Salmoneus (Hercules and Xena)
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Salmoneus is a fictional character on the television series Hercules: The Legendary Journeys and Xena: Warrior Princess, portrayed by Robert Trebor. He is based on the mythological character Salmoneus.
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[edit] Overview
He is the ancient Greek version of a traveler dealer. He always has an angle, and never fails to take advantage of a situation. He is also noted for being the composer of Xena's theme music.
[edit] History
[edit] Salmoneus on Hercules
On Hercules, Salmoneus is an important character, in fact, after Hercules and Iolaus, is the character with the most appearances. He first meets Hercules when he is attacked by a Cyclops, and since then have reamined good friends.[1] Salmoneus helps Hercules in many situations, such as at the time when Hercules is blinded and needs to face the Centaurs.[2] Salmoneus is also with Hercules during their fight against Xena, and then with Hercules and Xena in the fight against Darphus. Later, Salmoneus helps Hercules create the Olympic Games, and he even invented the name, and Olympic torch in tribute to the Games.[3]
[edit] Salmoneus on Xena
On Xena, he appears in a total of three episodes, however, he always has enough importance and courage, because he helps Xena to discover who is named The Black Wolf, and helps Xena and others during the escape of the dungeon of King Xerxes.[4] Later, Salmoneus sells weapons to a warrior, the weapons are of poor material and melt in contact with the rain, Salmoneus now being hunted has to be saved by Xena.[5] Later, Salmoneus appears as a speaker, for a Beauty Contest in the name of peace, but of course, Salmoneus is only interested in money.[6]
[edit] Personality
Salmoneus is a comic character, who knows how to raise laughter from the audience, either with phrases or funny actions, but of course, he has his moments of drama and love during the series.
[edit] Uber Salmoneus
During his appearances, we see two incarnations of Salmoneus, we see that in the future he will be first, BS Hollingfoffer, the judge,[7] and before Marco, tramp.[8]
[edit] Quotes
- Salmoneus: He’s after my secret elixir. You see, when I came to this town, the people had no zip, no energy. I mean, let’s face it, their get up and go just kind of lay there and Ptthhh! But
after my magic elixir, they felt better. Productivity went up, living conditions improved.
- Xena: What did you sell to Talmadeus?
- Salmoneus: Me? I never sold! I, all right, one little transaction. I, I,I sold him some, ah, talcamite swords and belt buckles.
- Gabrielle: What’s talcamite?
- Xena: It looks and feels like metal, until it gets wet, and then it dissolves.
- Salmoneus: Well, how did I know it was gonna rain on the big battle?! Anyway, the swords and belt buckles melted.
- Gabrielle: One big, naked defeat?
[edit] Appearances
[edit] On Hercules
- Eye of the Beholder
- As Darkness Falls
- The Gauntlet
- Unchained Heart
- All That Glitters
- Outcast
- Under the Broken Sky
- The Fire Down Below
- Let the Games Begin
- The Wedding of Alcmene
- The Power
- Centaur Mentor Journey
- Mummy Dearest
- The Green-Eyed Monster
- The Lost City
- Les Contemptibles
- Reign of Terror
- A Rock and a Hard Place
- If I Had a Hammer
- Men in Pink
- Yes, Virginia, There Is a Hercules
- Genies and Grecians and Geeks, Oh My!
- For Those of You Just Joining Us...
[edit] On Xena
- The Black Wolf
- The Greater Good
- Here She Comes...Miss Amphipolis
- Deja Vu all over Again
[edit] References
- ^ "Eye of the Beholder". Hercules: The Legendary Journeys. 1995-01-23.
- ^ "As Darkness Falls". Hercules: The Legendary Journeys. 1995-01-30.
- ^ "Let the Games Begin". Hercules: The Legendary Journeys. 1996-02-12.
- ^ "The Black wolf". Xena: Warrior Princess. 1996-01-08.
- ^ "The Greater Good". Xena: Warrior Princess. 1996-05-06.
- ^ "Here She Comes... Miss Amphipolis". Xena: Warrior Princess. 1997-01-20.
- ^ "For Those of You Just Joining Us". Hercules: The Legenday Journeys. 1998-01-04.
- ^ "Deja Vu all over Again". Xena: Warrior Princess. 1999-05-17.
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