Story

2. CHARACTERS
Hercules- the greatest hero
before Trojan War, son of Zeus
and Alcmena

3. Alcmena – wife of
Amphitryon, mother of
Hercules.
 Zeus – Father of Hercules.

4. Amphitryon- son of Alcaeus,
king of Tiryns.
Iphicles- son of Alcmena and
Amphitryon and brother of
Hercules.

5. Iolaus- nephew of Hercules who
helped him with his 2nd labor.
Megara- the first wife of
Hercules.

6. Deianira-second wife of
Hercules.
Eurystheus-ruler of
Mycenae, cousin of Hercules.

7. 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

8. 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

9. 12 LABORSOF HERCULES

10. 1st Labors
To kill the Lion of Nemea, a
beast no weapon could kill.

11. 2nd Labors
Go to Lerna and kill the creature
with nine heads called Hydra.

12. 3rd Labors
To bring back alive a Stag with gold
horns, sacred to Artemis.

13. 4th Labors
To capture a great Erymanthean Boar in
Mount Erymanthus.

14. 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.

15. 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.

16. 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.

17. 11th Labors
12th Labors
To bring back the Golden
Apples of Hesperides.
He met Atlas, the father of
Hesperides To bring Cerberus, the three-
headed dog from the underworld.

18. 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.

19. THEME
Great sincerity, honesty and virtue.