Chaper 15: Heracles Flashcards
Who are the parents of Heracles?
Zeus and Alcmena
What is so special about Heracles birth?
His mother Alcmena was impregnated by both Amphitryon and Zeus. From the seed of Zeus Heracles was born and from the seed of Amphitryon Iphicles was born
What is the name of the poem that tells the story of Heracles birth?
The Shield of Heracles
Who helped save Alcmena from the dark spells of Lucina (Eileithyia)?
Galathis (she was later turned into a weasel by the angry Lucina).
With whose daughters did Heracles sleep with?
Thespius
What was the name of Heracles wife?
Megara
What were the twelve labours of Heracles?
- The Nemean Lion
- The Lernaean Hydra
- The Ceryneian Deer
- The Erymanthian Boar
- The Augean Stables
- The Stymphalian Birds
- The Cretan Bull
- The Horses of Diomedes
- The Girdle of Hippolytus
- The Cattle of Geryon
- The Apples of Hesperides
- Cerberus
Who helped Heracles defeat the hydra?
Iolus
How did Heracles clean the Augean Stables?
He diverted a nearby river through the stables
Who does Heracles bring back from the dead?
Alcestis
Who guarded the cattle of Geryon?
Eurytion (wide-ruler) and his demonic dog Orthus
Where can the earliest evidence of the Twelve Labours be found?
On twelve stone panels called metopes
Where did Heracles settle after he was released from his servitude to Eurystheus?
Tiryns
What was the name of the Queen that Heracles served under for three years?
Omphale, Queen of Lydia
Who kills Heracles and how does he die?
Deianira (man killer). She kills him with a shirt that is tainted with the hydra’s blood. He died in agony
