1Who are Heracle's parents, and who are his great-grand parents?
Heracles parents are Zeus and Alcmena. Heracles grandparents are Perseut and Andromeda.
2How is Heracles related to King Eurystheus?
Heracles is related to King Eurystheus because he is his uncle.
3Heracles is the descendants of the royal family of which city?
Heracles is the descendants of the royal family of Argolis, but born in Thebes.
4What are the "requirements" of the hero Prometheus prophesized about?
The requirements of the hero that Prometheus prophesized about was the Hero has to be born in Thebes and has to be part of the Royal family of Argolis, son of Zeus, strong and brave etc.
5Why does Hera meddle in Heracles's life?
Hera meddles in Heracles life because she is jealous. She is jealous because she does not want him to be better than her sons. Hera meddles with his life, Heracles was cursed by Hera with madness and she sent snakes to kill him when he was little.
6What do Virtue and Vice each offer Heracles?
Vice promises an easy life (a lazy life) and Virtue promises a hard life, but worthy to Heracles.
7Why does Heracles have to complete the labors?
Heracles has to complet the labors since Hera assigned these tasks to Heracles to prove he is worthy of being a hero.
8Who assigns Heracles the labors?
King Eurystheus
9Identify one labor that demonstrates Heracles quick thinking and explain why?
The one labor that demonstrates Heracles quick thinking is the Hydra. Where he cut the heads during battle and burned the blood.
10Identify one labor that demonstrates Heracles determination and explain why?
A labor that demonstrates Heracles determination was cattle this was a long journey and he has to solve multiple problems along the way.
11How many labors was Hercales originally suppose to complete and why did he caomplete more?
Heracles was originally suppose to complete 10 but King Eurystheus didn't count Hydra and stables since he got help and made a deal.
12Heracles receives help with some labors. Identify 3 characters who help Heracles during his labors and explain how they each helped him?
Athena: helped by providing Heracles info to put the fire in the Hydras cave; Iolaus; helped by tossing the fire; Zeus gave rocks to Heracles.
13Heracles goes on several adventures while he works to complete the labors and identifies at least two adventures he goes on the side from the labors.
The 2 adventures he goes on the side from the labors is saving Alcestis from Admetus and saving Laomedon city from a sea serpent.
14Who are the Argonants?
The Argonants is a roster of heros who are in the quest of the golden fleece led by Jason.
15Why did the Argonants go to Colchis?
The Argonaunts go to Colchis so they can retreve the golden fleece.
16Who is Medea and what does she do for Jason and the Argonants?
Medea was a skilled in black art of witchcraft. What she does for Jason and Argonants is give a magic ointment to help defeat all the challenges and optain the golden fleece.
17What happens to Jason after they return home?
What ends up happening to Jason is that Medea ruins his life causing him a tragic end.
18Why does Heracles seek revenge on Troy?
Laomedon breaks the promise of Heracles deal for saving the city.
19What happened to Heracles when he returns home from Troy?
What happens to Heracles when he returns home is that he gets picked up from Athena.
20What role do the immortals have in battle?
The role for the immortals in the battle was to weaken the giants, several immortals join.
21How does Heracles help during the battle?
Heracles help during the battle by finishing off the giants.
22What is the outcome of the battle?
The outcome of the battle is that the immortals live in peace.
23What happens to Heracles afterwards?
Heracles dies and goes back to Mount Olympus.
24How does Theseus slay the minotaur? Make sure to explain who helps him.
Ariadne helped Theseus slay the minotaur. She helps by giving him string that he unravels on the ground of the labyrinth so he can find his way back. This allowed him to slay the minotaur and find his way back out of the labyrinth by following the string out.
25How is Theseus influenced by Hercules?
Thesesu is influenced by Hercules actions. When he is fighting the harpes, he thinks of what Heracles would do in the fight. They both live heroic lives in Greek Mythology.
26How did Theseus father, King Aegues of Athens die?
After Theseus killed the Minotaur he promised to return to Athens with white sails on his ship if he was successful. However, if he was unsuccessful, he would return with black sails. Theseus forgot to change the sails to white so he assumed his son died fighting the minotaur. He jumped into the sea because he was so sad.