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Famous Men of Greece
Lesson 6
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Herakles (Hercules) | greatest of the Greek heroes; mortal son of Zeus |
| Eurystheus | king of Mycenae; cousin of Hercules |
| 12 labors of Hercules | tasks that King Eurystheus gave to Hercules, which meant to kill him |
| Atlas | held up the sky; father of the Hesperides |
| Admetus; Alcestis | king and queen of Thessaly |
| Omphale | queen of Lydia |
| Deianira | wife of Hercules |
| Nessus | centaur; tried to abduct Deianira |
| firebrand | piece of burning wood |
| stag | adult male deer |
| steeds | spirited horses |
| girdle | bell or sash |
| centaur | half-man, half-horse; mythological creature |
| What did Hera send to Hercules? Why? and What happened? | She sent two serpents to devour him, because she hated Hercules. He killed the serpents. |
| What did the gods force Hercules to do? | He had to become the slave of his cousin Eurytheus. |
| Why did the gods take away Hercules strength? | Hercules killed a friend. The gods punished him by making him ill, and they would not cure him. So he tried to steal the tripod from the Oracle of Delphi. They took away his strength and made him a slave to Omphale who dressed him like a woman. |
| What deed did Hercules perform for his freind Admetus? | Hercules went to Hades and seized Admetus' wife, Alcestis, and returned her to her home. |
| How did Hercules die? | his wife Deianira put the centaur's blood on Hercules' robe. It burned him and killed him. He was cremated and his spirit went to the heavens where he was welcomed as a god! |
| Mycenae | place where Hercules served as a slave to his cousin Eurystheus |
| forest of Nemea | place where Hercules killed the lion (labor 1) |
| marsh of Lerna | place where Hercules killed the hydra (labor 2) |
| Arcadia | area in which the 12 labors occurred |
| Mt. Erymanthus | place where Hercules killed the boar (labor 4) |
| Lake Stymphalus | place where Hercules killed the birds with poisoned arrows (labor 6) |
| Crete | place where Hercules conquered the bull (labor 7) |
| Thrace | north-eastern area of Greece |
| Black Sea | part of the route of Jason and the Argonauts |
| Thessaly | home of Hercules friend Admetus |
| Delphi | place of an oracle |
| Lydia | place where Ophale kept Hercules as a slave, doing women's work |
| 1st Labor | Kill the Nemean lion |
| 2nd Labor | Kill the hydra of Lerna |
| 3rd Labor | Bring the stag with golden horns sacred to Artemis |
| 4th Labor | Kill the boar of Mt Erymanthus |
| 5th Labor | Clean the Augean stables |
| 6th Labor | Kill the birds of Lake Stymphalus |
| 7th Labor | Bring the bull of Crete |
| 8th Labor | Tame the horses of Diomedes |
| 9th Labor | Get the girdle of queen Hippolyte of the Amazons |
| 10th Labor | Bring the oxen of Geryon |
| 11th Labor | Get golden apples of the Hesperides |
| 12th Labor | Bring Cerberus, watchdog of the underworld |
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