hercules And That Flashcards
who were herculeses parents
zeus and alcheme as he disguised himself as her husband
why is hercules a universal hero
as a human turned god his jourey is relevant to everyone as he was physically on earth
what is the impotance of universal heros
showed the anthromorphic nature of gods but also the difference between hercules/mortals and the gods
why was a mortal turned god important for romans
they believed that humans could be precendence- their founder aeneus and romulus became gods too and hercules provides a precendence thhat mortals truly can become gods
how did hercules potentially found the olympics
after fighting and defeating augeus over the stables task hercule set up the olympics in honour of his victory and zeus as a celebration of human strength
provides the olympics with a significant divine orgin
why may hecules have not founded the olympics
there was another figure earlier called hercules who was attributed with creating it and also there is the story of the kings cariot race
how did herculeses 12 labours come about
hera was very jealous of hercules for his successes as he was not her child so she made him go mad and kill his family.
he asked the oracle delphi, who told him that he should serve his cousin eurystheus- his competitor at birth - and was told he had to complete 10 labours in order to purify his sins
what was herculeses first task and how did it go
he killed the nemean lion by strangling it as he found it wasnt affected by weapons, he them skinned it and wore its hide
what was herculeses second task and details
the hydra had many heads that kept gorwing back in double, hercules called on his cousinwho would burn the neck after he cut it off, stopping them from growing back
he dipped his arrows in its poisonous blood
what was herculeses third task and details
the boar was a huge powerful animal but he managed to bring it back alive to the king
what was his fourth task and details
the golden hind was very hard to find and took him a long time until it eventually wore out andhe brought it back
what was the fifth task and details
the birds were angry and ate people, he got a rattle from athena which he used to startle them and then shoot them down
what was his sixth task and details
the stables were home to loads of cows and augeus promised a remard if he could clean them in a day, hecules redirected a river through the middle and succeeded but didnt get any money in return
what was seventh task and details
the bull was the father of the minootaur but hercules managed to bring it back
what was the eighth task and details
the horses were trained to eat people by their master, so hercuels fed them their master and bid their mouths closed
what was the ninth task and details
the belt was held by the queen of the amazones, hercules brought an earmy but he learned that she actually really respected him- that was until hera wrongly told her he planned to attack. thinking he’d been tricked, hercules fought and killed the queen of the amazones taking her belt
what was the tenth task and details
the cattle were held at the end of the world by Greyon with six arms, hecules killed him with a poisoned arrow from the hydra
what two labours were seen as not ok
the hydra as he had to have a second hand and the stables because he was going to accept money
what were the last two tasks and details
to steal the holden apples protcted by hera, he had to find atlas who held up the heaevns. altlas fetched the apples as hercules held up the heavens but on return refused to swap back, hercules tricked him by saying he needed held repositioning himself and ran off with the apples
finally he wet dpwn the the underworld and asked for cerberus under the conditions that he would be returned
what was the symbolism of the golden apples
they granted immortalit and were symbolic of his ascention into divine god life after finishing the tasks
what is the symbolism of Hercules’ feature on the temple of zeus
they differ from his usual portayal,he is shown to be resting after fighting the lion, which shows him not to be an indestructable warrior but a flawed and brave mortal, encouraging the subjects to adapt the mindset
the emphasis is on humaniaty and endurance
he begins the taks sclean shaven and ends bearded which shows the physical toll it had on him
as well as the emphasis on humanity as athena is helping him hold the heavens with one hand while he (a human) is putting all of his strength into the task
how is hercules portrayed in his homeric hym
he is seen as a dual character, both strong and invincible but also very human, he shows the best of those on earth but also the limitations of mortals
the hyms were only dedicated to gods so we see the acceptance of his divine figure
he bridges mortality and divinity- he aids the roman belief of precendence and also shows the struggle of god tasks on mortals
who was cacus and how did hercules come across him
he was a fire breeathing son of vuclan whom stole some cattle from hercules was returning from his tenth labour
how did hercules defeat cacus
he circled his lair three times showing resilience, cacus had blocked himself in, hercules got in and choked him to death
