Hercules

Question 1

Parents

Answer 1

Zeus & Alcemene

Question 2

Who hates him!

Answer 2

Hera/ Juno

Question 3

First plan to kill Hercules

Answer 3

Extended pregnancy

Question 4

Second plan to kill Hercules

Answer 4

snake but Hercules wrestled him

Question 5

What happened after the plans to kill him

Answer 5

Alcemene abandoned Hercules in the woods where Athena found him and became his protector

Question 6

What happened to his wife and kids

Answer 6

Hera/Juno sent Hercules mad and killed his wife and kids. He then exiled himself from Thebes.

Question 7

Who told Hercules to serve King Eurystheus

Answer 7

Hera/Juno through the oracle at delphi

Question 8

Nemean Lion

Answer 8

First labour so sometimes depicted more youthful in art. Lions skin was impermeable and so his bow and arrows weren’t killing it. So he strangled it. Athena then told him to skin it with the lion’s claws and he brought it back to King Eurystheus.

Question 9

The Lernean Hydra

Answer 9

Hydra had many heads with venom for blood. Once one head was cut off, two more grow back in its place. Hercules got help from his cousin Iolaus. After one head was cut, Iolaus would seal the neck with fire. Hera sent a crab to disrupt the progress. When defeated, venom was used for arrows. LABOUR DID NOT COUNT

Question 10

Golden Hind

Answer 10

Also known as the Ceryneian hind found in mount ceryneia in arcadia. Fully golden and bigger than a bull. It was also sacred to artemis. Hercules tracked it for a year before he caught it by snaring it, arteis saw him and was angry but when Hercules explained, she was fine and let him borrow it.

Question 11

The Erymanthian Boar

Answer 11

Hercules was ordered to bring the boar back to the king alive. The boar was much larger than normal boars and was terrorising the countryside of Arcadia. Hercules wore the boar down by chasing it through thick snow. Hercules caught it, bound the legs and carried it back. The king was so scared he hid in a pithos jar.

Question 12

Augean Stables

Answer 12

Cleaning the stables of King Elis in 1 day. He diverted the rivers of Alpheios and Peneios through the stables, cleaning them instantly. Initially, payment was promised but after the task was finished this was taken back. Hercules sent an army and defeated the king. To commemorate his victory, he set up the Olympic games.

Question 13

The Stymphalian Birds

Answer 13

The birds had been ravaging the farmlands of Symphalos, some people even said they ate the residents too. Hercules went deep into the Arcadian forest where the Stymphalian marsh was. Hercules received help from Athena who gave him a rattle made by Hephaistos. After shaking it the birds flew into the sky and Hercules shot them with either his arrows or a slingshot.

Question 14

Cretan Bull

Answer 14

The bull had been destroying Cretan homes and farmland and so when Hercules arrived, Minos was happy for it to be removed. Hercules crept up behind the bull an strangled it but released his grip before the bull passed out. He then rode the bull across the sea to Greece. Once again King Eurystheus hid in a pithos and Hercules let the bull free to roam Marathon.

Question 15

Mares of Diomedes

Answer 15

Diomedes was the King of Bristones in Thrace. His horses were crazed as their master kept feeding them remains of defeated enemies and passers by. Hercules defeated the stablemen. Diomedes set out for Hercules and hercules left the horses with Abderos but the horses ate him. Hercules then fed diomeded to the horses, he then took them back to Eurystheus.

Question 16

Belt of Hippolyte

Answer 16

Queen of the Amazons, Hippolyte was given a magical belt by her father Ares. Eurystheus’s daughter wanted the belt and so Hercules was sent to retrieve it. Hippolyte let him have the belt as she admired him but Hera spread rumours that Hercules planned to steal the queen. Angry, the amazons went to war with Hercules who thought that they had never planned to give him the belt. A bloody battle followed and Hercules won and took the belt back.

Question 17

Cattle of Geryon

Answer 17

Hercules first had to deafest the herdsmen Eurytion and his dog Orthrus. He beat them with his club and then began to leave with the cattle. Very one quickly rushed for Hercules after hearing this news from another shepherd- he had 3 heads and 3 sets of arms and legs. Hercules used his club and now to defeat Geryon.

Question 18

The apples of Hesperides

Answer 18

The golden apples grew in the garden of Hesperides which Gaia presented as a wedding gift to Zeus and Hera. The apples were guarded by Hesperides who were nymphs. As Herclues was unaware of the location of the garden this was one of his largest tasks and took him from Northern Africa to Illyria where we fought Achelous. Then he came to Mount Caucasus where the Titan Prometheus was chained by Zeus for defying the gods. Each day an eagle would come and peck out his liver and each night his liver would regrow to start the process again. Hercules killed the eagle and as a thank you Prometheus told Hercules how to get the apples. Hercules went to Atlas who had been tasked with holding up the skies and Hercules offered to hold the skies if Atlas would go and get the apples. Atlas agreed and offered to deliver the apples so that he wouldn’t have to hold the skies anymore but Hercules accepted and asked him to take the skies back for a moment as he went to get some pillows to cushion his shoulders. Atlas agreed, Hercules picked up the apples and then ran off with them. Athena then took them back to the garden after Hercules showed King Eurystheus as they were property of Zeus.

Question 19

Cerberus

Answer 19

The retrieval of Cerberus from the underworld. Upon arriving there, Hercules was greeted by both Persephone and Hades who presented him with a challenge. If he could capture Cerberus without any weapons, he could take him back to King Eurystheus. Hercules accepted and used the stranglehold that had proved so successful against the Nemean Lion and Cretan bull. After Cerberus was shown to King Eurystheus, it was returned to Hades to guard the underworld.