Daedalus Daedalus, and he to Hephaestus, son of Zeus." This suggests that Daedalus was related to Hephaestus, the god of blacksmiths, and therefore to Zeus himself. Daedalus is first mentioned by Homer as the creator of a wide dancing-ground for Ariadne. He also created the Labyrinth on Crete, in which the Minotaur (part man, part bull) was kept. In the story of the labyrinth as told by the Hellenes, the Athenian hero Theseus is challenged to kill the Minotaur, finding his way with the help of Ariadne's thread. Daedalus' appearance in Homer is in an extended metaphor, "plainly not Homer's invention",
Hercules: The Legendary Journeys series. The success of the show also saw a number of similar ancient-set series being commissioned, such as "The Adventures of Sinbad", "Conan the Adventurer", "The New Adventures of Robin Hood", "BeastMaster", "", and "Jack of All Trades". A sci-fi series, "Cleopatra 2525", was also produced as a result of the series' influence. Thirteen years later, "Legend of the Seeker" was produced by the same team. Hercules: The Legendary Journeys Hercules: The Legendary Journeys is an American television series filmed in New Zealand, based on the tales of the classical Greek culture hero Heracles (Hercules was his Roman analogue). It