Hercules Flashcards
Who was Hercules’ mother?
Alcmene
How did Zeus fool Alcmene to have Hercules?
disguised as her husband Amphitryon
How was the Milky Way formed?
When Heracles suckled Hera, he suckled so strongly that her milk sprayed across the heavens
What was Heracles known as during his childhood?
Alcides
What does Heracles mean?
Hera’s pride
Who was Heracles’ mortal twin?
Iphicles
How old was Heracles when he strangled the snake?
8 months
What deity makes Heracles go insane and kill his first wife and children?
Hera
What wife does Heracles kill?
Megara
What oracle tells Heracles to serve his cousin to forgive his sins?
Delphic oracle
What cousin of Heracles assigns him his labors?
Eurystheus
What wife of Heracles is raped by a centaur?
Deianeira
What centaur rapes Deianeira?
Nessus
What river was Deianeira raped in?
Evenus river
What land was Deianeira the princess of?
Calydon
Who were Deianeira’s parents?
Althaea and Oeneus
What princess did Heracles fall in love with that ultimately led to his poisoning?
Iole
Who did Hercules ask to build his funeral pyre?
Philoctetes
Who did Hercules marry after he was deified?
Hebe
What was Hebe the goddess of?
youth
What was Hercules’ first labor?
Kill Nemean Lion
What was Heracles’ second labor?
Lernean Hydra
What was Hercules’ third labor?
Fetch Cerynthian Hind
What was Hercules’ fourth labor?
Fetch Erymanthian Boar
What was Hercules’ fifth labor?
Clean Augeian Stables
What two rivers did Hercules divert to clean the Augeian stables?
Alpheius and Peneius
After killing the Nemean Lion, Eurystheus got scared and hid in a bronze jar. What man assigned his future labors?
Copreus
When killing the Lernean Hydra, who assisted Hercules?
His cousin/nephew Iolaus
What river does Hercules catch the Cerynthian Hide at?
Ladon
What was Hercules’ 6th labor?
Chase away Stymphalian birds
What was Hercules’ 7th labor?
Fetch Cretan bull
When killing the Stymphalian birds, what were Hercules’ arrows covered with?
Poisonous blood of the Lernean Hydra
What goddess gave Hercules the idea to skin the Nemean lion with its own claw?
Athena
What centaur, after raping Deianeira, was killed by means of Hercules’ poisoned arrows?
Nessus
What four areas did Hercules chase the Cerynian Hide through?
Greece, Thrace, Istria, and land of Hyperboreans
What kind centaur did Hercules visit on his way to fetch the Erymanthian boar?
Pholus
Who made the rattle that Hercules used to scare the Stymphalian birds?
Hephaestus
What was Hercules’ 8th labor?
Fetch Mares of Diomedes
What man, who accompanied Hercules on his 8th labor, was eaten by the mares of Diomedes?
Abderus
What labor of Hercules was he sent on by Eurystheus to get a gift for his daughter?
Fetch Girdle of Hippolyta
Who did Theseus and Hippolyta have together?
Hippolytus
What daughter of Eurystheus did he want to give the girdle?
Admete
What was Hercules’ 10th labor?
Fetch Cattle of Geryon
Whose golden cup did Hercules use to fetch the Cattle of Geryon?
Helios’
What was Hercules’ 11th labor?
Retrieve Golden Apples of Hespirides
Who does Hercules assist in return for information about the Golden Apples of Hespirides?
Atlas
What was Hercules’ 12th labor?
Fetch Cerberus from the Underworld
What did Hercules use to scare the birds away?
krotala
Who gave Hercules the krotala?
Athens
Who was the father of Iole?
Eurytus
Who tricked Eleitheiya into allowing the birth of Hercules?
Galanthis
