MYTHOLOGY VOCABULARY Myth Goddess Immortal God Mortal Constellation Hero Morals Hubris Personification

Who is Hercules?

Son of Zeus and mortal woman Alceme

Classified as a demi-god which means part god and part man

Hated by Hera and despised for Zeus’s love for his son.

Hercules VocabularyThe Youth of Hercules

Resent to dislike, feel bitter aboutCommotion uproar, confusion, or riotTactics strategy , approach, maneuverCaress to touch softly; embrace lovinglyVice bad habit; sin; wrong behaviorDignified honorable; refined; to be looked up toRehabilitate correct, rebuild, reconstruct, to make goodVirtue doing the right thing; good character, moralAtone to ask for forgiveness; made amendsMalice dislike; hate; hostile

Hercules VocabularyThe Youth of Hercules II

Toil hard work

Reap harvest, acquire; gather

Resolution to make a decision, determination

Unruly misbehaved; disobedient, uncontrollable

Scold criticize lecture

Prowl lurk, crawl slowly as to attack

Temporary not permanent lasting only a short time

Remorse to feel bad for a behavior; regret

Undergo to go through withstand, experience.

Impose to require to complete; command, enforce

Hercules VocabularyThe Twelve Labors

Cauterize to burn, to stop from bleeding

Slavering dribble, slobber

Tawny brown, beige

Hydraulics system of movement using water and air

Converge to come together to one point

Citadel fortress

Brusque blunt, to the point

Foresight to look forward to the future

Swarm large rush or onslaught

Tether to tie down; stop from moving

Hercules VocabularyThe Twelve Labors II

Citadel a fortress, stronghold for protection

Assault a violent attack

Impress to affect the feeling or mind of another

Accomplish succeed in a task

Shrewd smart, cunning

Penance repayment for a sin

Massive large, big

Persuade to convince to talk to

Tremendous extraordinary in size

Torment torture, harass, bother

Hercules VocabularyThe Twelve Labors III

Diplomacy to persuade to follow in the right direction through

conversation

Divert to change direction

Righteous to be just and honest

The Labors

Trial Antagonist Outcome/Skills

NeededTo kill a lion who terrorized the Mycanae village

Lion

Kill a large snake that lived in the swamps and marshes of Argos

Lernaen Hydra – regrow two heads for every head cut off and he nine in total

Every time he cut a head two would grow back until he thought to cauterize the heads he cut off.Intellect – shrewd and use his mind to solve this labor

Capture the Arcadian deer Aretmis – deer was protected by Artemis

Long labor – took Hercules a year to capture the deer. Artemis was angry, therefore, Hercules had to persuade her to let him have the deer for penancePatience, persuasion, conversation

Capture a menacing beast that killed people and animals

Erymanthian Boar/ CentaursWhile looking for the boar, Hercules enjoyed the company of a Phlos(Centau) others were jealous and battled Hercules - including the Centaurs mother

Chase the boar in the snow until he became exhaustedPatience, endurance, bravery, strength to outlast boar and the attack of the centaurs

Clean Augean stables This was an arduous (hard, difficult) task. It had not been cleaned for thirty years and was incredibly filthy

Knocked down stable walls-diverted the course of the two rivers to come to the barn-two rivers converge to run through and clean out the stables.Intelligence, strength

The Labors

Trial Antagonist Outcome