12 Labors - Part 1
The way Hercules cleaned the Augean stables.
What is directing the course of two rivers to flow through the dirty stables?
The name of the multi-headed creature in Hercules's Second Labor.
What is Hydra?
Tasks, or jobs, that were assigned to Hercules.
What are the twelve labors?
The reason Hercules underwent his twelve labors.
What is he was doing penance (repenting) for killing his wife and children in a mad rage?
This god is considered the messenger god but he is also a son of Zeus.
Who is Hermes?
The name of the three-headed dog owned by Hades that Hercules captured from the Underworld.
Who is Cerberus?
Hercules was not allowed to kill this animal because it was scared to Artemis.
What is the golden stag (Arcadian deer)?
To bring about, or cause to happen.
What is to induce?
The reason Hera, the goddess of marriage, kept trying to kill Hercules.
What is she never forgave him for being Zeus's son from a mortal woman?
Someone or something that can predict the future.
What is an oracle?
Hercules tricked this Titan into giving him the Golden Apples of Hesperides.
Who is Atlas?
The article of clothing Hercules needed to obtain from Hippolyta in his Ninth Labor.
What is the Amazon's magic girdle or belt?
Another word for defeat.
What is conquer?
The Amazonian Queen who admired Hercules for his manliness and demeanor.
Who was Hippolyta?
This is the Greek god of wine and parties, who is considered one of the 14 gods and goddess of Mount Olympus.
Who is Dionysius in Greek, or Bacchus in Roman mythology?
This creature was causing massive destruction in the town near the city of Erymanthus.
What was a giant boar?
Athena helped Hercules with the Sixth Labor, which was driving away an enormous number of these creatures from the city of Stymphalia.
What are the Stymphalian birds?
Something that is normal or traditional.
What is conventional?
Where Hercules was sent to live among the gods when he died.
What is Mount Olympus?
The goddess of wisdom, war, and arts and crafts, she also dwells on Mount Olympus.
Who is Athena?
Who knew drinking some tasty punch could result in Hercules fighting a battle against these creatures?
What are the centaurs?
Hercules, in a great act of mercy, freed this unlucky Titan from being chained to a rock, where a vulture pecked at his liver daily.
Who is Prometheus?
When you are filled with creativity...
What is inspired (literally, filled with spirit)?
The Greek name of Hercules.
What is Heracles?
All of the 14 gods and goddesses on Mount Olympus hail from ...
Who is Zeus, also known as Jupiter, ruler of the gods?