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Hercules!!
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Hercules | the hero! |
| Hera | Hercules' step mom (Latin name: Juno) |
| Zeus | Hercules' dad (Latin name: Jupiter) |
| Eurystheus | Hercules' mean cousin |
| Hydra | many-headed monster |
| Erymanthean Boar | this porcine beast terrorized the countryside |
| Nemean Lion | this monster had impenetrable skin |
| Cerynean Stag | a very fast deer |
| the Augean Stables | the most crappy labor |
| Stymphalian Birds | these were frightened by rattles |
| Cretan Bull | father of the minotaur |
| Mares of Diomedes | flesh eating horses -- fun! |
| Belt of Hippolyta | this belonged an amazon queen |
| Cattle of Geryon | these belonged to a multi-bodied giant |
| Apples of Hesperides | these were found at the end of the world |
| Cerberus | everyone's favorite pup |
| Iphicles | Hercules' mortal brother |
| Amphitryon | Hercules' mortal father |
| Alcmene | Hercules' mother |
| snaaaaakes!! | attacked baby Hercules |
| Megara | Hercules' first wife, killed by Hercules in a fit of madness |
| Deinara | Hercules' second wife--accidentally poisons him) |
| Atlas | guards the apples of the Hesperides |
| Crab | the lesser known side-kick of the Hydra |
| Iolaus | Hercules' nephew and sometime helper |
| Philoctetes | the only man brave enough to light Hercules' funeral pyre |