Greek Heroic Age of the founding narratives of various city-states. They also became the ancestors of later heroes. The Phoenician prince Cadmus, was the first Greek hero. The grandson of Poseidon (through his father Agenor), he founded Thebes Perseus, famous for his exploits well before the days of his great-grandson, Heracles, was the son of Zeus. Perseus beheaded the Medusa, saved Andromeda from the sea monster Cetus, and was the legendary founder of Mycenae. Aeacus was also a son of Zeus. Bellerophon was descended from the nymph, Orseis. Oenomaus, king of Pisa, in the Peloponnese, was the son of Ares. The excellence of
The Andromeda Nebula The Andromeda Nebula The Andromeda Nebula () is a 1967 Soviet Science fiction film starring Sergei Stolyarov and directed by Yevgeni Sherstobitov at the Dovzhenko Film Studios. The film was originally intended to be the first episode of a series of films, alternatively titled as "The Andromeda Nebula: Episode I. Prisoners of the Iron Star", but the remaining parts were never made due to Stolyarov's death. It is based upon the "Andromeda Nebula" novel by Ivan Yefremov and follows the story of a group of humans on the spaceship "Tantra" who are tasked with investigating the home planet of an