Hercules Greeces greatest hero

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HerculesGreeces greatest hero
B92310009 Yu Hsien Lin B92310043 Huan Hsiao
Chang
Department of Environmental Biology and Fisheries
Science

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Birth of Hercules

• Father Zeus
• Mother Alcmene

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Hera and Hercules

• Hercules glorious gift of Hera
• send snake
• Hera make him crazy? murder his wife and children

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12 Labors

• Apollo and Hercules
• Eurysthues king of Mycenae
• Further adventures for Hercules

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1.The Nemean Lion

• Lion skib of invulnerable
• Arrow?Choke
• Get skin of the lion

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2.The Hydra of Lerna

• Hydra immortal and indesteructible
• Iolaus
• Cut? Burn? under rock
• Crab from Hera help Hydra

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3.The Cerynitian Hind

• Hind a red deer with golden horns
• Belong to Artemis
• Hercules use the nets
• Apollo Artemis Promise

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4.The Erymanthian Boar

• Boar huge, bad temper, attack men and animal
• Chase? Drive it into deep snow

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5.The Stables of Augeas

• King Augeas
• In a single day and without the assistance
• Humiliate decline to be done by his own hand

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6.The Stymphalian Birds

• Chase away birds Lake Stymphalus
• Athena brazen castanets ( from Hephaestus)
• Clash? shot them down

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7.The Cretan Bull

• Cretan bull from Poseidon
• Poseidons punishment

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8.The MARES OF DIOMEDES

• Diomedes son of Ares
• 1.drive it to the beach?defeat them slay
  Diomedes
• 2.kill Diomedes by throwing him to mares

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9.The Belt of Hippolyte

• Eurytheus daugher desire to own the belt of Ares
• Possessor Amazons Hippolyte
• Hera disguise an Amazon carry off Queen
• Fighting Hercules win

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10. The Cattle of Geryon

• Geryon king of Iberia the body of three man
  grown together
• Herdsman Eurytion two-headed watchdog
• Club the dog kill the man
• Menoetes report Geryon? be killed
• Took cattle away

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11. The Apples of the Hesperides

• Hesperides daughter of Atlas
• Prometheus ask Atlas to fetch apples
• Pillar of Heaven
• Rival? Athena? Hesperides

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Prometheus Hercules
Heracles came to Mount Caucasus, killed the
eagle, and released him
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12. The Capture of Cerberus

• Menoetes wrestle
• Ask Hedes for Cerberus Master without weapon
• Dragon in tail
• In chains by Persephone

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Woman and Hercules

• Hera
• Megara
• Deianira
• Hebe

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References

• http//homepage.mac.com/
• http//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/
• http//www.perseus.tufts.edu/

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Hercules and Eurytheus

• Zeus declaration
• Hera

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Second wife

• Deianira wrestle with the river-god
• Ferryman centaur, Nessos? assault Derianira? be
  shot
• Blood love potion

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Hercules and Hebe

• Hercules' funeral pyre.
• Zeus he had suffered enough.
• Hera agreed and ended her anger.

• Athena?Olympus
• Marry hebe