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13 Cards in this Set
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Alcmena
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> Demanded Amphitryon avenge the murder of her brothers by pirates before sleeping with him
> Mother of Heracles by Zeus and Iphicles by Amphitryon |
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Eurystheus
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> Electryon's nephew /heracles' cousin
> King of Mycenea > Oversaw Heracles' labors |
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Amphitryon
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> Father of Iphicles
> Killed his uncle Electryon > Marries Alcmena > fathers Iphicles > Avenges pirates |
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Megara
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> Heracles' wife whome he has three children with
> Heracles murdered this family |
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Name the 12 labors of heracles
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1.) Nemean Lion
2.) Lernaean Hydra 3.) The Ceryneian Deer 4.) The Erymanthian Boar 5.) The Augean Stables 6.) Stymphalian Birds 7.) Cretan Bull 8.) Horses of Diomedes 9.) Girdle of Hippolyta 10.) Cattle of Geryon 11.) Apples of the Hesperids 12.) Cerberus |
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Alcestis
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> Wife of king Admetus
> Willingly took Admetus' place in death > Heracles saved her from the underworld |
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Admetus
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> Husband who let his wife take his place in death
> Married to alcestis hwo Heracles saved from the underworld |
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Antaeus
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> A giant that wrestled passers by to death.
> Child of Gaea > Heracles held him up to seperate him from his mother thus strangling him |
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Busiris
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> Egyptian king who killed visitors
> killed by Heracles |
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Omphale
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> Queen who had Heracles as sex slave after his murder of Iphitus.
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Cercopes
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> Two ruffians who caused trouble
> later released |
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Deianira
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Heracles' second wife
> She bore him Hyllus > Responsible for Heracles' death |
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Nessus
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>Centaur who ferried people across the river
> Groped Heracles' wife Deianira > Told Deianira that his blood and semen was an aphrodesiac, thus tricker her into poisoning heracles |
