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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.____________________________________________________________ 3.____________________________________________________________ 4.____________________________________________________________ 5.____________________________________________________________ 6.____________________________________________________________ 7.____________________________________________________________ 8.____________________________________________________________ 9.____________________________________________________________ 10.___________________________________________________________ 11.___________________________________________________________ 12.___________________________________________________________