hercules' life and other stories Flashcards
who are herakles’ parents
Zeus and Alcmene
what books have Hercules’ stories
Virgil’s Aeneid and Ovid’s Metamorphoses
what did he do soon after his brith
strangled two poisonous snakes
who is hercules cousin
eurytheus
who became hercules protector after he was abandoned
athena
how did hera punish him
gave him a madness where he killed his wife - Megara, and their children
why did he have to complete labours
to repay the king of Mycenae (Eurystheus, his cousin) for killing his wife and children
who is achelous
river god who fought and lost to hercules
in which book is the story of achelous and hercules
ovid’s metamorphoses
why did achelous and hercules fight
they both wanted to marry Deianira
how does the fight start
hercules starts it by managing to jump onto achelous
what does achelous turn into
a snake then a bull
what does hercules do to achelous
rips off his horn when in bull form
what does achelous’ horn become
the cornucopia - horn of plenty
what happens when Hercules and Deianira are travelling and they reach a river
Nessus offers to helo them
who is nessus
a centaur who tried to abduct Deianira
how does nessus abduct Deianira
whilst hercules swims across the river he takes her and tries to run away
why does nessus fail to abduct deianira
hercules shoots him with a poisoned arrow
what does nessus give deianira as his parting gift
his blood and poison stained shirt
when does deianira give nessus’ shirt to hercules
when she thinks hercules has fallen in love with another woman
how does hercules die
he wears the shirt and it poisons him
who is lichas
hercules servant who gets thrown off a cliff and turns into stone because of the impact
who is cacus
a monster who lived in a cave on the avantine hill who terrorised villages
who is cacus’ dad
Hephaestus
