hercules greece’s greatest hero b92310009 yu hsien lin b92310043 huan hsiao chang department of...

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