Week 3 Flashcards
Heracles
Greek Name
Heracle original name
Alcides
Heracle parents
Alcmene and Zeus
Who did Zeus disguise himself as
Amphytrion (Alcides husband)
Heracle’s twin
Iphicles
What happens when Heracle’s is born and why
Hera sent two snakes to kill him because he was the product of Zeus’ affairs
What happenes to Heracle later
Hera makes him go insane and kill his family
Heracle wife
Megara
What does Heracle do after killing his family
Goes to the Delphic Oracle
What does the Delphic Oracle tell him to do
Serve his cousin Eurystheus
First task
Kill Nemean Lion
Second Task
Lernean Hydra
Third task
Fetch Cerynthian Hind
Fourth task
Fetch Erymanthian Boar
Fifth task
Clean Augeian Stables
Sixth task
Chase away Stymphalian Birds
Ninth task
Fetch Girdle of Hippolyta
Seventh Task
Fetch Cretan Bull
Eighth Task
Fetch Mares of Diomedes
Eleventh task
Retrieve Golden Apples of Hespirides
Tenth task
Fetch Cattle of Geryon
Twelfth task
Fetch Cerberus from the Underword
What happens when Heracle returns with the hide of the Nemean Lion
Eurystheus hides in a bronze jar, Copreus assigns future labors
Who helped kill the Lernean Hydra
Heracle cousin Iolaus
What rivers did he use to clean the Stables
Alpheius and Peneius Rivers
What happens during the eighth labor
Abderus is eaten
Why was Heracle sent to get the Girdle of Hippolyta
Eurystheus wanted to give it to his daughter
Eurystheus daughter
Admete
Who helps Heracle during his tenth labor
Helius let him use a gold cup as a ship
Who did Heracle help during the eleventh task
He holds the Earth for Atlas
Perseus parents
Danae and Zeus
What happened to Danae
Her dad put her in a bronze tower because an oracle said her children would kill him but then later she was set out to sea in a box with Perseus
Danae Dad
Acrisius
What island did they land at
Seriphos
Who found them
Dictys
Dictys brother
King Polydectes
What did perseus say to the king when he grows up
That he will bring him the head of Medusa
Who helped Perseus
Hermes Athena Graiae and the Nymphs of the North
What did Perseus receive from them
Curved sword, invisibility helmet, winged sandals, and a bag that can be any size
What happens when he kills Medusa
Pegasus and Chrysaor pop out of her neck
Where does he pass by on the way back
Ethiopia
King and Queen of Ethiopia
King Cepheus and Queen Cassiopeia
Cassiopeia daughter
Andromeda
Thetis
A Nereid, the 50 sea nymphs
Ceto
Sea-monster
Phineus
Andromeda’s fiance
What happens in Ethiopia
Cassiopeia said that Andromeda was prettier than Thetis, so Thetis sent Ceto and used Andromeda as a sacrifice to him but Perseus kills Ceto and marries Andromeda. Phineus is upset so he gets turned to stone
What happened after Perseus and Andromeda settled down
They go to Larissa for an athletic event, in his Perseus throws a discus for a contest but hits an old man, Acrisius, in the crowd by mistake which kills him
Who was given a pair of bronze castanets to assist in chasing the birds away from Lake Stymphalus?
Heracles
For which of his labors did Heracles change the course of the Alpheius & Peneius rivers?
Cleaning the Augeian Stables
What daughter of Creon did Heracles inadvertently kill in a fit of madness enduced by Hera?
Megara
Who took refuge in a bronze jar because he was terrified by the sight of the Nemean Lion?
Eurystheus
For which of his labors did Heracles demand the payment of one tenth of a herd of cattle?
Cleaning the Augeian Stables
Who helped Heracles defeat the Hydra?
Iolaus
What Bistonian king did Heracles feed to his own flesh eating horses?
Diomedes
Heracles first ventured beyond the Peloponnese in order to retrieve what creature as his seventh labor for Eurystheus?
Cretan Bull
For which of his labors did Heracles receive help from his nephew Iolaus?
Killing the Hydra
Who terrified by the sight of the Nemean Lion hid in a bronze jar?
Eurystheus
Who was the maiden rescued from a sea monster by Perseus?
Andromeda
What fisherman gave shelter to Danae and her son Perseus?
Dictys
Who fled to Larisa only to be killed there with a discus by his grandson Perseus?
Acrisius
What mythological king of Mycenae, an ancestor of Heracles, was born in a bronze chamber?
Perseus
From whom did Perseus learn the whereabouts of the nymphs who kept the weapons that were necessary for his quest to find and slay Medusa?
Graeae
What king of Seriphos gave Perseus the task of bringing back the head of the Gorgon Medusa?
Polydectys
For which of his labors did Heracles sail beyond the river Oceanus in a huge golden cup?
retreiving cattle of Geryon
After pursuing it for a year all over Arcadia, what creature did Heracles finally ensnare in a bed of nets near the Ladon River?
Cerynithian Hind
Who had told Deianeira that a cloak soaked in his blood would ensure Heracles’ faithfulness?
Nessus
Whose girdle was thought to bestow some magical properties on its possessor and was involved in one of the labors of Hercules?
Hippolyta
