Maybe he doesn't turn glowly and golden until after he climbs out, but he had made the choice that earned him his godhood back as soon as he offered the deal. You say only gods are bound by their word ok, well Hercules was a god as soon as he chose to give up his life to save Meg's. They never shake on it for the deal down in the Styx.Įven if that was the case, Hercules would still be bound. When they made the deal "Meg's goes free, you lose your strength for 24h" the deal wasn't activated when Hercules accepted, but when they shook on it. In a "real" myth it would go like this: Herc makes the deal, jumps in, saves Meg, becomes a God as a result, brings Meg back to her body, goes back to the Hades to keep his word, Zeus finds out about said deal and immediately goes to the Underworld to force Hades to release Herc.Īlso, it could simply be that they didn't shake on it.
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However Hercules, as a mortal at the time of the promise, is not bound to it by anything except his own sense of honour.Īnd to be honest, the movie just skipped over the part where Zeus forces Hades to release his son from the Underworld. When Hades makes a deal, as a God, he's instantly bound to it, as seen when Meg gets hurt and Hercules gets his strength back without Hades even knowing.
I think this is a peculiarity of Greek myth: Gods can't break their word, but Mortals can.
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