herakles' labours Flashcards
herakles’ 7th labour
Cretan Bull
how did he capture the bull
strangling it and riding it back to Mycenae
where did eurystheus hide
in a pithos jar
herakles’ 8th labour
mares of diomedes
what is special about the mares
they eat humans
who was eaten by the mares
herakles’ friend Abderos
how did herakles tame the mares
he fed them diomedes and they became calm or he set them free
herakles’ 9th labour
belt of hippolyte
who is hippolyte
queen of amazons
what did he take from hippolyte
her belt
who spread the rumour amongst the amazons
hera disguised as an amazon
how did the Belt of Hippolyte labour end
herakles killed hippolyte and took the belt
heerakles’ 10th labour
cattle of geryon
what was special about geryon
he had 3 arms and 3 bodies
what is special about the cattle
they are red
what did eurystheus do with the cattle of geryon
sacrifice them to hera
herakles’ 11th labour
apple of hesperides
who told herakles where the apples are located
prometheus
who fetched the apples for herakles
atlas
why could eurystheus not keep the apples
they were zeus’ property
herakles’12th labour
cerberus
what was hades’ challenge to herakles
wrestle cerberus unarmed
how did herakles take cerberus
strangle his 3 heads
Herakles’ 1st labour
Nemean Lion
how did herakles first attack the lion
with his bow and arrows but the lion’s skin is impenetrable so they didn’t do any damage
how did he kill the lion
strangled it
what did he do witht he lion after it was dead
skinned it to create a cloak
herakles’ 2nd labour
Lernaen Hydra
who helped him with the hydra
his cousin Ioalus
how did he defeat the hydra
after chopping off its head, he sealed it by burning the stump so no new heads could grow
what did he do with the hydra’s immortal head
buried it under a rock
how did hera try distract him during the hydra
sent a giant crab
herakles’ 3rd labour
golden Hind
what was special about the hind
it was very large and golden
how long did it take herakles’ to complete his 3rd labour
1 year
how did he defeat the hind
he chased it down until it became exhausted then captured it
whose hind was it
artemis’
herakles’ 4th labour
erymanthian boar
what was special about the boar
it was extra large
how did herakles defeat the boar
chased it down in the snow then captured ti
herakles’ 5th labour
augean stables
how sis he clean the stables
diverted 2 rivers
what did Augeas do and how did herakles respond
refused to pay so h defeated him
herakles’ 6th labour
Stymphalian birds
what did the birds do
terrorised villages
how did herakles defeat the birds
shpt them down with bow and arrow
all of herakles’ labours in order
- Nemean lion
- Lernaen hydra
- golden hind
- Erymanthian Boar
- Augean stables
- stymphalian birds
- Cretan bull
- mares of diomedes
- belt of hippolyte
- cattle of geryon
- Apples of Hesperides
- cerberus
in which labours did athena help herakles
stymphalian birds - gave him maracas by hephaestus to distract the birds
Cattle of geryon-gave him advice
Apples of hesperides
