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27 Cards in this Set
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Admetus
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-Husband of Alcestis, King
-should not die on day fixed by Destiny if he found someone to take his place |
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Alcestis
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-Wife of Admetus, Queen
-Gave up her life for Admetus -Hercules brought back from Hades |
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Alcmena
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-mother of Hercules,Princess
-mortal seduced by Zeus -granddaughter of Perseus & Andromeda |
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Amazons
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-race of warrior women
-couldn't stand men except as servants -ruled by queen |
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Antaeus
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-giant wrestler
-son of Gaia, Mother Earth, invincible as long as touching earth -Heracles killed by hoisting him on his shoulders |
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apples of the Hesperides
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-wedding gift to Hera from Gaia, Mother Earth
-guarded by dragon Ladon with 100 heads -tended by nymphs |
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Atlas
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-held up sky on his shoulders
-picked golden apples -tricked by Heracles |
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Augean Stables
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-Eurystheus ordered Heracles to clean
-piles of dung -Eurystheus wouldn't count this as a labor |
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cattle of Geryon
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-red cows
-guarded by two-headed dog -herd attacked by gadfiles sent by Hera |
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Cerberus
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-dog of Hades
-three heads, serpent for tail -chained up in front of gate to underworld |
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Cretan bull
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-breathed fire, untameable
-belonged to Minos of Crete -Heracles was to bring alive; grabbed horns and threw to ground |
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Deianira
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-princess, daughter of King Oeneus of Calydon
-wife of Heracles |
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Erymanthian boar
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3rd labor; ran it till it was exhausted & brought back on his shoulders
-Eurytheus hid in an urn when he saw this |
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Eurystheus
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-ruler of Mycenae
-made Heracles undertake Twelve Labors -had big bronze jar as a place to hide himself |
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girdle of Hippolyta
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-golden girdle worn by queen of Amazons
-given freely but Hera provoked battle & Heracles killed her -girdle had belonged to Ares |
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Hera
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-greatest goddess, wife of Zeus
-daughter of Cronus & Rhea -jealous, violent, angry at Zeus |
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Heracles
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-son of Zeus & Alcmene
-super strong & tall -given labors by his cousin Eurystheus -superstitions |
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horses of Diomedes
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-mares who ate people
-needed to bring back alive -belonged to Diomedes, king of Thrace |
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hydra of Lerna
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-snake with 9 heads
-every head grew back immediately -Heracles used burning trees to cauterize stumps |
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Linus
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-Heracles' music teacher
-Heracles killed him -played lyre |
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Megara
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-1st wife of Heracles
-daughter of Creon |
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Nernean Lion
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-invincible skin
-1st labor was to kill the lion -blocked up in cave & strangled |
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Nessus
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-tried to carry off Deianira
-centaur -gave blood to Deianira |
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Philoctetes
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-got the poisoned arrows
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Queen Omphale
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-queen of Lydia
-dressed Heracles in women's clothing -he was her slave for three years |
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Sacred hind of Artemis
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-4th labor
-very fragile???? -had gilded horns, bigger than a bull, very swift |
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Stymphalian birds
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-sharp metallic feathers
-scared away with rattle, then shot with arrows -ate fruit & ravaged crops in Arcadia |
