Hercules drops his vengeful quest in order to aid a village enthralled by a snake-woman.

When a refugee takes a bejeweled chalice from a deserted temple, Hera's rage erupts.

Power-hungry Pentheus plots the assassination of his father, King Iphicles, at the festival of Dionysus.

Hercules faces Ares, whose boy soldiers feed the god's blood lust.