hercules project.ncf ab english
TRANSCRIPT
Amphitryon- son of Alcaeus,
king of Tiryns.
Iphicles- son of Alcmena and
Amphitryon and brother of
Hercules.
PLOT
Zeus copied the face of Amphytrion to fool Alcmena and they produced
Hercules.
Hercules was raised by Amphitrion and Alcmena.
Hera wanted to kill the baby Hercules by sending snakes but Hercules
only played with it.
Hercules grew up to be the strongest person in the world but not the
brightest
He is impulsive and sometimes under estimate his strength that he
would kill someone out of rage
Hercules married Megara and had two sons with her
Hera was angry for Zeus’ infidelity that she swore to make Hercules’ life
miserable
Hera put a spell on Hercules that drove him insane and made him kill
his own family.
Hercules felt remorse and consulted the oracle to ask what he must do to
redeem himself
He was instructed to do the 12 labors
5th Labors
To clean the Aegean
Stables in a single day.
6th Labors
Hercules was pitted against the
Stymphalian birds, who inhabited a
marsh near Lake Stymphalus in
Arcadia.
7th Labors 8th Labors
Go to Crete and fetch from there
the beautiful savage bull that
Poseidon had given to Minos called
Cretan Bull.
To get the man-eating mares of
King Diomedes of Thrace.
9th Labors
10th Labors
To bring back the Girdle of
Hippolyta, the Queen of
Amazons.
To bring back the Cattle of Geryon,
who was a monster with three bodies
living Erythia , a western island.
11th Labors
12th Labors
To bring back the Golden
Apples of Hesperides.
He met Atlas, the father of
HesperidesTo bring Cerberus, the three-
headed dog from the underworld.
DEATH OF HERCULES
After the twelve labors, Hercules had different many adventures.
Deinera, the second wife of Hercules made a love potion to keep him
faithful but it had been poisoned with Hydra venom and Hercules died in
agony.