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Title: HERCULES


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HERCULES
  • BY VICTORIA
  • JOSEPH
  • VERONICA

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HERCULES
  • greatest hero of Greece
  • strongest man on Earth
  • gods needed his help to defeat Giants in final
    victory of Olympians
  • couldnt be defeated
  • only weakness was supernatural force
  • Hera used magic to kill him

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HERCULES
  • Intellect not as strong as strength
  • He was too hot so he pointed his arrow at the sun
    and said he would shoot him
  • Boat was being rocked by waves, told them to calm
    down or hell punish them

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HERCULES
  • Could never control emotions
  • Outburst of anger were fatal to objects
  • When raged passed he would punish himself

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Sleep, my little ones, soul of my soul
  • Born in Thebes
  • Son of Z Alcmena
  • Z disguised himself as Alcmenas husband
    Amphityron, then mated with her
  • Hs twin brother Iphicles
  • H to Z I to A

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He shall be the hero of mankind
  • Hera outraged, sent two snakes to kill H
  • H strangled snakes to death
  • Alcmena met Teiresias, blind prophet
  • T told A that H would be a hero

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HERCULES
  • H hated music
  • Killed his music teacher with no intention
  • learned fencing, wrestling, driving
  • teachers survived

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Family Man
  • Married princess Megara
  • M gave birth to 3 sons
  • H went mad killed them all, magic from Hera

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HERCULES
  • After H killed his family, he moved with his
    friend Theseus in Athens
  • He visits his oracle at Delphi
  • Told him to go to Eurystheus, King of Mycenae
  • E would purify him for his wrong doing with 12
    labors

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1st Labor
  • Hs first task was to kill the lion Nemea
  • No weapon could kill it
  • H choked the life out of him
  • Carried carcass back to Mycenae

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2nd Labor
  • Kill nine headed, Hydra
  • One head immortal
  • Cutting off the head, would grow back with two
    more
  • Nephew Iolaus brought a burning brand to sear
    each neck while H would cut each off head
  • H buried immortal head

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3rd Labor
  • Bring back a stag (deer) with gold horns, sacred
    to Artemis
  • One year for H to hunt it

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4th Labor
  • Capture a great boar
  • Chased it until it was tired then drove it into
    deep snow

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5th Labor
  • Clean Augean stables in 1 day
  • H changed the course of two rivers which washed
    through the stables

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6th Labor
  • Drive the Stymphalian birds away
  • Athena helped H shoot birds

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7th Labor
  • Go to Crete and steal the bull that Poseidon gave
    to Minos

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8th Labor
  • Kill the man-eating mares (horses) of Diomedes
  • Slew Diomedes than drove off the mares

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9th Labor
  • Bring back girdle of Hippolyta, Queen of the
    Amazons
  • H reached Hippolyta she showed kindness until
    Hera put a spell on Amazons to kill H
  • H then killed Hippolyta thinking she was at blame
    for the attack

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10th Labor
  • Bring back the cattle of Geryon a 3-bodied monster

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11th Labor
  • Bring back golden apples of Hesperides, H went to
    Atlas who bore the Earth on his shoulders
  • A asked H to hold the Earth while he fetched for
    them
  • A brought the apples but said he would return
    them while H would forever carry the burden
  • H tricked him by asking A to hold it for a second
    so he could put a pad on his shoulders to relieve
    some pressure

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12th Labor
  • To bring Cerberus from Hades
  • H brought him back with his bare hands
  • But Eurystheus made him bring it back

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HERCULES
  • Many other stories were written of Hercules
  • He was finally reconciled by Zeus and Hera
  • Married Heras daughter Hebe
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