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Lecture 31/32 Flashcards

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Achelous

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River god with the horns of a bull, shapeshifter, wrestled by Heracles to marry Deianera

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Alcestis

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Wife of Admetus, brought back to life by Heracles

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Alcmena

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Wife of Amphitryon, seduced by Zeus, mother of Heracles and Iphicles

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Antaeus

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Son of Poseidon and Ge, killed by Heracles

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Athloi

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‘Contests undertaken for a prize’, refers to Heracles’ labours

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Busiris

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King of Egypt killed by Heracles

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Cercopes

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Pair of dwarfs who tried to rob Heracles, turned into apes/stones by Zeus

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Chiron

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Wise centaur, struck by Heracles’ poison arrow, exchanged immortality with Prometheus

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Deianera

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Second wife of Heracles’, accidentally poisons him

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Electryon

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King of Mycenae, father of Alcmena

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Erythia

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Island Geryon lived on

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Eurystheus

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Descendant of Zeus for whom Heracles performed his labours

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Eurytion

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Giant herdsman, lived on the island of Erythia

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Iole

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Daughter of Eurytus, sister to Iphitus, beloved by Heracles

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Geryon

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Three-bodied son of Chrysaor, killed by Heracles

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Hesperides

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‘Daughters of evening’, three guardians of the tree with golden apples

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Hippolyta

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Queen of the Amazons, killed by Heracles

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Iolaus

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Nephew of Heracles, sometimes helped him in his labours

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Iphicles

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Son of Alcmena and Amphitryon

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Ladon

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Serpent which guards the tree with the golden apples, killed by Heracles

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Linus

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Heracles’ music teacher, killed by Heracles with a lyre

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Megara

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Heracles’ first wife whom he killed in a fit of madness

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Mount Oeta

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Mountain where Heracles’ funeral pyre was

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Nereus

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Sea god who told Heracles where to find the Apples of the Hesperides

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Nessus

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Centaur who tried to rape Deianera, killed by Heracles, tricks Deianera into taking his blood

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Omphale

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Queen of the Lydians, bought Heracles for 1 year

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Orthus

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2 headed-hound of Eurytion

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Parergon

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Pl. Parerga, side quests

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Pholus

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Centaur who gave Heracles wine

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Pillars of Heracles

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Monument set up for Heracles’ 10th labour, Rock of Gibraltar

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Poeas

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Father of Philoctetes, given Heracles’ bow for lighting his pyre

32
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Thespius

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King of Thespiae, offered his 50 daughters to Heracles

33
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Trachis

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Region associated with Heracles’ death

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