They were summoned by Marcus to fight the Argonauts when the heroes returned from their second expedition. They were all defeated by Hercules, Jason, and the Argonauts.
• Stymphalian Bird: A bird-like creature that is the offspring of Echidna and Typhon. Hera corrupted it to serve her and terrorize Stymphalian Swamp. Hercules defeated the Stymphalian Bird by throwing it into the quicksand.
• Subterranean Serpent: An underground serpent that lives in an abandoned castle in Cyros after it's inhabitants fled from it.

See also

• Greek mythology
• Roman mythology
• Similarities between Roman, Greek, and Etruscan mythologies