Greek mythology to dominance is frequently called the "Dorian invasion". The Lydian and later the Macedonian kings, as rulers of the same rank, also became Heracleidae. Other members of this earliest generation of heroes such as Perseus, Deucalion, Theseus and Bellerophon, have many traits in common with Heracles. Like him, their exploits are solitary, fantastic and border on fairy tale, as they slay monsters such as the Chimera and Medusa. Bellerophon's adventures are commonplace types, similar to the adventures of Heracles and Theseus. Sending a hero to his presumed death is also a recurrent theme of this early heroic tradition, used in
The Monster of Peladon The Monster of Peladon The Monster of Peladon is the fourth serial of the 11th season of the British science fiction television series "Doctor Who", which was first broadcast in six weekly parts on BBC1 from 23 March to 27 April 1974. The serial is set on the mineral-rich planet Peladon 50 years after the 1972 serial "The Curse of Peladon". In the serial, the engineer Eckersley (Donald Gee) and the rogue Ice Warrior Commander Azaxyr (Alan Bennion) conspire to take over the planet and sell its minerals to Peladon's enemies in Galaxy Five. On the planet Peladon a power