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Electryon

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King of Mycenae, accidentally killed by his brother Amphitryon

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Where does Amphitryon for after killing his brother

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Thebes

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How does Alcmena get pregnant with two sons?

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Zeus disguised himself as Amphitryon and sleeps with her, then the real Amphitryon also sleeps with her. She becomes pregnant with Heracles and iphicles

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How does Hera interfere in the birth of Alcmenas sons

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She sends Eileithyia to delay the birth

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What does Hera send after Heracles is born?

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Snakes to kill him, but he strangled them

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Linus

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A son of Apollo and Heracles music teacher. Heracles kills him with a lyre

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Megara

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Theban princess

Heracles first wife

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Hera brings a bout of madness to Heracles and what happens?

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He kills Megara and their three children

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What does the Pythia tell Heracles after he recovers his sanity?

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She tells him to go to Tiryns and serve Eurystheus for twelve years

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1st labor

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Nemaean lion

Heracles kills it with a club and skins it

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2nd labor

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Hydra

Hera sends a crab to aid the hydra, Heracles kills both with the help of his nephew Iolaus

He dips arrows in the blood of the hydra to make them poisoned

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3rd labor

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Cerynean deer

Sacred to Artemis
Heracles captures it alive and brings it to Eurystheus before returning it to Artemis

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4th labor

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Erymanthian boar

Captures it with a net and brings it to Eurystheus in a jar

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Pholus

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Centaur that hosts Heracles before/after the 4th labor. Heracles is attacked by centaurs and kills them, wounding the immortal Chiron with a poisoned arrow

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How does Pholus die?

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He accidentally drops a poisoned arrow on his foot

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5th labor

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Stables of Augeas

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6th labor

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Stymphalion birds

He has to shoot them

Uses castanets to flush them out and shoots them

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7th labor

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Cretan bull

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8th labor

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Horses of Diomedes

Flesh eating mares
Heracles corrals the horses and leaves Abderus in charge of them. Abderus is killed by the horses

Heracles feeds Diomedes to his own horses

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Abderus

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Lover of Heracles

Kills by flesh eating horses

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Alcestis’ wife

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Alcestis hosts Heracles and his wife is sick and dying. Heracles wrestles Thanatos when he comes to take her life, Heracles wins and saves her life

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9th labor

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Girdle of Hippolyta

Amazon queen who has an affair with Heracles, she is going to give Heracles her girdle, when her interferes and causes a battle to break out between heracles and the amazons. Heracles is forced to kill Hippolyta

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10th labor

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Cattle of Geryon

Triple bodied man, son of Chrysaor

Heracles has to capture his 1000 cattle and bring them back. He clubs Geryon to death

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Cacus

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Son of Hephaestus

Fire breathing cannibal
Steals some of Geryons cattle and Heracles has to retrieve them from cacus’s cave

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11th labor

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Golden apples of Hesperides

Heracles kills a serpent that guards the apples

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Atlas

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Heracles gives atlas a break from holding up the earth. Heracles and Athena have to trick atlas into taking the earth back

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Prometheus

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Prometheus is tied up in the Atlas Mountains. He is kind to Heracles. Heracles kills the eagle and frees Prometheus

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Antaeus

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Son of Poseidon and Ge, serial killer

He is stronger than Heracles.
Heracles lifts him off the ground because he loses his strength when he is not touching the earth

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12th labor

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Cerberus

Captured and brought to Eurystheus
Hades allows it as long as Cerberus isn’t harmed

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Cercopes

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Mischievous dwarves that play tricks on travelers. They attempt to do this to Heracles, but he catches them and ties them to a stick and carries them over his shoulder. They make fun of his tanned butt. This amuses Heracles so he releases them, but Zeus punishes them by turning them into apes

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Amphitryon

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Brother of King of Mycenae

Marries his brothers daughter Alcmena

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