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Week 3 Flashcards

1
Q

Heracles

A

Greek Name

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2
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Heracle original name

A

Alcides

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3
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Heracle parents

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Alcmene and Zeus

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4
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Who did Zeus disguise himself as

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Amphytrion (Alcides husband)

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5
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Heracle’s twin

A

Iphicles

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6
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What happens when Heracle’s is born and why

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Hera sent two snakes to kill him because he was the product of Zeus’ affairs

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7
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What happenes to Heracle later

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Hera makes him go insane and kill his family

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8
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Heracle wife

A

Megara

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9
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What does Heracle do after killing his family

A

Goes to the Delphic Oracle

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10
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What does the Delphic Oracle tell him to do

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Serve his cousin Eurystheus

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11
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First task

A

Kill Nemean Lion

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12
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Second Task

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Lernean Hydra

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13
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Third task

A

Fetch Cerynthian Hind

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13
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Fourth task

A

Fetch Erymanthian Boar

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14
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Fifth task

A

Clean Augeian Stables

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15
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Sixth task

A

Chase away Stymphalian Birds

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16
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Ninth task

A

Fetch Girdle of Hippolyta

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16
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Seventh Task

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Fetch Cretan Bull

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16
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Eighth Task

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Fetch Mares of Diomedes

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17
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Eleventh task

A

Retrieve Golden Apples of Hespirides

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17
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Tenth task

A

Fetch Cattle of Geryon

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18
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Twelfth task

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Fetch Cerberus from the Underword

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19
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What happens when Heracle returns with the hide of the Nemean Lion

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Eurystheus hides in a bronze jar, Copreus assigns future labors

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19
Q

Who helped kill the Lernean Hydra

A

Heracle cousin Iolaus

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20
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What rivers did he use to clean the Stables

A

Alpheius and Peneius Rivers

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21
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What happens during the eighth labor

A

Abderus is eaten

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22
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Why was Heracle sent to get the Girdle of Hippolyta

A

Eurystheus wanted to give it to his daughter

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23
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Eurystheus daughter

A

Admete

24
Q

Who helps Heracle during his tenth labor

A

Helius let him use a gold cup as a ship

25
Q

Who did Heracle help during the eleventh task

A

He holds the Earth for Atlas

26
Q

Perseus parents

A

Danae and Zeus

27
Q

What happened to Danae

A

Her dad put her in a bronze tower because an oracle said her children would kill him but then later she was set out to sea in a box with Perseus

28
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Danae Dad

A

Acrisius

29
Q

What island did they land at

A

Seriphos

30
Q

Who found them

A

Dictys

31
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Dictys brother

A

King Polydectes

32
Q

What did perseus say to the king when he grows up

A

That he will bring him the head of Medusa

33
Q

Who helped Perseus

A

Hermes Athena Graiae and the Nymphs of the North

34
Q

What did Perseus receive from them

A

Curved sword, invisibility helmet, winged sandals, and a bag that can be any size

35
Q

What happens when he kills Medusa

A

Pegasus and Chrysaor pop out of her neck

36
Q

Where does he pass by on the way back

A

Ethiopia

37
Q

King and Queen of Ethiopia

A

King Cepheus and Queen Cassiopeia

38
Q

Cassiopeia daughter

A

Andromeda

39
Q

Thetis

A

A Nereid, the 50 sea nymphs

40
Q

Ceto

A

Sea-monster

41
Q

Phineus

A

Andromeda’s fiance

42
Q

What happens in Ethiopia

A

Cassiopeia said that Andromeda was prettier than Thetis, so Thetis sent Ceto and used Andromeda as a sacrifice to him but Perseus kills Ceto and marries Andromeda. Phineus is upset so he gets turned to stone

43
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What happened after Perseus and Andromeda settled down

A

They go to Larissa for an athletic event, in his Perseus throws a discus for a contest but hits an old man, Acrisius, in the crowd by mistake which kills him

44
Q

Who was given a pair of bronze castanets to assist in chasing the birds away from Lake Stymphalus?

A

Heracles

45
Q

For which of his labors did Heracles change the course of the Alpheius & Peneius rivers?

A

Cleaning the Augeian Stables

46
Q

What daughter of Creon did Heracles inadvertently kill in a fit of madness enduced by Hera?

A

Megara

46
Q

Who took refuge in a bronze jar because he was terrified by the sight of the Nemean Lion?

A

Eurystheus

47
Q

For which of his labors did Heracles demand the payment of one tenth of a herd of cattle?

A

Cleaning the Augeian Stables

48
Q

Who helped Heracles defeat the Hydra?

A

Iolaus

49
Q

What Bistonian king did Heracles feed to his own flesh eating horses?

A

Diomedes

50
Q

Heracles first ventured beyond the Peloponnese in order to retrieve what creature as his seventh labor for Eurystheus?

A

Cretan Bull

51
Q

For which of his labors did Heracles receive help from his nephew Iolaus?

A

Killing the Hydra

51
Q

Who terrified by the sight of the Nemean Lion hid in a bronze jar?

A

Eurystheus

52
Q

Who was the maiden rescued from a sea monster by Perseus?

A

Andromeda

52
Q

What fisherman gave shelter to Danae and her son Perseus?

A

Dictys

52
Q

Who fled to Larisa only to be killed there with a discus by his grandson Perseus?

A

Acrisius

53
Q

What mythological king of Mycenae, an ancestor of Heracles, was born in a bronze chamber?

A

Perseus

53
Q

From whom did Perseus learn the whereabouts of the nymphs who kept the weapons that were necessary for his quest to find and slay Medusa?

A

Graeae

54
Q

What king of Seriphos gave Perseus the task of bringing back the head of the Gorgon Medusa?

A

Polydectys

55
Q

For which of his labors did Heracles sail beyond the river Oceanus in a huge golden cup?

A

retreiving cattle of Geryon

56
Q

After pursuing it for a year all over Arcadia, what creature did Heracles finally ensnare in a bed of nets near the Ladon River?

A

Cerynithian Hind

56
Q

Who had told Deianeira that a cloak soaked in his blood would ensure Heracles’ faithfulness?

A

Nessus

57
Q

Whose girdle was thought to bestow some magical properties on its possessor and was involved in one of the labors of Hercules?

A

Hippolyta

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