Clash of the Gods is a one-hour weekly mythology television series that premiered on August 3, 2009 on the History Channel.

The program covers many of the ancient Greek and Norse Gods, monsters and heroes including Hades, Hercules, Medusa, Minotaur, Odysseus and Zeus.

The story of Zeus and how he escaped being swallowed by his father Cronus, led the Olympians to defeat the Titans and gained control of the universe.

According to local legend, the Titan god Typhon was pushed into the abyss at Mount Etna on Sicily.

To atone for this crime, the Oracle of Delphi advises Hercules to seek the path of penance from the foxy king Eurystheus who is acting as Hera's agent.

This episode tells how Hades came to this position, why he was so feared, and what the Greeks thought awaited them after death.

The Minotaur was a flesh-eating monster, half-man and half-bull (the result of Queen Pasiphae mating with a bull), that lived in the labyrinth beneath the palace of King Minos.

Circa 600, Pope Gregory I sends Christian Romans to Britain led by Augustine of Canterbury.

About J. R. R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings trilogy and how both legends such as the Völsunga saga and real life influenced it.