Mine is Not a Holy War

QUESTIONS.
1. By what name is Heracles known in Roman mythology?
2. Zeus was the father of Heracles.Who was his mother?
3. Heracles was sent by the oracle of Apollo at Delphi to serve his cousin for
twelve years.What was his cousin’s name?
4. Eurystheus set him twelve tasks, or labours.What were they?
4.1. To kill and take back the skin of what animal?
4.2. To kill which monster with the body of a dog and nine serpent heads?
4.3. To catch which creature with brazen feet and golden antlers?
4.4. To catch a giant wild boar, called …?
4.5. To clean out the filthy stables of which King of Elis?
4.6. To drive away the giant, man-eating birds from which marshy area in
northern Arcadia?
4.7. To capture which magnificent white animal sent by Poseidon to Minos?
4.8. To catch the man-eating pets of a king of the Bistones in Thrace, which
were known as …what?
4.9. To fetch which item of clothing from the Queen of the Amazons?
4.10. To steal the cattle belonging to which three-bodied monster living on
the island of Erythia?
4.11. To bring back the fruit belonging to the ‘daughters of evening’ living at
the western end of the world, called …?
4.12. To capture the savage dog which guarded Hades, named …?

ANSWERS
1. Hercules. 2.Alcmene. 3. Eurystheus. 4.1 The Nemean Lion. 4.2 The Hydra of Lerna.
4.3 The Ceryneian Hind. 4.4 The Erymanthian Boar. 4.5 Augeus. 4.6 Lake Stymphal.
4.7 The Cretan Bull. 4.8 The horses of Diomedes. 4.9 The golden girdle of Hippolyte.
4.10 Geryon. 4.11 The golden apples of Hesperus. 4.12 Cerberus.