Greek Mythology Hercules - The Mortal Who Became a God


When Hercules was born to Alcmene, she named him Herakles. But in Roman, Herakles is pronounced Hercules, which is the name we use for Hercules to this day. Hercules in Greek mythology is a great figure of valor and muscle strength. Hercules bravery earned him a place among the gods. After he left the mortal world, he found a position on Mount Olympus, the gods' dwelling place.

Zeus, the King of the gods was an unfaithful husband. He had a infirmity for worldly pleasures. He fell in love with Alcmene, the wife of Amphitryon. In a short time, Alcmene conceived Hercules. This angered Hera and she tried to kill Hercules. Hercules survived his first fatal strike with a miracle.

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When Hercules reached adulthood he became a celebrated warrior. He also fell in love with a gorgeous woman called Megara. Megara became the mother of Hercules' children and together they made a happy family. However, things were to be different. Hera took a vow to irritate Hercules during his lifetime. She tricked Hercules into a wild rage. In his rage, the mortal god Hercules killed his family. This was exactly what Hera wanted!

Greek Mythology Hercules - The Mortal Who Became a God

When Hercules returned to his normal state of mind, he saw things were beyond remedy. He prayed to Apollo to get rid of his crime. Apollo was the sun god who could read into the future. We find in Greek Mythology that Hercules requested his advice. Apollo assigned him ten leading tasks (later it was turned to twelve) as the way of purifying his soul.

The Delphic oracle sent him to Tiryns where the king Eurystheus ruled. Hercules was expected to serve him as employee for twelve years of his life. However, the difficult service was not fruitless. Apollo promised him immortality. He was to become a god. However, the great Hercules of greek mythology had one problem, Hera. She authentically kept her promise to make Hercules' life as wretched as she could. Nevertheless, with the assistance of Hermes and Athena, Hercules pulled off his term of twelve years with excellence. In addition, he became the most mortal on the earth to become a god.

Hercules In Greek Mythology - What Made Him So Special?

The honorable penance of Hercules and his eventual success is what makes him so special. His success brought him immortality, which would have been unthinkable for ordinary mortals. Hercules' first task was to peel off the skin of the horrifying Nemean Lion after capturing one. His next task was to kill The Lernean Hydra. The Lernean Hydra was a serpent with nine heads, which never gave peace to the lives of those around it. The third task for him was to bring a Hind (a sacred red deer) from Ceryneia to the king. The deer was the pet of Diana, the Moon goddess.

The fourth task for Hercules was to bring a live Erymanthian Boar. It was very risky to men and animals living around the mountain Erymanthus. Then Hercules was asked to clean up King Augeas' stables in one day. Are you thinking what is so great about it? King Augeas had an awesome amount of cattle of cows, bulls, goats, sheep and horses. Hercules proposed to King Augeas that he would clean the carport only if he rewarded Hercules with a tenth of his cattle.

After this success, Eurystheus was planning to make something tougher for Hercules. He commanded Hercules to force out an vast flock of birds, which assembled at a lake near the town of Stymphalos. Goddess Athena helped him with a pair of bronze krotala, an item similar to castanets. The Cretan Bull was an easy task for Hercules. Hercules wrestled the bull, and then delivered it back to King Eurystheus.

The eighth task was to bring the Man-Eating Horses of Diomedes. It was followed by the battle against the Amazonian female army to get the belt of Hippolyte, the queen. The tenth labor was an awesome one. Hercules had to go around the world, to bring the cattle of the Monster Geryon. It had three heads and three sets of legs all attached at the waist.

The tricky assignment was the eleventh one. Eurystheus asked Hercules to get the Apples of the Hesperides. These were the golden apples gifted by Hera to Zeus. These apples were strictly guarded by a hundred-headed dragon, named Ladon, and also by Hesperides, daughters of Atlas. The other obstacle was that Hercules had no idea where these apples of Hesperides were located. Eventually, Hercules found the location from Nereus whom he seized until Nereus gave him the location of the apples of Hesperides.

Then Hercules found out through Prometheus, whom Hercules had helped, that he would have to have Atlas retrieve the apples. Hercules agreed to hold the sky and the earth while Atlas retrieved the apples. When Atlas returned with the apples, he told Hercules that if he would hold the sky and earth for the rest of time, that he would take them to Eurystheus himself. But Hercules fooled Atlas by request him to hold the earth until he padded his shoulders. Atlas took Hercules place keeping the earth, and Hercules picked up the apples and ran.

After manufacture the great Hercules do all sorts of expected errands, Eurystheus made sure that he did not succeed the last time. So, he ordered Hercules to abduct Cerberus, the underworld beast. Did you ever hear a living man visiting the Hades? However, Greek mythology tells us Hercules was no ordinary man. He was a hero.

He ultimately did complete all the tasks, purified his soul and rescued the princess of Troy from a ravenous sea-monster. He also facilitated Zeus to beat the Giants in a great battle for the operate of Olympus. He married again, to the charming Deianira. She presented him a cloak, which was coated with what she mistakenly belief to be a magic love potion. She was told that the balm would make the man love her forever.

Ironically, it was poison, which burned Hercules skin. Hercules, not being able to undergo the pain asked his friends to kindle a fire. Then Hercules settled himself on the fire to be burned up alive. But the gods looked down, and Zeus belief that Hercules had suffered enough. So he asked Hera to end her anger toward Hercules, which she did. Then Hercules was brought to Olympus in Athena's chariot by Zeus' request.

This Greek mortal Hercules is authentically the most hero of Greek Mythology. Hercules is still thought about to be the exquisite mythical character.

Greek Mythology Hercules - The Mortal Who Became a God

house Feud - A Fun Game For Children Too


I was asked by Camp Med, a licensed day care program and summer camp sponsored by the City of South Pasadena, to give a presentation to our campers about the upcoming Summer Olympics, as I would be leaving for Beijing shortly to work on the Games. I view if I just talk and the kids just listen, it could get kind of boring. So instead, I proposed an Olympic house Feud.

The campers were divided into 4 groups. The winning group would each receive a prize. The way it worked is that I would ask a ask and give one exact group a chance to respond. Unlike television house Feud where only one person can participate, here anyone from the group could chip in. The team leader would then try to write down the best answer. If the respond was wrong, the ask would move to the next group. If one group was noticeably weaker, they would get the easier questions.

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What struck me is how engaged the kids got. You could see the wheels turning. They started thinking. They wanted to give the right answer. They wanted to win. They were having fun and so were the other counselors.

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The questions asked required separate skills, memory, thinking and also listening (to what I had talked about throughout the summer). Due to the internet, it was very easy to come up with questions as multiple trivia, kids and information sites exist.

When I returned from the Olympics, the kids were very curious about my experience. It was as if the Olympic house Feud had opened the door for them to be aware and curious in the Olympics. The event was such a success that we are following it up with a Halloween house Feud. For Halloween house Feud, more jokes and questions with an element of levity will be included. And there will be more questions that our younger kids can answer.

Attached are the questions (with answers) to both house Feuds:

Olympic house Feud

1. Where am I going tomorrow?

China

2. The J in Beijing, how is it pronounced?

As a z

3. How far away is Beijing from Los Angeles?

6300 miles

4. China is the 3rd largest country in the world. What is the largest country in the world?

Russia

5. What is the second largest country in the world?

Canada

6. Which country is incredible to win the most medals at the Summer Olympics?

China

7. Where was the last Olympics?

Turin, Italy

8. Which country won the most medals at the Winter Olympics in Italy?

Germany (29)

9. The Us won the second most medals. How many medals did the Us win in Italy?

25

10. Who is shooting to win 8 Gold Medals and what sport is he in?

Michael Phelps, Swimming

11. Dara Torres is on the Us Olympic Swimming team. How old is she?

41

12. Why have so many Swimming world records been recorded in the last couple of months?

The swimsuit: Speedo's Lzr Racer.

13. What women's sport will no longer be in the Olympics after this year?

Softball

14. Why are some of the athletes not going to chance Ceremonies?

To avoid the air pollution

15. What kind of work do I do at the Olympics?

Ticketing

16. Name this paramount person I gave Olympic tickets to in Korea in 1988? Clue 1; He lives in California and is over 50. Clue 2: He's been in science fiction movies. Clue 3: He received weightlifting tickets.

Arnold Schwarzennegger

17. Name this paramount person I gave Olympic tickets to in Spain in 1992. Clue 1: He lives in California and is over 60. Clue 2: He was in 1 of the batman movies. Clue 3: He received basketball tickets.

Jack Nicholson

18. How many Olympics have I worked on?

11

19. Name a summer Olympic event that many find best to watch on tv than see in person?

Gymnastics, diving, water polo

20. Where will the next Olympics be?

Vancouver Canada

21. What year?

2010

22. What country did the Olympic Games create over 2700 years ago?

Greece

23. As a 12 year old boy, at the Mexico City Olympics, I was in attendance when Bob Beamon wholly shattered a world record. He beat the old world report by so much that Sports graphic named this 1 of the 5 most sports moments of the 20th century. What sport did he break the report in? Clue: It was in track & field.

Bob Beamon set a world report for the long jump with a jump of (29 ft. 2½ in.). It was one of the most breathtaking feats in the history of the Olympics. He shattered the report by more than 21 inches. It has since been called the exquisite jump.

24. What Olympic moment did Sports graphic call the most sports moment of the 20th century? Clue: It happened at a Winter Olympics. Clue 2: It involved the United States

In 1980 at Lake Placid, a group of amateur & collegiate hockey players from the Us defeated the best pro hockey team in the world, the Soviet Union, 4-3. This has since been named the Miracle on Ice.

Halloween house Feud

1. What year did the first Casper the amiable Ghost cartoon appear?

1924? 500Bc? 2004? 500Bc? 1945? (this one) The Middle Ages?

2. Boris Karloff played what paramount movie character?

Frankenstein

3. What do you get when you cross Bambi with a ghost?

Bamboo

4. Bela Lugosi played what paramount movie character?

Dracula

5. How much does the world's biggest pumpkin weigh? A: 245 pounds, B: 485 pounds, C: 685 pounds, D: 1,385 pounds (this one)

6.What paramount movie character did Lon Chaney Jr. Play. Clue: Michael J. Fox, also played this character.

The werewolf

7. according to those silly, scary movies, when do werewolves come out?

At Full Moons

8 What do birds give out on Halloween night?

Tweets...

9. Bodies that are wrapped in cloth and stored in tombs are known as what?

Mummies.

10. In folklore, a male witch is known as a?

Warlock

11. As a Halloween treat, what chocolate candy bar do kids like best of all?

Snickers

12. according to legend, which Halloween creature normally has all of the following: a unibrow, tattoos, and a long middle finger?

A: a werewolf (this one), B: a vampire, C: a witch, D: a golem

13. If you were to draw a witch, what exact item might you want to consist of on her face?

Warts

14. A estimate of paramount Science-fiction and scary movies were filmed in South Pasadena, name 1:

o Back to the time to come (1985)

o Back to the time to come Part Ii (1989)

o Back to the time to come Part Iii (1990)

o Halloween (1978)

o Halloween Ii (1981)

o Halloween: 25 Years of Terror (2006)

o Hell Night (1981)

o Jurassic Park Iii (2001)

o Prom Night (2008)

o Scream 2 (1997)

o Teen Wolf (1985)

o Terminator, The (1984)

15. What's a monsters favorite dessert?

I-Scream!!

16. Name 1 of the 5 most favorite Halloween costumes for kids last year (2007)?

Princess (10.7%)

Spider-Man (4.8%)

Pirate (4.7%)

Witch (4.2%)

Fairy (2.8%)

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