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Danaid ii: =

Alcaeus

Electryon = Anaxo

Zeus = =

Heracles

Iolaus Heracles at Thebes Young Heracles

: • Sent a sea to kill the baby Heracles • Heracles strangled the serpent • Young Heracles: • One of his tutors, , brother of • Heracles killed Linus (self defense) • Sent to the cattle farm at Thebes The Minyan War

• Clymentus, king of the • Wounded by of Thebes • His son, attacked Thebes • Thebes lost the war, paid tribute to Erginus • Heracles led attack on the Minyans • Heracles gets , daughter of Hera’s Wrath

• Jealous of his fame, Hera drove Heracles mad • Heracles killed all of his children • To be purified of the crime, Heracles must perform ten labours for Eurystheus. • Eurystheus • Son of Sthenelus, son of Perseus. • Now king of Ten (Twelve) Labours

1. The Nemean • Heracles choked the Lion • Brought it to Mycenae • Eurystheus refused him entry 2. Lernean Hydra • with nine heads, one immortal • Cut off the heads, buried the immortal one • Needed the help of • So this labour didn’t count amongst the ten. 1

2 Heracles slays the

Lion’s Gate, Mycenae Lernean Hydra Gordian III, (AD 238 – 244) Bronze plate ca. 1490 , 1998 Labours

3. Cerynitian Hind - Alive • A deer sacred to • Heracles hunted it for a year • Had to wound it to catch it. 4. – Alive • Accidentally killed Cheiron on the way • Trapped the Boar in the snow Erymanthian Boar 3 4

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2 5. Clean the Stables of • Augeas, king of • Heracles tricked Augeas into shares • Heracles diverted a river through the stables • Didn’t count because Heracles made a profit 6. Chase the • Heracles used castanets, or a cymbal. 7. Catch the • Bull of or Bull of • Heracles brought it to Mycenae but set it free. 3 5 4 6 1

2 7 The Cretan Bull 8. Capture the Mares of • Invasion of • Killed the king and took the horses • Founded Abdera 9. Steal the Belt of • Queen of the • Heracles first conquered Paros • Aided Lycia in a war • Killed Hippolyte and took the belt of Heracles fighting the Amazons Heracles at

• Laomadon, King of Troy • Beset by a sea , daughter of , to be sacrificed • Heracles • Killed the monster for the horses of • Laomedon reneged • Heracles vowed to return Labour 10

The Kine (cattle) of • Red cows from Cadiz • Guarded by Orthus – two headed dog • Heracles erected the Pillars on his way • Heracles killed Geryon and took the cattle • The cattle eventually dispersed Cadiz

Final Labours

11. Golden of the • Guarded on Mt. • On his way, Heracles freed • Eurystheus gave the apples back to Heracles, he gave them to 12. Bring from • Rescued on the way • Wrestled the dog and brought him up • Returned the dog afterwards rescuing Prometheus Christian Griepenkerl Heracles presents Cerberus Guilt of Heracles

• Heracles gave Megara to Iolaus • Heracles had won , daughter of in a contest: • Her father forbade the marriage • Iphitus defended Heracles • Heracles later killed Iphitus • Sought purification Guilt of Heracles

• Purification: • • Didn’t get an answer so he attacked Delphi • attacked Heracles – intervened • Heracles ordered to be sold as a slave and serve for three years • Bought by , princess of Heracles and Omphale Giovanni Francesco Romanelli (1650s) Heracles at Troy ii

• Sailed with 18 ships • Besieged and captured Troy • Laomedon killed • Hesione given to • Hesione ransomed her brother, Podarces • Podarces became known an (the one who was ‘bought’) Troy Heracles and

• Married Deinaria, daughter of • Jealousy: • Heracles returned to capture Iole • Deinaria was jealous of Iole • She poisoned Heracles and killed herself of Heracles

• Heracles, ill from the poison, went to Mt. Oeta in • Built his own pyre • Before the body burned, a cloud took Heracles to heaven Apotheosis of Heracles with Athena taking him to heaven Athena presenting Heracles to Zeus Apotheosis of Heracles Francois Lemoyne (?) The Heraclidae

• Heracles left 66 sons • After he died they fled Mycenae • Eurystheus wanted them killed • The Heraclidae fled to • Defeated Eurystheus in the war • Were defeated attempting to conquer the • It would be three generations before they return