Download Hercules Twelve Labors Assignment

Hercules Twelve Labors Assignment
Read the story of Hercules in p. 159-172 in Edith
Hamilton’s Mythology book
or
mythweb.com
or
Perseus.tufts.edu/Herakles/labors.html
and answer the following questions:
1. Why was Hercules given the twelve labors to
perform?
2. Was Hercules really guilty of murdering his wife and
children? Why or why not?
3. How did Hercules become involved in battling
Death?
4. How did Hercules die?
5. Why was he admitted to Mount Olympus?
6. State 3 examples of Hercules’ strength:
1)
2)
3)
Imagine yourself as Eurystheus and decide what 12 labors you
would assign today (modernize them). The labors may be
physical (as were those of Hercules), but they need not be. For
example, a physical labor might be to build a superhighway
between New York and London to eliminate air travel. A moral
or ethical labor might be to seek ways to remove violence from
the streets of America.
Ex.
Hercules’s Labor
My Labor_________________
1. To kill the Nemean Lion___________To eliminate cancer_____ _
2.____________________________________________________________
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5.____________________________________________________________
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7.____________________________________________________________
8.____________________________________________________________
9.____________________________________________________________
10.___________________________________________________________
11.___________________________________________________________
12.___________________________________________________________