Hercules – Flashcards
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Who is the greatest hero of Greece?
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Hercules
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How were Theseus and Hercules related?
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cousins
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What was the major difference between Hercules and Theseus?
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Hercules lacks intelligence
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Who were Hercules' parents?
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Zeus and Alcmena
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Who was Hercules' great-grandfather?
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Perseus
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Who was Hercules half-brother?
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Iphicles
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What amazing thing did Hercules do when he was still a baby?
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Killed 2 snakes in his crip
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Who predicted Hercules would be a hero?
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Teiresias
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Which deity remained Hercules' enemy throughout his life?
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Hera
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What did Hercules do to his music teacher?
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Killed his music teacher by hitting him over the head with his lute (guitar)
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What did he kill when he was eighteen-years old?
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Thespian lion
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What did he do with the skin?
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Made skin a cloak and made head a hood- it is his trademark
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Who is Princess Megara?
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Gift from the Thebans- first wife
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What horrible act did Hercules commit when he was a young, married man?
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Killed his wife and 3 sons
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Why did he do this terrible thing?
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Hera sent a madness
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Who saved Hercules from suicide?
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Theseus
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What did the Delphic Oracle advise Hercules to do?
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Be purified
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Who devises the Twelve Labors of Hercules?
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King Eurystheus
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Who is Achelous?
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a river god. Hercules fought him and won Deianira.
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Why did Hercules ask Atlas to help him?
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to get the golden apples of the Hesperides. Atlas was their father
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During which labor did Hercules free Theseus?
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Labor 12 (Cerberus)
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After his Twelve Labors, what did Hercules do to Antaeus? Why?
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Killed him by strangling him in the air (skulls on roof) b/c he had strenght when touching the ground
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Who is Deianira?
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Wife #2
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How does Hercules "win" Deianira?
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Won her in a contest with Achelous
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What did Hercules do for the daughter of King Laomedon?
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He rescued her from a sea monster
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What did Hercules do at the Caucasus?
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Freed Prometheus
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What did Hercules do to a serving boy?
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Accidentally killed him with his arm
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What did Hercules have to do in Lydia?
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Became a slave for Queen Omphale and had to dress as a woman
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On his way to get the man-eating mares of Diomedes, whom did he visit?
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Admetus (King)
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Who is Alcestis? What had happened to her?
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Wife of Admetus (queen) she had died so her husband could live
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Did Hercules know what had happened to Alcestis?
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No
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What did Hercules do while at the house of Admetus?
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Behaved badly- got drunk and sang objectionable songs
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What did Hercules do to make up for his bad behavior?
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I will fight death and bring her back to earth
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Who was Iole, and what trouble did she cause for Hercules?
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Princess- Deianira was jealous of her
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Why did Nessus, the Centaur, give a special potion to Deianira?
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To get back at Hercules for killing him (centaur) (the special potion-blood to kill Hercules. Deianira thought it was a love potion.)
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What did Hercules do to Deinaira's messenger?
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Killed him "hurled him down to the sea" for delivering the "drug robe"
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What happened to Hercules when he used the potion?
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He was tortured
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Who was Hercules' "youthful follower"?
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Philoctetes
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What did Philoctetes receive for lighting the funeral pyre?
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Hercules's bow and arrows 40. How did Hercules ac
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How did Hercules actually die?
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He placed himself on the funeral pyre
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n Olympus what becomes of Hercules?
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He becomes a god and becomes reconciled to Hera; he receives eternal peace
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Who becomes Hercules' third wife?
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Hebe (goddess of youth -daughter of Zeus and Hera)
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Who was Hercules' armor-bearer?
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Hylas
