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herakles' labours Flashcards

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1
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herakles’ 7th labour

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Cretan Bull

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how did he capture the bull

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strangling it and riding it back to Mycenae

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3
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where did eurystheus hide

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in a pithos jar

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4
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herakles’ 8th labour

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mares of diomedes

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5
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what is special about the mares

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they eat humans

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6
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who was eaten by the mares

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herakles’ friend Abderos

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7
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how did herakles tame the mares

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

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herakles’ 9th labour

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belt of hippolyte

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9
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who is hippolyte

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queen of amazons

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10
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what did he take from hippolyte

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her belt

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11
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who spread the rumour amongst the amazons

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hera disguised as an amazon

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12
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how did the Belt of Hippolyte labour end

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herakles killed hippolyte and took the belt

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13
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heerakles’ 10th labour

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cattle of geryon

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14
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what was special about geryon

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he had 3 arms and 3 bodies

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15
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what is special about the cattle

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they are red

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what did eurystheus do with the cattle of geryon

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sacrifice them to hera

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17
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herakles’ 11th labour

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apple of hesperides

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18
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who told herakles where the apples are located

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prometheus

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19
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who fetched the apples for herakles

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atlas

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20
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why could eurystheus not keep the apples

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they were zeus’ property

21
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herakles’12th labour

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cerberus

22
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what was hades’ challenge to herakles

A

wrestle cerberus unarmed

23
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how did herakles take cerberus

A

strangle his 3 heads

24
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Herakles’ 1st labour

A

Nemean Lion

25
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how did herakles first attack the lion

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

26
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how did he kill the lion

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strangled it

27
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what did he do witht he lion after it was dead

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skinned it to create a cloak

28
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herakles’ 2nd labour

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Lernaen Hydra

29
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who helped him with the hydra

A

his cousin Ioalus

30
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how did he defeat the hydra

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

31
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what did he do with the hydra’s immortal head

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buried it under a rock

32
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how did hera try distract him during the hydra

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sent a giant crab

33
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herakles’ 3rd labour

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golden Hind

34
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what was special about the hind

A

it was very large and golden

35
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how long did it take herakles’ to complete his 3rd labour

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1 year

36
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how did he defeat the hind

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he chased it down until it became exhausted then captured it

37
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whose hind was it

A

artemis’

38
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herakles’ 4th labour

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erymanthian boar

39
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what was special about the boar

A

it was extra large

40
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how did herakles defeat the boar

A

chased it down in the snow then captured ti

41
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herakles’ 5th labour

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augean stables

42
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how sis he clean the stables

A

diverted 2 rivers

43
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what did Augeas do and how did herakles respond

A

refused to pay so h defeated him

44
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herakles’ 6th labour

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Stymphalian birds

45
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what did the birds do

A

terrorised villages

46
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how did herakles defeat the birds

A

shpt them down with bow and arrow

47
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all of herakles’ labours in order

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  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
48
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in which labours did athena help herakles

A

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

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