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HERCULES

1. Complete the sentences with the correct word from the box:

a) ______Hercules ______he is ’ favourite son. b) ______clean his soul because he ______his family. c) is Hercules’ ______. He is ______and terrible. d) The ______tells Hercules to ______king Eurystheus. e) Iolaus is Hercules’ ______. f) Hercules is a ______: half-god, half-______.

Hydra because priestess cousin killed serve demigod mortal nephew must hates evil

2. Place these events in the right order:

a) Hercules goes to the ’ land to look for Hippolyte’s belt. b) Hercules visits the oracle of Delphi. c) Eurystheus sends Hercules to the garden of . d) Iolaus helps Hercules to kill the Hydra. e) Hippolyte gives her belt to Hercules in exchange for her daughter. f) Eurystheus sends Hercules to the Underworld to bring him . g) Hercules is Zeus’ favourite son and Hera hates him. h) Hercules kills his family. i) Eurystheus sends Hercules to kill the Nemean lion. j) takes the golden apples for Hercules. k) Hercules kills the Nemean lion and makes a coat with its skin. l) Hercules comes back from the Underworld with Cerberus and becomes free. m) Hera tries to kill Hercules with two snakes. n) The gods forgive Hercules and he becomes a god himself. o) Eurystheus sends Hercules to kill the Hydra.

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3. Choose the right answer:

After/before Hercules kills his family, his brother tells him to go to the oracle of Delphi/Mycenae. There, the priestess/queen tells him to serve his cousin/nephew Eurystheus. He is the king/god of Mycenae, and he hates/love Hercules, because he is a very famous hero. He sends/send Hercules in several missions: to kill/bring the Nemean lion; to kill the Hydra/Amazons; to bring Hippolyte’s belt/sword… After some years, Hercules does/makes his final mission: he brings Cerberus/ from the Underworld. Finally, he becomes free and the gods forgive/punish him.

4. Answer the following questions:

a) Why does Hera hate Hercules? b) Why does Hercules kill his family? c) Why does say that Atlas must take the apples for Hercules? d) How does Iolaus help Hercules with the Hydra? e) Who is the queen of the Amazons? Who is her father? f) What is Hades afraid of? g) Why does people say that Hercules understands them?

5. Are these sentences true or false? Check it in the book and justify your answer: a) Hera helps Hercules with the Amazons. b) Hercules doesn’t know where the garden of Hesperides is. c) People can go to the Underworld alive. d) Hercules can kill the Nemean lion with his arrows. e) Hercules kills the Hydra alone. f) Zeus helps his son in one of his missions.

6. What do these words mean? Write the right translation in Spanish:

a) Bow: ______b) Claws: ______c) Demigod: ______d) Gift: ______e) Giggle: ______

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f) Priestess: ______g) Rage: ______h) To strangle: ______i) To wrestle: ______j) Underworld: ______

7. Who are these people? Explain who are the main characters of the story following the example:

a) Zeus: he is the king of gods and Hercules’ father. b) Hercules: ______c) Hera: ______d) : ______e) Eurystheus: ______f) Iolaus: ______g) Prometheus: ______h) Atlas: ______i) Hippolyte: ______