HSC Unit :14 ; Lesson : 4 Hercules
Hercules was the son of Jupiter and Alcmena. Eurystheus, the King of Mycenae and his cousin, made him undergo some difficult tasks, which are known in Greek myths as the â12 labours of Herculesâ.
āĻšāĻžāĻ°āĻāĻŋāĻāĻ˛āĻŋāĻ¸ āĻāĻŋāĻ˛ā§āĻ¨ āĻā§āĻĒāĻŋāĻāĻžāĻ° āĻāĻŦāĻ āĻāĻ˛āĻāĻžāĻŽā§āĻ¨āĻžāĻ° āĻĒā§āĻ¤ā§āĻ°āĨ¤ āĻŽāĻžāĻāĻ¸ā§āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ° āĻ°āĻžāĻāĻž āĻāĻŦāĻ āĻ¤āĻžāĻāĻ° āĻāĻžāĻāĻŋāĻ¨ āĻāĻāĻ°āĻŋāĻ¸ā§āĻāĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧāĻžāĻ¸ āĻ¤āĻžāĻā§ āĻāĻŋāĻā§ āĻāĻ āĻŋāĻ¨ āĻāĻžāĻ āĻāĻ°āĻ¤ā§ āĻŦāĻžāĻ§ā§āĻ¯ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻāĻŋāĻ˛ā§āĻ¨, āĻ¯āĻž āĻā§āĻ°ā§āĻ āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻžāĻŖā§ âāĻšāĻžāĻ°āĻāĻŋāĻāĻ˛āĻŋāĻ¸ā§āĻ° “ā§§ā§¨ āĻāĻŋ āĻĻā§ā§āĻāĻ¸āĻžāĻ§ā§āĻ¯ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻŽâ āĻ¨āĻžāĻŽā§ āĻĒāĻ°āĻŋāĻāĻŋāĻ¤|
The first involved a fight with a lion. The valley of Nemea was being disturbed by a terrible lion and so Eurystheus ordered Hercules to slay the beast and bring him his skin
āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻĨāĻŽāĻāĻŋ āĻ¸āĻŋāĻāĻšā§āĻ° āĻ¸āĻžāĻĨā§ āĻ˛āĻĄāĻŧāĻžāĻāĻ¯āĻŧā§āĻ° āĻ¸āĻžāĻĨā§ āĻāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋāĻ¤āĨ¤ āĻ¨ā§āĻŽāĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧāĻž āĻāĻĒāĻ¤ā§āĻ¯āĻāĻž āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻāĻ¯āĻŧāĻā§āĻāĻ° āĻ¸āĻŋāĻāĻšā§āĻ° āĻĻā§āĻŦāĻžāĻ°āĻž āĻŦāĻŋāĻāĻ˛āĻŋāĻ¤ āĻšāĻā§āĻāĻŋāĻ˛ āĻāĻŦāĻ āĻ¤āĻžāĻ āĻāĻāĻ°āĻŋāĻ¸ā§āĻāĻŋāĻāĻ¸ āĻšāĻžāĻ°āĻāĻŋāĻāĻ˛āĻŋāĻ¸āĻā§ āĻāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻāĻŋāĻā§ āĻšāĻ¤ā§āĻ¯āĻž āĻāĻ°āĻžāĻ° āĻāĻ¨ā§āĻ¯ āĻāĻŦāĻ āĻ¤āĻžāĻ° āĻ¤ā§āĻŦāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻāĻ¨āĻžāĻ° āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻĻā§āĻļ āĻĻāĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧā§āĻāĻŋāĻ˛āĨ¤
At first, Hercules tried to fight the lion with his club and arrows but this took him nowhere. Then Hercules attempted a different tactic: he decided he would use his hands.
āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻĨāĻŽā§ āĻšāĻžāĻ°āĻāĻŋāĻāĻ˛āĻŋāĻ¸ āĻ¤āĻžāĻ° āĻā§āĻ˛āĻžāĻŦ āĻāĻŦāĻ āĻ¤ā§āĻ°āĻā§āĻ˛āĻŋāĻ° āĻ¸āĻžāĻšāĻžāĻ¯ā§āĻ¯ā§ āĻ¸āĻŋāĻāĻšā§āĻ° āĻŦāĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻĻā§āĻ§ā§ āĻ˛āĻĄāĻŧāĻžāĻ āĻāĻ°āĻžāĻ° āĻā§āĻˇā§āĻāĻž āĻāĻ°ā§āĻāĻŋāĻ˛ āĻāĻŋāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ā§ āĻāĻāĻŋ āĻ¤āĻžāĻā§ āĻā§āĻĨāĻžāĻ āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧā§ āĻ¯āĻžāĻ¯āĻŧ āĻ¨āĻŋāĨ¤ āĻ¤āĻžāĻ°āĻĒāĻ°ā§ āĻšāĻžāĻ°āĻāĻŋāĻāĻ˛āĻŋāĻ¸ āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻāĻ˛āĻžāĻĻāĻž āĻā§āĻļāĻ˛ āĻā§āĻˇā§āĻāĻž āĻāĻ°ā§āĻāĻŋāĻ˛: āĻ¤āĻŋāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻ¸āĻŋāĻĻā§āĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧā§āĻāĻŋāĻ˛ā§āĻ¨ āĻ¯ā§ āĻ¤āĻŋāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻ¤āĻžāĻ° āĻšāĻžāĻ¤ āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻŦāĻšāĻžāĻ° āĻāĻ°āĻŦā§āĻ¨āĨ¤
He thus managed to slay the animal on his own, relying entirely on his immense strength. Victorious, he returned to Mycenae carrying the dead lion on his shoulders, a sight that terrified the King.
āĻāĻāĻāĻžāĻŦā§ āĻ¤āĻŋāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻ¨āĻŋāĻā§āĻ° āĻ āĻāĻžāĻ¨āĻž āĻļāĻā§āĻ¤āĻŋāĻ° āĻāĻĒāĻ° āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻāĻ° āĻāĻ°ā§ āĻ¨āĻŋāĻā§ āĻĨā§āĻā§āĻ āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻžāĻŖā§āĻāĻŋāĻā§ āĻšāĻ¤ā§āĻ¯āĻž āĻāĻ°āĻ¤ā§ āĻ¸āĻā§āĻˇāĻŽ āĻšāĻ¨āĨ¤ āĻŦāĻŋāĻāĻ¯āĻŧā§ āĻšāĻ¯āĻŧā§ āĻ¤āĻŋāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻŽāĻžāĻāĻ¸ā§āĻ¨ āĻ¸āĻŋāĻāĻšāĻā§ āĻāĻžāĻāĻ§ā§ āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧā§ āĻĢāĻŋāĻ°ā§ āĻā§āĻ˛ā§āĻ¨, āĻāĻŽāĻ¨ āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻĻā§āĻļā§āĻ¯ āĻ¯āĻž āĻĻā§āĻā§ āĻ°āĻžāĻāĻž āĻāĻ¯āĻŧ āĻĒā§āĻ¯āĻŧā§āĻāĻŋāĻ˛āĨ¤
His next task was to slay a monster called Hydra that was ravaging the country of Argos. The Hydra had nine heads, of which the middle one was said to be immortal.
āĻ¤āĻžāĻāĻ° āĻĒāĻ°āĻŦāĻ°ā§āĻ¤ā§ āĻāĻžāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻšāĻžāĻāĻĄā§āĻ°āĻž āĻ¨āĻžāĻŽāĻ āĻāĻ āĻĻā§āĻ¤ā§āĻ¯āĻā§ āĻšāĻ¤ā§āĻ¯āĻž āĻāĻ°āĻž āĻāĻŋāĻ˛ āĻ¯āĻž āĻāĻ°āĻā§āĻ¸ āĻĻā§āĻļāĻā§ āĻ§ā§āĻŦāĻāĻ¸ āĻāĻ°ā§ āĻĻāĻŋāĻ¤āĨ¤ āĻšāĻžāĻāĻĄā§āĻ°āĻžāĻ° āĻ¨āĻ¯āĻŧāĻāĻŋ āĻŽāĻžāĻĨāĻž āĻāĻŋāĻ˛, āĻ¯āĻžāĻ° āĻŽāĻ§ā§āĻ¯ā§ āĻŽāĻžāĻā§āĻ°āĻāĻŋāĻāĻŋ āĻ āĻŽāĻ° āĻŦāĻ˛ā§ āĻ āĻāĻŋāĻšāĻŋāĻ¤ āĻšāĻ¯āĻŧā§āĻāĻŋāĻ˛āĨ¤
Our hero struck off its heads with his club, but whenever he knocked off a head, two new ones erupted in its place.
āĻāĻŽāĻžāĻĻā§āĻ° āĻ¨āĻžāĻ¯āĻŧāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻ¤āĻžāĻ° āĻā§āĻ˛āĻžāĻŦāĻāĻŋāĻ° āĻ¸āĻžāĻĨā§ āĻŽāĻžāĻĨāĻž āĻā§āĻāĻĄāĻŧā§ āĻŽāĻžāĻ°āĻ¤, āĻāĻŋāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ā§ āĻ¯āĻāĻ¨āĻ āĻ¸ā§ āĻŽāĻžāĻĨāĻž āĻā§āĻāĻĄāĻŧā§ āĻŽāĻžāĻ°āĻ¤, āĻ¤āĻžāĻ° āĻāĻžāĻ¯āĻŧāĻāĻžāĻ¯āĻŧ āĻĻā§āĻāĻŋ āĻ¨āĻ¤ā§āĻ¨ āĻŽāĻžāĻĨāĻž āĻā§āĻŋāĻā§ā§ āĻ¯ā§āĻ¤āĨ¤
Eventually with the help of his devoted servant Iolaus, Hercules succeeded in burning all the heads of the Hydra except the ninth or immortal one, which he decided to bury under a huge rock.
āĻ āĻŦāĻļā§āĻˇā§ āĻ¤āĻžāĻāĻ° āĻāĻāĻ¨āĻŋāĻˇā§āĻ āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻ āĻāĻāĻāĻ˛āĻžāĻ¸ā§āĻ° āĻ¸āĻšāĻžāĻ¯āĻŧāĻ¤āĻžāĻ¯āĻŧ āĻšāĻžāĻ°āĻāĻŋāĻāĻ˛āĻŋāĻ¸ āĻ¨āĻŦāĻŽ āĻŦāĻž āĻ āĻŽāĻ°āĻā§ āĻŦāĻžāĻĻ āĻĻāĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧā§ āĻšāĻžāĻāĻĄā§āĻ°āĻžāĻ° āĻ¸āĻŽāĻ¸ā§āĻ¤ āĻŽāĻžāĻĨāĻž āĻĒā§āĻĄāĻŧāĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧā§ āĻĢā§āĻ˛āĻ¤ā§ āĻ¸āĻĢāĻ˛ āĻšāĻ¯āĻŧā§āĻāĻŋāĻ˛ā§āĻ¨, āĻ¯āĻžāĻā§ āĻ¤āĻŋāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻŦāĻŋāĻļāĻžāĻ˛ āĻĒāĻžāĻĨāĻ°ā§āĻ° āĻ¨ā§āĻā§ āĻāĻŦāĻ° āĻĻā§āĻāĻ¯āĻŧāĻžāĻ° āĻ¸āĻŋāĻĻā§āĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧā§āĻāĻŋāĻ˛ā§āĻ¨āĨ¤
In other words, Hercules triumphed again, as he would every time he was given an impossible task by Eurystheus!
āĻ āĻ¨ā§āĻ¯ āĻāĻĨāĻžāĻ¯āĻŧ, āĻšāĻžāĻ°āĻāĻŋāĻāĻ˛āĻŋāĻ¸ āĻāĻŦāĻžāĻ°āĻ āĻŦāĻŋāĻāĻ¯āĻŧā§ āĻšāĻ¯āĻŧā§āĻāĻŋāĻ˛ā§āĻ¨, āĻ¤āĻŋāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻ¯ā§āĻŽāĻ¨ āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻ¤āĻŋāĻŦāĻžāĻ°ā§āĻ° āĻŽāĻ¤ā§ āĻāĻāĻ°āĻŋāĻ¸ā§āĻāĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧāĻžāĻ¸ āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻ āĻ¸āĻŽā§āĻāĻŦ āĻāĻžāĻ āĻĻāĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧā§āĻāĻŋāĻ˛ā§āĻ¨!
And this is how; he began to acquire the reputation of a hero possessing immense strength throughout the world.
āĻāĻŦāĻ āĻāĻāĻāĻžāĻŦā§ āĻšāĻ¯āĻŧ; āĻ¤āĻŋāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻŦāĻŋāĻļā§āĻŦāĻā§āĻĄāĻŧā§ āĻ āĻĒāĻ°āĻŋāĻ¸ā§āĻŽ āĻ āĻ§āĻŋāĻāĻžāĻ°ā§ āĻ¨āĻžāĻ¯āĻŧāĻā§āĻ° āĻ¸ā§āĻ¨āĻžāĻŽ āĻ āĻ°ā§āĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°āĻ¤ā§ āĻļā§āĻ°ā§ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻāĻŋāĻ˛ā§āĻ¨āĨ¤
English | āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ˛āĻž |
Vocabulary
1.Undergo 2.Myths 3.Tactic 4.Entirely 5.Immense 6.Terrified 7.Monster â |
āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ āĻ¸āĻŽāĻžāĻšāĻžāĻ°
1./noun/Â āĻ āĻ§ā§āĻ¨ āĻšāĻā§āĻž, āĻ¸āĻšā§āĻ¯ āĻāĻ°āĻž 2./noun/Â āĻļā§āĻ°ā§āĻ¤āĻŋ; āĻ āĻ¤āĻŋāĻāĻĨāĻž; āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻžāĻāĻĨāĻž; āĻā§āĻĸāĻŧ āĻ āĻ°ā§āĻĨāĻĒā§āĻ°ā§āĻŖ āĻāĻžāĻšāĻŋāĻ¨ā§; āĻĒā§ā§āĻ°āĻžāĻŖāĻŋāĻ āĻāĻĨāĻž; 3. /noun/Â āĻāĻ°ā§āĻŽ āĻ¸āĻžāĻ§āĻ¨ā§āĻ° āĻā§ā§āĻļāĻ˛; āĻā§ā§āĻļāĻ˛ā§ āĻĒāĻāĻĨāĻž;Â ; /adjective/āĻ¯ā§āĻĻā§āĻ§āĻā§ā§āĻļāĻ˛; 4. /adv/Â āĻ¸āĻŽā§āĻĒā§āĻ°ā§āĻŖāĻ°ā§āĻĒā§; āĻ āĻāĻŖā§āĻĄāĻ°ā§āĻĒā§ 5. /adj/Â āĻ āĻĒāĻ°āĻŋāĻŽā§ā§; āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻāĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻĄ 6. /adjective/Â āĻāĻ¤āĻā§āĻāĻŋāĻ¤; āĻāĻ¤āĻā§āĻāĻā§āĻ°āĻ¸ā§āĻ¤; āĻ¸āĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻ°āĻžāĻ¸āĻŋāĻ¤; āĻāĻ¤āĻā§āĻāĻĒā§āĻ°āĻ¸ā§āĻ; āĻāĻ¤āĻā§āĻāĻĒā§āĻĄāĻŧāĻŋāĻ¤; 7. /noun/Â āĻĻā§āĻ¤ā§āĻ¯; āĻŦāĻŋāĻ¸ā§āĻŽāĻ¯āĻŧāĻāĻ° āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻžāĻŖā§; āĻŦāĻŋāĻāĻ āĻŽā§āĻ°ā§āĻ¤āĻŋ; āĻĻāĻžāĻ¨āĻŦ; āĻŦāĻŋāĻļāĻžāĻ˛ āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻ¤āĻŋāĻŽā§āĻ°ā§āĻ¤āĻŋ; |
English | āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ˛āĻž |
Vocabulary
8. Ravaging 9. Struck of 10. Erupted 11. Eventually 12. Devoted 13. Triumphed 14. Reputation |
āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ āĻ¸āĻŽāĻžāĻšāĻžāĻ°
8. /verb/Â āĻŦāĻŋāĻ§ā§āĻŦāĻ¸ā§āĻ¤ āĻāĻ°āĻž; āĻ§ā§āĻŦāĻāĻ¸ āĻāĻ°āĻž; āĻāĻžāĻ°āĻāĻžāĻ° āĻāĻ°āĻž; āĻ˛ā§āĻāĻĒāĻžāĻ āĻāĻ°āĻž; 9. /VA /Â āĻ§āĻ°ā§āĻŽāĻāĻ; āĻāĻ°ā§āĻŽāĻŦāĻŋāĻ°āĻ¤āĻŋ 10. āĻ¸āĻŦā§āĻā§ āĻā§āĻā§āĻˇāĻŋāĻĒā§āĻ¤; 11. /adv/Â āĻ āĻŦāĻļā§āĻˇā§; āĻĒāĻ°āĻŋāĻŖāĻžāĻŽā§ 12. /adj/Â āĻ āĻ¨ā§āĻ°āĻā§āĻ¤ 13. /verb/Â āĻ¸āĻžāĻĢāĻ˛ā§āĻ¯ āĻ āĻ°ā§āĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°āĻž; āĻāĻ˛ā§āĻ˛āĻžāĻ¸ āĻāĻ°āĻž; āĻŦāĻŋāĻāĻ¯āĻŧāĻ˛āĻžāĻ āĻāĻ°āĻž; āĻ¸āĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻŽā§āĻŦāĻ°ā§ āĻŦāĻŋāĻāĻ¯āĻŧā§āĻžāĻ¤ā§āĻ¸āĻŦ āĻāĻ°āĻž; 14. /noun/Â āĻ¯āĻļāĻ āĻā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻ¤āĻŋ; āĻ¸āĻŽā§āĻā§āĻ°āĻŽ |