herakles' labours

Question 1

herakles’ 7th labour

Answer 1

Cretan Bull

Question 2

how did he capture the bull

Answer 2

strangling it and riding it back to Mycenae

Question 3

where did eurystheus hide

Answer 3

in a pithos jar

Question 4

herakles’ 8th labour

Answer 4

mares of diomedes

Question 5

what is special about the mares

Answer 5

they eat humans

Question 6

who was eaten by the mares

Answer 6

herakles’ friend Abderos

Question 7

how did herakles tame the mares

Answer 7

he fed them diomedes and they became calm or he set them free

Question 8

herakles’ 9th labour

Answer 8

belt of hippolyte

Question 9

who is hippolyte

Answer 9

queen of amazons

Question 10

what did he take from hippolyte

Answer 10

her belt

Question 11

who spread the rumour amongst the amazons

Answer 11

hera disguised as an amazon

Question 12

how did the Belt of Hippolyte labour end

Answer 12

herakles killed hippolyte and took the belt

Question 13

heerakles’ 10th labour

Answer 13

cattle of geryon

Question 14

what was special about geryon

Answer 14

he had 3 arms and 3 bodies

Question 15

what is special about the cattle

Answer 15

they are red

Question 16

what did eurystheus do with the cattle of geryon

Answer 16

sacrifice them to hera

Question 17

herakles’ 11th labour

Answer 17

apple of hesperides

Question 18

who told herakles where the apples are located

Answer 18

prometheus

Question 19

who fetched the apples for herakles

Answer 19

atlas

Question 20

why could eurystheus not keep the apples

Answer 20

they were zeus’ property

Question 21

herakles’12th labour

Answer 21

cerberus

Question 22

what was hades’ challenge to herakles

Answer 22

wrestle cerberus unarmed

Question 23

how did herakles take cerberus

Answer 23

strangle his 3 heads

Question 24

Herakles’ 1st labour

Answer 24

Nemean Lion

Question 25

how did herakles first attack the lion

Answer 25

with his bow and arrows but the lion's skin is impenetrable so they didn't do any damage

Question 26

how did he kill the lion

Answer 26

strangled it

Question 27

what did he do witht he lion after it was dead

Answer 27

skinned it to create a cloak

Question 28

herakles' 2nd labour

Answer 28

Lernaen Hydra

Question 29

who helped him with the hydra

Answer 29

his cousin Ioalus

Question 30

how did he defeat the hydra

Answer 30

after chopping off its head, he sealed it by burning the stump so no new heads could grow

Question 31

what did he do with the hydra's immortal head

Answer 31

buried it under a rock

Question 32

how did hera try distract him during the hydra

Answer 32

sent a giant crab

Question 33

herakles' 3rd labour

Answer 33

golden Hind

Question 34

what was special about the hind

Answer 34

it was very large and golden

Question 35

how long did it take herakles' to complete his 3rd labour

Answer 35

1 year

Question 36

how did he defeat the hind

Answer 36

he chased it down until it became exhausted then captured it

Question 37

whose hind was it

Answer 37

artemis'

Question 38

herakles' 4th labour

Answer 38

erymanthian boar

Question 39

what was special about the boar

Answer 39

it was extra large

Question 40

how did herakles defeat the boar

Answer 40

chased it down in the snow then captured ti

Question 41

herakles' 5th labour

Answer 41

augean stables

Question 42

how sis he clean the stables

Answer 42

diverted 2 rivers

Question 43

what did Augeas do and how did herakles respond

Answer 43

refused to pay so h defeated him

Question 44

herakles' 6th labour

Answer 44

Stymphalian birds

Question 45

what did the birds do

Answer 45

terrorised villages

Question 46

how did herakles defeat the birds

Answer 46

shpt them down with bow and arrow

Question 47

all of herakles' labours in order

Answer 47

1. Nemean lion 2. Lernaen hydra 3. golden hind 4. Erymanthian Boar 5. Augean stables 6. stymphalian birds 7. Cretan bull 8. mares of diomedes 9. belt of hippolyte 10. cattle of geryon 11. Apples of Hesperides 12. cerberus

Question 48

in which labours did athena help herakles

Answer 48

stymphalian birds - gave him maracas by hephaestus to distract the birds Cattle of geryon-gave him advice Apples of hesperides