User blog comment:GSFB/Samson vs Cerberus (Greek Myth)/@comment-8012490-20130501013337

Alright, I have my vote:

Melee 1: The jawbone of an ass vs. the mouths and the tin snakes for hair. Though sampson is strong with his ass jawbone, it is not designed to kill. The jawbone is a bone vs. a head full of massive teeth. Edge: Cerberus.

Melee 2: The kobesh/sickle sword vs. the snake tail. The snake tair is longer then the sword is and despite the fact that it can be severed, its poison makes up for that. If Samson is taken by the poison, it will affect his performance. Edge: Cerberus.

Long Range: Stone and sling vs. roar. The sling seems like a better weapon at first; however, all of Sampson's enemies were human or normal animals. He has never faced anything like Cerberus, which is one of the advantages of Greek mythology. The Christian heroes tend to face human enemies for the most part (they do face some monsters but not as much), making them less experienced then the Greek heroes when dealing with these things. Edge: Cerberus.

Special: Samson in this fight is claimed to be as strong as Hercules despite having less great achievements. Going with this, I have decieded that it will not affect the fight much. Cerberus ran in fear at the sight of Hercules, due to the death of his siblings. As a result, his fight with Cerberus would have been less of a fight and been more of him tiring him out and dragging him out of the underworld. It may have turned out differently had Cerberus actually wanted to kill him. Samson's skin, despite its resistance, would only protect him from the acid for only so long. If Samson is bit and it draws blood, he can consider himself dead. In addition, Samson may have human intelligence but he is not smarter than Hercules. He fell for the same trick several nights in a row wheras Hercules frequently used his intelligence to figure out weaknesses and solutions to problems. The closest thing Samson came to that is tying flaming sticks to wolf tails. Edge: Cerberus.

My vote goes to Cerberus.

Bonus note: If I can, I would like to make an argument that Hercules is stronger then Samson. Firstly, despite Samson being powered by a more powerful god, he is still a mortal. Hercules, being a demigod, has a more direct link to the power source. In addition, Samson was killed by a temple falling on him. He prayed to the Jewish God for strength, so it can be assumed that he got his previous strength. The temple would not have been enough to kill Hercules. Despite not knowing how much the sky weighs in Greek mythology, it can be assumed that it weighs more then a temple because they have a titan lifting it instead of building collums around it. If Hercules can lift the sky and Samson can not lift a temple roof, then Hercules is stronger. And if the Judeo-Christian god did not give Samson all his strength, then that either means that he decieded to be a jerk and let Samson die or that Samson's strength is inconsistant. Even without his beard, he is still powered by god and asked for his power. God giving him his strength should mean all his strength. So if he can't give him all his strength unless he has a beard on, then the god is not as powerful as he is made out to be. The only explanation then is that Samson is not as strong as Hercules.