Originally posted by StiltmanFTW
In the end, it all depends on how you interpret it.It's always full of flowery language, metaphors and other shit.
I actually took a course in Greek Mythology in college. It was really cool, but battleboards mattered even less to the ancient Greeks than they do to modern writers. Take some of the "speedsters", like Iris and Hermes. One particular passage, I forget where from, had Iris moving a little bit faster than the speed of the wind. I think she had sparks flying off her from her speed(or rainbow light?), but that was considered an "OMG SHE'S SO FAST" moment in the story. Hermes had very similar descriptions from my recollection. They were supposed to be among the fastest of them, and it's basically stuff we'd see from a mid-meta today.
Typhon, the Giants, The Titans and such were all just massive monsters basically, and were huge threats to the Olympians. Fin Fang Foom would be a problem for Olympus if you ban Zeus using lighting. Granted, I do recall some strength feats. The two giants that Apollo killed could stack mountains up like legos or something.