hmmmm, good question. samson was given super strength by yahweh, and likewise hercules/heracles had super strength from his half-god blood. i guess samson is probably more powerful because yahweh is a creator deity, and zeus is just the head of a pantheon.

Originally posted by salamander:

hmmmm, good question. samson was given super strength by yahweh, and likewise hercules/heracles had super strength from his half-god blood. i guess samson is probably more powerful because yahweh is a creator deity, and zeus is just the head of a pantheon.

I agree with the meat priest.

Saitama from One Punch Man

Merely strength factor? Perhaps Atlas.
If demi-god maybe Hercules.
If mortal that's a really tough call.

Hercules held the world (for a short time), while Samson couldn't even get a hair cut.

Originally posted by salamander:

hmmmm, good question. samson was given super strength by yahweh, and likewise hercules/heracles had super strength from his half-god blood. i guess samson is probably more powerful because yahweh is a creator deity, and zeus is just the head of a pantheon.

Well, let's divide it in smaller bits then :
- who is better in arm wrestling ?
- who's better at the rope tugging thingy ?
- who can pull the more Boeings by the strenght of it's beard/hairs/whatever ?
- who can (vertically) lift weights, the most heavy weights ?
- who has the bigger punching ?

Historical/mythical figures only ! No anime/silly things :p 'cause between invicible/onepunchman/whatever, we won't see the end of the barn ...

For the load-bearing column-toppling, that's Samson, but there are a lot of strenght feats that are ... possible.

Originally posted by Voroff:

Between Samson and Hercules ? Maybe Goliath ? What historical/mythological figure with surhuman strenght d'YOU think was the strongest ?

probably hercules, he was able to replace atlas to hold the world for hours

samson best feat is slap swordman army, dont know if he is able to beat people with artillery and rifle

goliath lose against a stone on his head, so sniper shot going to be fatal against him

Originally posted by vkobe:

goliath lose against a stone on his head, so sniper shot going to be fatal against him

Yeah, but melee-wise he could have ... well ...

And i'm intrested in brute force in this topic :p

Originally posted by salamander:

hmmmm, good question. samson was given super strength by yahweh, and likewise hercules/heracles had super strength from his half-god blood. i guess samson is probably more powerful because yahweh is a creator deity, and zeus is just the head of a pantheon.

in greek mythology create the world dooesnt mean you are invincible, ouranos create the world and was betray by cronos and cronos was slaped by zeus

also hercules has best feats than samson

Originally posted by Caldari Ghost:

Saitama from One Punch Man

krillin solo him

Goku

Samson's strength was fickle. Getting a haircut was enough to remove his strength completely.
Hercules never really lost his strength.
Gawain's was dependent on the time of day, so he's out.
Goliath was felled by a pellet.
Achilles couldn't take an arrow to the...heel.
Thor needed his hammer.

Those are just off the top of my head. Hercules was the only one whose strength wasn't dependent on certain specific conditions. But he was also stupid and had no self-control.

Originally posted by Lime:

Goku

Saitama would murder 16 Gokus by merely looking angy at them, i'm sorry :P

Anyway :

Originally posted by Voroff:

Historical/mythical figures only ! No anime/silly things :p 'cause between invicible/onepunchman/whatever, we won't see the end of the barn ...

I would say they are quite equally matched. Both died as a result of betrayal.

Samson lost his supernatural strength when the Philistines, instructed by Delilah, cut his hair while he slept. He died after being blinded and captured by the Philistines. He was brought to their temple to entertain the crowd. He asked to lean against the supporting columns and then pushed against them with all his strength. This caused the building to collapse, destroying himself and everyone inside. By this time, his hair had grown back, returning the strength that he used to destroy the temple and take revenge on the Philistines.

Hercules died from a poisoned tunic given to him by his wife, Deianira, who was following the advice of the centaur, Nessus. The centaur's blood, mixed with the venom of the Hydra, was a powerful poison. Hercules, suffering unbearably, ordered his own funeral pyre to be built and threw himself onto the fire. After this, the gods raised him to Olympus, where he became immortal.

Given that Hercules possesses divine immortality, invulnerability, and far greater combat experience and warrior training, he can outmaneuver Samson.

Originally posted by Voroff:

Originally posted by salamander:

hmmmm, good question. samson was given super strength by yahweh, and likewise hercules/heracles had super strength from his half-god blood. i guess samson is probably more powerful because yahweh is a creator deity, and zeus is just the head of a pantheon.

Well, let's divide it in smaller bits then :
- who is better in arm wrestling ?
- who's better in the rope tugging thingy ?
- who can pull the more Boeings by the strenght of it's beard/hairs/whatever ?
- who can (vertically lift weights, the most heavy weights ?
- who has the bigger punching ?

Historical/mythical figures only ! No anime/silly things :p 'cause between invicible/onepunchman/whatever, we won't see the end of the barn ...

krillin solo one punch man and invincible