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Hercules Flashcards

1
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Who was Hercules’ mother?

A

Alcmene

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2
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How did Zeus fool Alcmene to have Hercules?

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disguised as her husband Amphitryon

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3
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How was the Milky Way formed?

A

When Heracles suckled Hera, he suckled so strongly that her milk sprayed across the heavens

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4
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What was Heracles known as during his childhood?

A

Alcides

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5
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What does Heracles mean?

A

Hera’s pride

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6
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Who was Heracles’ mortal twin?

A

Iphicles

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7
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How old was Heracles when he strangled the snake?

A

8 months

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8
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What deity makes Heracles go insane and kill his first wife and children?

A

Hera

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9
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What wife does Heracles kill?

A

Megara

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10
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What oracle tells Heracles to serve his cousin to forgive his sins?

A

Delphic oracle

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11
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What cousin of Heracles assigns him his labors?

A

Eurystheus

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12
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What wife of Heracles is raped by a centaur?

A

Deianeira

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13
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What centaur rapes Deianeira?

A

Nessus

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14
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What river was Deianeira raped in?

A

Evenus river

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15
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What land was Deianeira the princess of?

A

Calydon

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16
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Who were Deianeira’s parents?

A

Althaea and Oeneus

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17
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What princess did Heracles fall in love with that ultimately led to his poisoning?

A

Iole

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18
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Who did Hercules ask to build his funeral pyre?

A

Philoctetes

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19
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Who did Hercules marry after he was deified?

A

Hebe

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20
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What was Hebe the goddess of?

A

youth

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21
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What was Hercules’ first labor?

A

Kill Nemean Lion

22
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What was Heracles’ second labor?

A

Lernean Hydra

23
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What was Hercules’ third labor?

A

Fetch Cerynthian Hind

24
Q

What was Hercules’ fourth labor?

A

Fetch Erymanthian Boar

25
Q

What was Hercules’ fifth labor?

A

Clean Augeian Stables

26
Q

What two rivers did Hercules divert to clean the Augeian stables?

A

Alpheius and Peneius

27
Q

After killing the Nemean Lion, Eurystheus got scared and hid in a bronze jar. What man assigned his future labors?

A

Copreus

28
Q

When killing the Lernean Hydra, who assisted Hercules?

A

His cousin/nephew Iolaus

29
Q

What river does Hercules catch the Cerynthian Hide at?

A

Ladon

30
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What was Hercules’ 6th labor?

A

Chase away Stymphalian birds

31
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What was Hercules’ 7th labor?

A

Fetch Cretan bull

32
Q

When killing the Stymphalian birds, what were Hercules’ arrows covered with?

A

Poisonous blood of the Lernean Hydra

33
Q

What goddess gave Hercules the idea to skin the Nemean lion with its own claw?

A

Athena

34
Q

What centaur, after raping Deianeira, was killed by means of Hercules’ poisoned arrows?

A

Nessus

35
Q

What four areas did Hercules chase the Cerynian Hide through?

A

Greece, Thrace, Istria, and land of Hyperboreans

36
Q

What kind centaur did Hercules visit on his way to fetch the Erymanthian boar?

A

Pholus

37
Q

Who made the rattle that Hercules used to scare the Stymphalian birds?

A

Hephaestus

38
Q

What was Hercules’ 8th labor?

A

Fetch Mares of Diomedes

39
Q

What man, who accompanied Hercules on his 8th labor, was eaten by the mares of Diomedes?

A

Abderus

40
Q

What labor of Hercules was he sent on by Eurystheus to get a gift for his daughter?

A

Fetch Girdle of Hippolyta

41
Q

Who did Theseus and Hippolyta have together?

A

Hippolytus

42
Q

What daughter of Eurystheus did he want to give the girdle?

A

Admete

43
Q

What was Hercules’ 10th labor?

A

Fetch Cattle of Geryon

44
Q

Whose golden cup did Hercules use to fetch the Cattle of Geryon?

A

Helios’

45
Q

What was Hercules’ 11th labor?

A

Retrieve Golden Apples of Hespirides

46
Q

Who does Hercules assist in return for information about the Golden Apples of Hespirides?

A

Atlas

47
Q

What was Hercules’ 12th labor?

A

Fetch Cerberus from the Underworld

48
Q

What did Hercules use to scare the birds away?

A

krotala

49
Q

Who gave Hercules the krotala?

A

Athens

50
Q

Who was the father of Iole?

A

Eurytus

51
Q

Who tricked Eleitheiya into allowing the birth of Hercules?

A

Galanthis

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