Lecture 31/32

Question 1

Achelous

Answer 1

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

Question 2

Alcestis

Answer 2

Wife of Admetus, brought back to life by Heracles

Question 3

Alcmena

Answer 3

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

Question 4

Antaeus

Answer 4

Son of Poseidon and Ge, killed by Heracles

Question 5

Athloi

Answer 5

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

Question 6

Busiris

Answer 6

King of Egypt killed by Heracles

Question 7

Cercopes

Answer 7

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

Question 8

Chiron

Answer 8

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

Question 9

Deianera

Answer 9

Second wife of Heracles’, accidentally poisons him

Question 10

Electryon

Answer 10

King of Mycenae, father of Alcmena

Question 11

Erythia

Answer 11

Island Geryon lived on

Question 12

Eurystheus

Answer 12

Descendant of Zeus for whom Heracles performed his labours

Question 13

Eurytion

Answer 13

Giant herdsman, lived on the island of Erythia

Question 14

Iole

Answer 14

Daughter of Eurytus, sister to Iphitus, beloved by Heracles

Question 15

Geryon

Answer 15

Three-bodied son of Chrysaor, killed by Heracles

Question 16

Hesperides

Answer 16

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

Question 17

Hippolyta

Answer 17

Queen of the Amazons, killed by Heracles

Question 18

Iolaus

Answer 18

Nephew of Heracles, sometimes helped him in his labours

Question 19

Iphicles

Answer 19

Son of Alcmena and Amphitryon

Question 20

Ladon

Answer 20

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

Question 21

Linus

Answer 21

Heracles’ music teacher, killed by Heracles with a lyre

Question 22

Megara

Answer 22

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

Question 23

Mount Oeta

Answer 23

Mountain where Heracles’ funeral pyre was

Question 24

Nereus

Answer 24

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

Question 25

Nessus

Answer 25

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

Question 26

Omphale

Answer 26

Queen of the Lydians, bought Heracles for 1 year

Question 27

Orthus

Answer 27

2 headed-hound of Eurytion

Question 28

Parergon

Answer 28

Pl. Parerga, side quests

Question 29

Pholus

Answer 29

Centaur who gave Heracles wine

Question 30

Pillars of Heracles

Answer 30

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

Question 31

Poeas

Answer 31

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

Question 32

Thespius

Answer 32

King of Thespiae, offered his 50 daughters to Heracles

Question 33

Trachis

Answer 33

Region associated with Heracles’ death