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Bacchylides Ode5 Bacchylides Ode5 - Begins with praising Hieron of Syracuse (Muses give him gifts) & his horse Pherenicos (won Olympic races) by servant ourania (a muse too, who is gold-banded) by is cut off by Zeus eagle. - Hercules also known as ruiner of the gates (held the bold hearted shaker of the spear)and goes to underworld to slay Cerberos - Meleagros is supposedly guarded by his mom althaia so he can live for long - It later talks about Hercules who descended to the realm of death while performing his labors and encounters meleagros whos sister Hercules takes and marries ->Deianeira , whose hands he is destined to die Heracles - Zeus made the nights long till 3 looked like Amphitryon to sleep with Alcmene -> 2 sons -> Hercales to zeus and Iphicles to Amphitryon. - When heracules was born Hera sent two giants serpents to kill him. But Hercules killed them. - Some say Amphitryon did it to see who is real son was, and Iphicles fled, thats how he found out it was his. - Heracles teachers include: Autolycos (wrestle), Eurytos (bow), Castor (armor) After the Labors - Hercules gave back Megara to Iolaos - He joined a prized game with Eurytos, and when heracules won, he went back on his word of giving Iole to Heracules who they feared would kill the kids - After this, some cattle got stolen and Eurytos thought it was Heracules. Eurytos son Iphitos didn’t believe it and went to see Heracules who went crazy and killed him. And he felt sorry so tried to get purified and caught a deadly disease (from HIppolytos while cleanse) - He tried to steal the tripod to get the oracle to cure his disease FROM a temple, APOLLO fought Heracules, Zeus send a thunderbolt to separate them. He got sold served for 3 yrs. Hermes put him up for sale. - Diadalos statue is alive at pisa Alcimena - Jupiter came as Amphitryon and talked about the siege in Oechalia (the war he went to), slept with him 3 nights long. - When Amphitryon came back, she didn’t go to see him and he was surprised, when he found out what had happened, he didn’t sleep with her after that and Heracules was born Know the 12 Labors imposed by Eurystheus on Heracules Other side Labors - Apollo is know as Mars - He killed the sea monster that was about to devour Hesione and killed her father who failed to give her to him after like said - He killed the eagle that devoured Prometheus heart - He killed Lycus son Neptune because he was about to kill Hercules wife Megara and his songs Therimachus and Ophites - The river Achelous could change into any form he wanted, on fighting with Heracules to marry Deianira, he turned into a bull. Heracules broke off his horn and gave it to Hesperides or Nymphs , these goddess filled the horn with fruit and called it CORNUCOPIA or horn of plenty - He killed Neleus son of Hippocoon and his ten children cause they refused to purify him because he killed Megara and his sons (look above) - He killed Eurythus cause he refused Iole - He killed centaur nessus because he tried to rape Deianira - He killed centaur Eurytion becaue he wanted to marry Deianira Megara - Lycus tried killing her and the two sons when Hercules was sent to fetch the 3-headed dog, so he could get the throne. - But Hercules came and killed lycus. But later JUNO got Hercules mad and he ended up killing them - He sought out an oracle from Apollo but she didn’t respond so he stole her tripod from the temple. - Hercules was handed over by mercury to be queen omphale slave Centaurs - Centaur eurytion was killed by Hercules when he tried getting deianira - Another wedding, pirithous was marrying Hippodamia, drunken centaurs tried abducting wives of Lapiths, both sides got killed Nessus - Deianira asked centaur Nessus to carry her across Evenus river, he tried to rape her in the middle - Hercules arrowed him down, while dying, he collected his blood dipped in Lernaean Hydra venom and said it was a love potion. - He said to smear his garment with it to prevent rejection. Iole - He threatened to kill her parents in front of her own eyes. He later killed them and kept her captive Deinira - When virgin Iole was brought captive to the house, she got jealous - She smears Hercules garment with the blood, a few drops hit the floor and in contact with the sunlight burst into flames, and then she realized what it was - But it was too late she gave it to her servant and he tried running into a river but it grew more on him - He sent Lichas, who brought the garment flying and a rock rose that bears the name lichas - A pyre was built at that place for immortality by Philoctetes - Hercules gave back philoctetes bow back and deinira committed suicide. .
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