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HerculesGreece’s greatest hero
B92310009 Yu Hsien LinB92310043Huan Hsiao Chang
Department of Environmental Biology and Fisheries Science
Birth of Hercules
• Father: Zeus• Mother: Alcmene
Hera and Hercules
• Hercules: glorious gift of Hera
• send snake• Hera make him
crazy murder his wife and children
12 Labors
• Apollo and Hercules• Eurysthues: king of Mycenae • Further adventures for Hercules
•Lion: skib of invulnerable•ArrowChoke•Get skin of the lion
1.The Nemean Lion
2.The Hydra of Lerna
•Hydra: immortal and indesteructible•Iolaus•Cut Burn under rock•Crab from Hera: help Hydra
3.The Cerynitian Hind
• Hind: a red deer with golden horns
• Belong to Artemis• Hercules: use the nets• Apollo & Artemis:
Promise
4.The Erymanthian Boar
• Boar: huge, bad temper, attack men and animal
• Chase Drive it into deep snow
5.The Stables of Augeas • King Augeas• In a single day and without the assistance• Humiliate: decline to be done by his own hand
6.The Stymphalian Birds
• Chase away birds: Lake Stymphalus
• Athena: brazen castanets ( from Hephaestus)
• Clash shot them down
• Cretan bull: from Poseidon
• Poseidon’s punishment
7.The Cretan Bull
8.The MARES OF DIOMEDES
• Diomedes: son of Ares
• 1.drive it to the beachdefeat them & slay Diomedes
• 2.kill Diomedes by throwing him to mares
9.The Belt of Hippolyte
Asia Minor • Eurytheus’ daugher de
sire to own the belt of Ares
• Possessor: Amazons Hippolyte
• Hera disguise an Amazon: carry off Queen
• Fighting: Hercules win
10. The Cattle of Geryon • Geryon: king of Iberia: t
he body of three man grown together
• Herdsman: Eurytion: two-headed watchdog
• Club the dog & kill the man
• Menoetes: report Geryon be killed
• Took cattle away
• Hesperides: daughter of Atlas
• Prometheus: ask Atlas to fetch apples
• Pillar of Heaven• Rival Athena Hesp
erides
11. The Apples of the Hesperides
Prometheus & Hercules
Heracles came to Mount Caucasus, killed the eagle, and released him
12. The Capture of Cerberus
• Menoetes: wrestle• Ask Hedes for Cerberus:
Master without weapon
• Dragon in tail• In chains by Persephon
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Woman and Hercules
• Hera• Megara• Deianira• Hebe
References http://homepage.mac.com/ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/
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Hercules and Eurytheus• Zeus’ declaration • Hera
Second wife
• Deianira: wrestle with the river-god
• Ferryman :centaur, Nessos assault Derianira be shot
• Blood: love potion
Hercules and Hebe
• Hercules' funeral pyre.• Zeus: he had suffered
enough. • Hera agreed and ended
her anger.
• AthenaOlympus• Marry hebe