Heracles Birth & Early life (Greek)

Question 1

What was Heracles the founder of?

Answer 1

the Olympic games

Question 2

What type of games were the original Olympic games?

Answer 2

religious

Question 3

When were the Olympic games founded?

Answer 3

776BC

Question 4

What type of child was Heracles?

Answer 4

a bastard child

Question 5

what is a bastard child?

Answer 5

a child born out of wedlock

Question 6

Who were Heracles’ parents?

Answer 6

Zeus and Alcmene

Question 7

TRUE OR FALSE
Alcmene was an immortal.

Answer 7

False Alcmene was a mortal

Question 8

What does Heracles mean?

Answer 8

‘Glory of Hera’

Question 9

Who was Heracles’ step-father?

Answer 9

Amphitryon

Question 10

Where was Heracles born?

Answer 10

Thebes

Question 11

Why was Heracles named Heracles?

Answer 11

In order for his mother Alcmene to try and please the Goddess Hera

Question 12

What house is Heracles from?

Answer 12

The house of Perseus

Question 13

Where was Amphitryon when Zeus got Alcmene pregnant?

Answer 13

away on a campaign with the King of Thebes

Question 14

How was Zeus able to trick Alcmene into sleeping with him?

Answer 14

by disguising himself as Amphitryon.

Question 15

How did Amphitryon find out about Zeus and Alcmene?

Answer 15

through a Seer

Question 16

How did Amphitryon react when he found out that Alcmene had slept with Zeus?

Answer 16

he was relived and did not punish her

Question 17

What happened to Alcmene after sleeping with both Zeus and her husband?

Answer 17

she became pregnant with two children

Question 18

What were the two children Alcmene had named?

Answer 18

Heracles and Iphicles

Question 19

How did Hera react to Zeus impregnating Alcmene?

Answer 19

She was very Angry at Zeus for his promiscuities

Question 20

What did Hera make Zeus vow?

Answer 20

the first son of the house of Perseus would rule Mycenae

Question 21

What did Zeus boast about?

Answer 21

that he would have his son ruling on earth while he ruled the sky and underworld.

Question 22

What did Hera want to stop?

Answer 22

Heracles from becoming the king of Mycenae

Question 23

Who did Hera send to Alcmene?

Answer 23

Eileithyia

Question 24

What is Eileithyia the Goddess of ?

Answer 24

midwives and Childbirth

Question 25

What did Eileithyia do to Alcmene?

Answer 25

sit on her belly prolonging her pregnancy

Question 26

What did Hera want to achieve by sending Eileithyia to Alcmene?

Answer 26

She wanted Alcmene and her children to die.

Question 27

Who was the first son born in the house of Perseus?

Answer 27

Eurystheus

Question 28

What did Hera do when her first plan failed?

Answer 28

she sent two snakes to the brothers

Question 29

How did Hera's 2nd plan turn out?

Answer 29

it failed, Heracles killed both snakes by strangling them

Question 30

Why does Alcmene leave Heracles alone in the woods?

Answer 30

she is terrified of Hera's wrath

Question 31

Which God found Heracles in the woods?

Answer 31

Athena

Question 32

Where does Athena take Heracles?

Answer 32

Olympus

Question 33

Who does Athena give Heracles to?

Answer 33

Hera

Question 34

What does Hera not realise about Heracles whilst breastfeeding him?

Answer 34

that he is Zeus' child with Alcmene

Question 35

What does Hera do with Heracles when he ends up in Olympia?

Answer 35

breastfeed him

Question 36

How did Heracles get his strength?

Answer 36

from Hera's breastmilk

Question 37

What caused the milky way?

Answer 37

Heracles biting Hera breast which made milk flow into the universe

Question 38

Which God favoured and was the protector of Heracles?

Answer 38

Athena

Question 39

Why did Athena favour Heracles?

Answer 39

-because she related to him (Zeus' child but not Hera's)

Question 40

Who was Heracles' first wife?

Answer 40

Megara

Question 41

TRUE OR FALSE Heracles had no children with his first wife.

Answer 41

False

Question 42

What is a Kylix?

Answer 42

a drinking cup with 2 handles

Question 43

What did Hera send Heracles after he married his first wife?

Answer 43

madness

Question 44

What did Heracles do after receiving what Hera sent him?

Answer 44

he frenzied and killed his wife and children

Question 45

How did Heracles feel after coming back to his senses?

Answer 45

he felt disgusted in himself

Question 46

Where did he go to try find redemption?

Answer 46

The Oracle at Delphi

Question 47

Who controlled the Oracle of Delphi?

Answer 47

Hera

Question 48

What was Heracles told to do at the Oracle?

Answer 48

to go see his cousin King Eurystheus

Question 49

What did King Eurystheus send him on?

Answer 49

the 12 labours

Question 50

What were the labours?

Answer 50

a form of punishment for Heracles.