Heracles Quiz

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1. Who was Heracles' mother?

   1. Leda
   2. Alcmene
   3. Danae
   4. Semele
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   Answer: Alcmene

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2. Who taught Heracles wrestling?

   1. Autolycus
   2. Castor
   3. Harpalycus
   4. Eurytus
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   Answer: Autolycus

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3. What epithet meaning 'The Averter of Evil' was sometimes used for Heracles?

   1. Alexikakos
   2. Philoktetes
   3. Alcides
   4. Alcaeus
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   Answer: Alexikakos

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4. Who set fire to Heracles' funeral pyre on Mount Oeta?

   1. Philoctetes
   2. Poeas
   3. Meleager
   4. Iolaus
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   Answer: Poeas

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5. Who was Heracles' second wife?

   1. Hebe
   2. Megara
   3. Omphale
   4. Deianira
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   Answer: Deianira

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6. Which hero did Heracles free from his seat in Hades?

   1. Sisyphus
   2. Pirithous
   3. Orpheus
   4. Theseus
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   Answer: Theseus

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7. Who was the king of Thespiae whose fifty daughters bore children to Heracles?

   1. Erginus
   2. Creon
   3. Thespius
   4. Eurystheus
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   Answer: Thespius

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8. What did Heracles use to kill the Centaur Nessus?

   1. A club made of olive wood
   2. His lion's scalp
   3. Arrows dipped in the blood of the Stymphalian Birds
   4. Arrows dipped in the blood of the Lernaean Hydra
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   Answer: Arrows dipped in the blood of the Lernaean Hydra

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