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Whats this story about
Hercules defeating a river God and winning Deianira’s hand in marriage
hercules’ story of becoming a God
who is Achelous
a river God
who wanted to marry Deianira
Hercules and Achelous
who is Oeneus
Deianira’s father
what did they offer to Oeneus
Hercules said his father-in-law would be Zeus and told her about his labours
Achelous said that only he was an actual God and a native, also Hera didn’t hate him
why did they start fighting
Achelous insulted Hercules’ parents
what impression of Hercules do we get from this
he is angry and violent, a short temper and strong
Hercules was beating Achelous so what did Achelous do
turned into a snake
what did hercules do when he turned into a snake
strangled him
what did Achelous do it return from being strangled
turned into a bull
what did Hercules do when Achelous turned into a bull
broke his horn (cornucopia)
when hercules and deianira were married who helped her cross the river
Nessus, a centaur
what did Nessus do when he had Deianira
tried to kidnap her
What did Hercules do in response
shot him with a poison arrow (Lernean hydra poison)
what does Nessus give to Deianira while he died and why
his bloody shirt and told her it revived dying love
Many years later what did the goddess rumor say
that hercules was in love with lole
what did she decide to do
give hercules the shirt
who delivered the shirt to hercules
lichas
what happened when hercules put the shirt on
the venom started to destroy hercules and put him in incredible pain
who does hercules call out to
Hera
What does Hercules do with Lichas?
Hurls him through the air and he becomes hard flint and turns into an island
does zeus help hercules through his pain
no
what does zeus decide should happen to hercules
he should be turned into a God
what is hercules compared to when going from mortal to immortal
a snake shedding its skin
