He had to complete three challenges to become an immortal god.
100
Hercules's father
Who is Amphitryon?
100
What did Zeus predict about Hercules?
He foretold that Hercules would becomes the greatest of men.
100
Describe the lion using three traits.
What is a large, fierce, mighty beast
200
A liquid that causes death
What is poison?
200
Name the three challenges Hercules had to complete to become immortal
What is killing a lion, slaying a snake, and destroying birds with arrows?
200
The King of Mycenae
Who is Eurystheus?
200
Describe what Hercules was taught as a child
What is riding chariots, how to sing, how to shoot a bow, and to play the lyre?
200
Describe what is special about the snake
What is having eight heads that are mortal and one head that is immortal?
300
A cart pulled by a horse used in battle
What is a chariot?
300
What did Hercules have to do to kill the lion?
He had to bring the King the skin of a lion that no arrow had ever killed before
300
Hercules's nephew
Who is Iolaus?
300
Use three character traits to describe Hercules
What is fierce, heroic, and strong?
300
Explain what happened when Hercules crushed the head of the snake
What is every time he crushed the head on the snake's body, another one grew in its place?
400
twisted in a circle
What is coiled?
400
What did Hercules have to do to destroy the water snake?
Hercules had to cut off the head of the snake, while Iolaus burned the neck with a flaming torch.
400
Hercules's brother
Who is Iphicles?
400
What did Athena bring Hercules to help him destroy the birds?
What is a huge, bronze rattle?
400
What was the complaint of the King?
What is letting Iolaus help kill the snake and not doing it alone?
500
Explain the difference between mortal and immortal?
Mortal means not living forever or human.
Immortable means never dying.
500
How did he kill the evil birds?
He used a rattle of bronze and shook it to scare away the birds. The horrible sound shook the trees, frightening the birds, so he could shoot them with an arrow.
500
From the moment he was born, the King of Heaven anf father of the gods loved him. Who is this?
Who is Zeus?
500
What happened to Hercules after he completed al three tasks?
What is being carried on a thundercloud to the gates of heaven?
500
Describe the parts of the birds.
What is having claws of iron and every feather of theirs was sharper than a knife?