Heroes Flashcards
What part of Greece were Hercules first 6 labors in?
Peloponnesus
What was Hercules 1st labor and how did he complete it?
To kill the man eating lion that had an impenetrable hide. He used his bare hands to strangle it and his club. Athena instructed him to use the pelt of the lion as armor, so it became part of his iconography
What was Hercules 2nd labor and how did he complete it?
He had to kill the Hydra that grew back twice as many heads every time one was cut off. His nephew Iolaus was there to listen to Athena and help Hercules use fire to prevent the cut off heads from growing back. He also trapped the last two immortal heads under a rock
What was Hercules 3rd labor and how did he complete?
He had to capture the favorite pet of Artemis, a deer that was really fast and had golden antlers. Athena instructs him to shoot an arrow just between the hole in its legs and it falls. Artemis surprisingly does not punish him
What was Hercules 4th labor and how did he complete it?
He had to find and retrieve a dangerous boar. Comes across Pholus who displays Xenia but cannot give Hercules wine, which causes a fight to break out and he eventually kills a lot of centaurs including Pholus and Chiron before finding the boar
What was Hercules 5th labor and how did he complete it?
He had to clean every stall from King Augeas’s immortal cow heard. He makes a bet with the king that he can do it all in a day. Athena instructs him to divert the stream of a river and it washes all the stalls clean. Augeas refuses to pay Hercules and he kills him to make his son king instead
What was Hercules 6th labor and how did he complete it?
He had to kill dangerous killer birds with sharp beaks and talons. Athena made a large bell that produced a loud noise and sent all the birds into flight for Hercules to shoot
Where did labor 7 take place and what was it?
He had to go the farthest place south to retrieve the Cretan bull from the story of Midos
Where did labor 8 take place and what was it?
He went the farthest place east to kill the man eating horses of Diomedes. Hercules ends up feeding Diomedes to his own mares
Where did labor 9 take place and what was it?
He went the farthest place north to retrieve the belt that the queen of the Amazons wears gifted to her by Ares. The queen was willing to hand it over to Hercules until a fight broke out anyway because Hera disguised herself and caused trouble. He ended up killing a significant number of them
What did Hercules do in Troy?
He saved Laomdeon’s daughter from the water beast sent by Poseidon, and because he was refused payment, he killed every male citizen in Troy
Where did labor 10 take place and what was it?
He went the farthest place west to retrieve a special herd of cattle all the way in Spain. Helios helped him by providing his cup as a quick form of transportation, and he had to kill orthus, Geryon, and the son of Ares to get to the herd. All the cows eventually stray off path and Hercules has to track them down
Who was Cacus?
A livestock killing beast that breathed fire, who Hercules had to fight to get some of his cattle back
Who was Antaeus?
Child of Gaea who demanded a toll from travelers, he wrestled them and always won. Hercules figures out from Athena that his powers come from the Earth, so he picks him up and strangles him
What was Hercules 11th labor and how did he complete it?
He had to retrieve the apples from the Hesperides guarded in a sacred garden no one knew of. He went to Nereus but even he didn’t know, and he eventually got the help of Atlas
