Herculesand his taksEnglish 1902Group4
Hercules and his taks English 1902 Group 4
ContentsProfile of CharactersEarlyLifeHera's RevengeThe Nemean Lionand The LernaeanHydra
4 The Nemean Lion and The Lernaean Hydra 3 Hera's Revenge 2 Early Life 1 Profile of Characters Contents
ProfileofCharactersHerculesisoneofthebest-knownheroesinGreekandRomanmythology.n endured manytrialscompleted many dauntingtasksnreward:promise(hewouldlive foreveramong thegods at Mount Olympus.)
n endured many trials completed many daunting tasks n reward: promise(he would live forever among the gods at Mount Olympus.) Profile of Characters Herculesisoneofthebest-knownheroesinGreekandRoman mythology
EarlyLifencomplicatedfamilytreenZeus(rulerof gods andmortals)nAlcmenegranddaughteroftheheroPerseus(Zeussons)
n complicated family tree n Zeus (ruler of gods and mortals) n Alcmene granddaughter of the hero Perseus(Zeus’ sons) Early Life
Hera' s RevengeWhen Zeus' wife Hera heard that her husband's mistress waspregnant, she flew into a jealous rage.u First,beforeHercules wasbornsupernaturalpowersthe ruler of Mycenaetwo snakesstrong andThen,after HerculeswasbornUfearlessstrangledcast a kind ofukept up her dirty tricks,a young adultspelltemporarilyinsanemurderGuiltyandheartbrokenApollobeggedtobepunishedutwelve"heroiclabors
u First, before Hercules was born supernatural powers — the ruler of Mycenae u Then, after Hercules was born two snakes strong and fearless strangled u kept up her dirty tricks, a young adult cast a kind of spell temporarily insane murder u Guilty and heartbroken—Apollo begged to be punished twelve “heroic labors” Hera’s Revenge WhenZeus’wifeHeraheardthatherhusband’smistresswas pregnant,sheflewintoajealousrage