Credits:

Writer... John Schulian
Director... Gus Trikonis
Original Air Date... Feb. 19, 1996

Cast:

Hercules... Kevin Sorbo
Salmoneus... Robert Trebor
Atalanta... Cory Everson
Damon... Matthew Humphrey
Brontus... Paul Glover
Tarkon... Chris Bailey
Taphius... John Watson
Lieutenant... Jason Honte
Soldier... Marcus Ponton
Chief... Chris McKibbin
Salesman... Norman Palacid
Customer... Brenda Kendall
First Boy... Morgan Palmer-Hubbard
Second Boy... Timothy Dale

Description:

• Hercules organizes the first Olympic Games in an effort to bring an end to the perpetual fighting between the Spartans and the Eleans.
• Fed up with constant warfare, Herc devises a competition that is not lethal: the Olympic Games.
• Hercules organizes an athletic competition between the warring Spartans and Eleans, thus creating the Olympic Games.
• Hercules finds a unique way to prevent a war by forming the fisrt Olympic Games.
• Hercules organizes the first Olympics to bring peace to Sparta.

Disclaimer:

The nuclear blast that destroyed those fiendish Mesomorphs was purely trick photography. The Mesomorphs are alive and well and living in Poughkeepsie.