A prophecy marks a young boy named Hermes, living thousands of years ago, as a great hero to come. Once grown, he receives an order from the creator of the world to defeat King Minos, the tyrant who rules Crete. With his wife Aphrodite beside him, Hermes sets out to rescue a beautiful princess and confront Minos in a struggle between good and evil that aims to bring Greece together. The film is a mythological fantasy drama and the first in a line of animated features produced by Happy Science.