HERCULES, APOLLO, HEBE,

AND HYDRABy: Morgan Mitchell and Marlene

HERCULES LINEAGE Parents: Zeus and Alcmena Spouse: Megara, then Deinira, then

Hebe Siblings: Iphicles(half-brother) Children: three sons-names aren’t

mentioned

HERCULES’S SYMBOL Two boulders called Straights of

Gibraltar and Ceuta This is a memorial he set up during “The

Labors of Hercules”

HERCULES’S POWERS Super strength and supreme confidence

HERCULES’S WEAKNESS Not intelligent

HERCULES’S IDENTIFICATION Greatest hero of Greece Strongest man on Earth Courageous Always wins in any fight Not intelligent metally

HERCULES’S IMPORTANT EVENTS When he was a baby, two snakes got in his crib and he

choked them two death. Hercules’s killed his first wife(Megara) and three sons, so to

purify himself he was told to due “The Labors of Hercules”. These challenges were next to impossible and contained twelve obstacles which he had to get through and complete.

One time Hercules went to Admetus’s house to rest. Admetus didn’t tell Hercules that his wife just died, so Hercules enjoyed himself and when he found out about the tragic story, he wrestled with death and got Admetus’s wife back.

When Hercules was destroying a city, he sent home maidens, and among them was a beautiful one. Someone told Deinira that he loved her. So Deinira thought she had magic that would fix this. She had Hercules put on a robe which caused him great pain, but Deinira felt terrible and killed herself. Hercules killed himself as well due to his suffering. Then, he went up to heaven and married Hebe.

ALLUSIONS TO HERCULES In Hamlet by Shakespeare, Hamlet kills

his father-in-law because he went mad. Hercules did the same thing, but to his

wife and three kids.

HEBE’S LINEAGE Parents: Zeus and Hera Spouse: Hercules

HEBE’S SYMBOL Fountain of youth

HEBE’S IDENTIFICATION Goddess of Youth Appears as cupbearer to the Gods

HEBE’S IMPORTANT EVENTS Married Hercules in Heaven

ALLUSIONS TO HEBE She is referred to the disease known as

hebephilia. This is because it affects the young, and

she is the protector of the young.