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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 ’12 labours of Hercules’.

āĻšāĻžāĻ°āĻ•āĻŋāĻ‰āĻ˛āĻŋāĻ¸ āĻ›āĻŋāĻ˛ā§‡āĻ¨ āĻœā§āĻĒāĻŋāĻŸāĻžāĻ° āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻ†āĻ˛āĻ•āĻžāĻŽā§‡āĻ¨āĻžāĻ° āĻĒā§āĻ¤ā§āĻ°āĨ¤ āĻŽāĻžāĻ‡āĻ¸ā§‡āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ° āĻ°āĻžāĻœāĻž āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻ¤āĻžāĻāĻ° āĻ•āĻžāĻœāĻŋāĻ¨ āĻ‡āĻ‰āĻ°āĻŋāĻ¸ā§āĻŸāĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧāĻžāĻ¸ āĻ¤āĻžāĻ•ā§‡ āĻ•āĻŋāĻ›ā§ āĻ•āĻ āĻŋāĻ¨ āĻ•āĻžāĻœ āĻ•āĻ°āĻ¤ā§‡ āĻŦāĻžāĻ§ā§āĻ¯ āĻ•āĻ°ā§‡āĻ›āĻŋāĻ˛ā§‡āĻ¨, āĻ¯āĻž āĻ—ā§āĻ°ā§€āĻ• āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻžāĻŖā§‡ ‘āĻšāĻžāĻ°āĻ•āĻŋāĻ‰āĻ˛āĻŋāĻ¸ā§‡āĻ° “ā§§ā§¨ āĻŸāĻŋ āĻĻā§ā§ƒāĻƒāĻ¸āĻžāĻ§ā§āĻ¯ āĻ•āĻ°ā§āĻŽâ€™ āĻ¨āĻžāĻŽā§‡ āĻĒāĻ°āĻŋāĻšāĻŋāĻ¤|

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°āĻĨāĻŽāĻŸāĻŋ āĻ¸āĻŋāĻ‚āĻšā§‡āĻ° āĻ¸āĻžāĻĨā§‡ āĻ˛āĻĄāĻŧāĻžāĻ‡āĻ¯āĻŧā§‡āĻ° āĻ¸āĻžāĻĨā§‡ āĻœāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋāĻ¤āĨ¤ āĻ¨ā§‡āĻŽāĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧāĻž āĻ‰āĻĒāĻ¤ā§āĻ¯āĻ•āĻž āĻāĻ•āĻŸāĻŋ āĻ­āĻ¯āĻŧāĻ™ā§āĻ•āĻ° āĻ¸āĻŋāĻ‚āĻšā§‡āĻ° āĻĻā§āĻŦāĻžāĻ°āĻž āĻŦāĻŋāĻšāĻ˛āĻŋāĻ¤ āĻšāĻšā§āĻ›āĻŋāĻ˛ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻ¤āĻžāĻ‡ āĻ‡āĻ‰āĻ°āĻŋāĻ¸ā§āĻŸāĻŋāĻ‰āĻ¸ āĻšāĻžāĻ°āĻ•āĻŋāĻ‰āĻ˛āĻŋāĻ¸āĻ•ā§‡ āĻœāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻŸāĻŋāĻ•ā§‡ āĻšāĻ¤ā§āĻ¯āĻž āĻ•āĻ°āĻžāĻ° āĻœāĻ¨ā§āĻ¯ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻ¤āĻžāĻ° āĻ¤ā§āĻŦāĻ•āĻŸāĻŋ āĻ†āĻ¨āĻžāĻ° āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻĻā§‡āĻļ āĻĻāĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧā§‡āĻ›āĻŋāĻ˛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°āĻ•āĻŋāĻ‰āĻ˛āĻŋāĻ¸ āĻ¤āĻžāĻ° āĻ•ā§āĻ˛āĻžāĻŦ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻ¤ā§€āĻ°āĻ—ā§āĻ˛āĻŋāĻ° āĻ¸āĻžāĻšāĻžāĻ¯ā§āĻ¯ā§‡ āĻ¸āĻŋāĻ‚āĻšā§‡āĻ° āĻŦāĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻĻā§āĻ§ā§‡ āĻ˛āĻĄāĻŧāĻžāĻ‡ āĻ•āĻ°āĻžāĻ° āĻšā§‡āĻˇā§āĻŸāĻž āĻ•āĻ°ā§‡āĻ›āĻŋāĻ˛ āĻ•āĻŋāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ā§ āĻāĻŸāĻŋ āĻ¤āĻžāĻ•ā§‡ āĻ•ā§‹āĻĨāĻžāĻ“ āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧā§‡ āĻ¯āĻžāĻ¯āĻŧ āĻ¨āĻŋāĨ¤ āĻ¤āĻžāĻ°āĻĒāĻ°ā§‡ āĻšāĻžāĻ°āĻ•āĻŋāĻ‰āĻ˛āĻŋāĻ¸ āĻāĻ•āĻŸāĻŋ āĻ†āĻ˛āĻžāĻĻāĻž āĻ•ā§ŒāĻļāĻ˛ āĻšā§‡āĻˇā§āĻŸāĻž āĻ•āĻ°ā§‡āĻ›āĻŋāĻ˛: āĻ¤āĻŋāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻ¸āĻŋāĻĻā§āĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧā§‡āĻ›āĻŋāĻ˛ā§‡āĻ¨ āĻ¯ā§‡ āĻ¤āĻŋāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻ¤āĻžāĻ° āĻšāĻžāĻ¤ āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻŦāĻšāĻžāĻ° āĻ•āĻ°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.

āĻāĻ‡āĻ­āĻžāĻŦā§‡ āĻ¤āĻŋāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻ¨āĻŋāĻœā§‡āĻ° āĻ…āĻœāĻžāĻ¨āĻž āĻļāĻ•ā§āĻ¤āĻŋāĻ° āĻ‰āĻĒāĻ° āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻ­āĻ° āĻ•āĻ°ā§‡ āĻ¨āĻŋāĻœā§‡ āĻĨā§‡āĻ•ā§‡āĻ‡ āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻžāĻŖā§€āĻŸāĻŋāĻ•ā§‡ āĻšāĻ¤ā§āĻ¯āĻž āĻ•āĻ°āĻ¤ā§‡ āĻ¸āĻ•ā§āĻˇāĻŽ āĻšāĻ¨āĨ¤ āĻŦāĻŋāĻœāĻ¯āĻŧā§€ āĻšāĻ¯āĻŧā§‡ āĻ¤āĻŋāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻŽāĻžāĻ‡āĻ¸ā§‡āĻ¨ āĻ¸āĻŋāĻ‚āĻšāĻ•ā§‡ āĻ•āĻžāĻāĻ§ā§‡ āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧā§‡ āĻĢāĻŋāĻ°ā§‡ āĻ—ā§‡āĻ˛ā§‡āĻ¨, āĻāĻŽāĻ¨ āĻāĻ•āĻŸāĻŋ āĻĻā§ƒāĻļā§āĻ¯ āĻ¯āĻž āĻĻā§‡āĻ–ā§‡ āĻ°āĻžāĻœāĻž āĻ­āĻ¯āĻŧ āĻĒā§‡āĻ¯āĻŧā§‡āĻ›āĻŋāĻ˛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¤āĻžāĻāĻ° āĻĒāĻ°āĻŦāĻ°ā§āĻ¤ā§€ āĻ•āĻžāĻœāĻŸāĻŋ āĻšāĻžāĻ‡āĻĄā§āĻ°āĻž āĻ¨āĻžāĻŽāĻ• āĻāĻ• āĻĻā§ˆāĻ¤ā§āĻ¯āĻ•ā§‡ āĻšāĻ¤ā§āĻ¯āĻž āĻ•āĻ°āĻž āĻ›āĻŋāĻ˛ āĻ¯āĻž āĻ†āĻ°āĻ—ā§‹āĻ¸ āĻĻā§‡āĻļāĻ•ā§‡ āĻ§ā§āĻŦāĻ‚āĻ¸ āĻ•āĻ°ā§‡ āĻĻāĻŋāĻ¤āĨ¤ āĻšāĻžāĻ‡āĻĄā§āĻ°āĻžāĻ° āĻ¨āĻ¯āĻŧāĻŸāĻŋ āĻŽāĻžāĻĨāĻž āĻ›āĻŋāĻ˛, āĻ¯āĻžāĻ° āĻŽāĻ§ā§āĻ¯ā§‡ āĻŽāĻžāĻā§‡āĻ°āĻŸāĻŋāĻŸāĻŋ āĻ…āĻŽāĻ° āĻŦāĻ˛ā§‡ āĻ…āĻ­āĻŋāĻšāĻŋāĻ¤ āĻšāĻ¯āĻŧā§‡āĻ›āĻŋāĻ˛āĨ¤

Our hero struck off its heads with his club, but whenever he knocked off a head, two new ones erupted in its place.

āĻ†āĻŽāĻžāĻĻā§‡āĻ° āĻ¨āĻžāĻ¯āĻŧāĻ•āĻŸāĻŋ āĻ¤āĻžāĻ° āĻ•ā§āĻ˛āĻžāĻŦāĻŸāĻŋāĻ° āĻ¸āĻžāĻĨā§‡ āĻŽāĻžāĻĨāĻž āĻ›ā§āĻāĻĄāĻŧā§‡ āĻŽāĻžāĻ°āĻ¤, āĻ•āĻŋāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ā§ āĻ¯āĻ–āĻ¨āĻ‡ āĻ¸ā§‡ āĻŽāĻžāĻĨāĻž āĻ›ā§āĻāĻĄāĻŧā§‡ āĻŽāĻžāĻ°āĻ¤, āĻ¤āĻžāĻ° āĻœāĻžāĻ¯āĻŧāĻ—āĻžāĻ¯āĻŧ āĻĻā§āĻŸāĻŋ āĻ¨āĻ¤ā§āĻ¨ āĻŽāĻžāĻĨāĻž āĻ—ā§āĻŋāĻœā§Ÿā§‡ 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¤āĻžāĻāĻ° āĻāĻ•āĻ¨āĻŋāĻˇā§āĻ  āĻ¸ā§‡āĻŦāĻ• āĻ†āĻ‡āĻ“āĻ˛āĻžāĻ¸ā§‡āĻ° āĻ¸āĻšāĻžāĻ¯āĻŧāĻ¤āĻžāĻ¯āĻŧ āĻšāĻžāĻ°āĻ•āĻŋāĻ‰āĻ˛āĻŋāĻ¸ āĻ¨āĻŦāĻŽ āĻŦāĻž āĻ…āĻŽāĻ°āĻ•ā§‡ āĻŦāĻžāĻĻ āĻĻāĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧā§‡ āĻšāĻžāĻ‡āĻĄā§āĻ°āĻžāĻ° āĻ¸āĻŽāĻ¸ā§āĻ¤ āĻŽāĻžāĻĨāĻž āĻĒā§āĻĄāĻŧāĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧā§‡ āĻĢā§‡āĻ˛āĻ¤ā§‡ āĻ¸āĻĢāĻ˛ āĻšāĻ¯āĻŧā§‡āĻ›āĻŋāĻ˛ā§‡āĻ¨, āĻ¯āĻžāĻ•ā§‡ āĻ¤āĻŋāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻāĻ•āĻŸāĻŋ āĻŦāĻŋāĻļāĻžāĻ˛ āĻĒāĻžāĻĨāĻ°ā§‡āĻ° āĻ¨ā§€āĻšā§‡ āĻ•āĻŦāĻ° āĻĻā§‡āĻ“āĻ¯āĻŧāĻžāĻ° āĻ¸āĻŋāĻĻā§āĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧā§‡āĻ›āĻŋāĻ˛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¯ āĻ•āĻĨāĻžāĻ¯āĻŧ, āĻšāĻžāĻ°āĻ•āĻŋāĻ‰āĻ˛āĻŋāĻ¸ āĻ†āĻŦāĻžāĻ°āĻ“ āĻŦāĻŋāĻœāĻ¯āĻŧā§€ āĻšāĻ¯āĻŧā§‡āĻ›āĻŋāĻ˛ā§‡āĻ¨, āĻ¤āĻŋāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻ¯ā§‡āĻŽāĻ¨ āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻ¤āĻŋāĻŦāĻžāĻ°ā§‡āĻ° āĻŽāĻ¤ā§‹ āĻ‡āĻ‰āĻ°āĻŋāĻ¸ā§āĻŸāĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧāĻžāĻ¸ āĻāĻ•āĻŸāĻŋ āĻ…āĻ¸āĻŽā§āĻ­āĻŦ āĻ•āĻžāĻœ āĻĻāĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧā§‡āĻ›āĻŋāĻ˛ā§‡āĻ¨!

And this is how; he began to acquire the reputation of a hero possessing immense strength throughout the world.

āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻāĻ‡āĻ­āĻžāĻŦā§‡ āĻšāĻ¯āĻŧ; āĻ¤āĻŋāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻŦāĻŋāĻļā§āĻŦāĻœā§āĻĄāĻŧā§‡ āĻ…āĻĒāĻ°āĻŋāĻ¸ā§€āĻŽ āĻ…āĻ§āĻŋāĻ•āĻžāĻ°ā§€ āĻ¨āĻžāĻ¯āĻŧāĻ•ā§‡āĻ° āĻ¸ā§āĻ¨āĻžāĻŽ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻœāĻ¨ āĻ•āĻ°āĻ¤ā§‡ āĻļā§āĻ°ā§ āĻ•āĻ°ā§‡āĻ›āĻŋāĻ˛ā§‡āĻ¨āĨ¤

English āĻŦāĻžāĻ‚āĻ˛āĻž
Vocabulary

1.Undergo

2.Myths

3.Tactic

4.Entirely

5.Immense

6.Terrified

7.Monster

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āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ āĻ¸āĻŽāĻžāĻšāĻžāĻ°

1./noun/ āĻ…āĻ§ā§€āĻ¨ āĻšāĻ“ā§ŸāĻž, āĻ¸āĻšā§āĻ¯ āĻ•āĻ°āĻž

2./noun/ āĻļā§āĻ°ā§āĻ¤āĻŋ; āĻ…āĻ¤āĻŋāĻ•āĻĨāĻž; āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻžāĻ•āĻĨāĻž;

āĻ—ā§‚āĻĸāĻŧ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨāĻĒā§‚āĻ°ā§āĻŖ āĻ•āĻžāĻšāĻŋāĻ¨ā§€; āĻĒā§‡ā§—āĻ°āĻžāĻŖāĻŋāĻ• āĻ•āĻĨāĻž;

3. /noun/ āĻ•āĻ°ā§āĻŽ āĻ¸āĻžāĻ§āĻ¨ā§‡āĻ° āĻ•ā§‡ā§—āĻļāĻ˛; āĻ•ā§‡ā§—āĻļāĻ˛ā§€

āĻĒāĻāĻĨāĻž; ; /adjective/āĻ¯ā§āĻĻā§āĻ§āĻ•ā§‡ā§—āĻļāĻ˛;

4. /adv/ āĻ¸āĻŽā§āĻĒā§‚āĻ°ā§āĻŖāĻ°ā§‚āĻĒā§‡; āĻ…āĻ–āĻŖā§āĻĄāĻ°ā§‚āĻĒā§‡

5. /adj/ āĻ…āĻĒāĻ°āĻŋāĻŽā§‡ā§Ÿ; āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻ•āĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻĄ

6. /adjective/ āĻ†āĻ¤āĻ™ā§āĻ•āĻŋāĻ¤; āĻ†āĻ¤āĻ™ā§āĻ•āĻ—ā§āĻ°āĻ¸ā§āĻ¤;

āĻ¸āĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻ°āĻžāĻ¸āĻŋāĻ¤; āĻ†āĻ¤āĻ™ā§āĻ•āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻ¸ā§‚āĻš; āĻ†āĻ¤āĻ™ā§āĻ•āĻĒā§€āĻĄāĻŧāĻŋāĻ¤;

7. /noun/ āĻĻā§ˆāĻ¤ā§āĻ¯; āĻŦāĻŋāĻ¸ā§āĻŽāĻ¯āĻŧāĻ•āĻ° āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻžāĻŖā§€; āĻŦāĻŋāĻ•āĻŸ

āĻŽā§‚āĻ°ā§āĻ¤āĻŋ; āĻĻāĻžāĻ¨āĻŦ; āĻŦāĻŋāĻļāĻžāĻ˛ āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻ¤āĻŋāĻŽā§‚āĻ°ā§āĻ¤āĻŋ;

 

English āĻŦāĻžāĻ‚āĻ˛āĻž
Vocabulary

8. Ravaging

9. Struck of

10. Erupted

11. Eventually

12. Devoted

13. Triumphed

14. Reputation

āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ āĻ¸āĻŽāĻžāĻšāĻžāĻ°

8. /verb/ āĻŦāĻŋāĻ§ā§āĻŦāĻ¸ā§āĻ¤ āĻ•āĻ°āĻž; āĻ§ā§āĻŦāĻ‚āĻ¸ āĻ•āĻ°āĻž; āĻ›āĻžāĻ°āĻ–āĻžāĻ° āĻ•āĻ°āĻž; āĻ˛ā§āĻŸāĻĒāĻžāĻŸ āĻ•āĻ°āĻž;

9. /VA / āĻ§āĻ°ā§āĻŽāĻ˜āĻŸ; āĻ•āĻ°ā§āĻŽāĻŦāĻŋāĻ°āĻ¤āĻŋ

10. āĻ¸āĻŦā§‡āĻ—ā§‡ āĻ‰ā§ŽāĻ•ā§āĻˇāĻŋāĻĒā§āĻ¤;

11. /adv/ āĻ…āĻŦāĻļā§‡āĻˇā§‡; āĻĒāĻ°āĻŋāĻŖāĻžāĻŽā§‡

12. /adj/ āĻ…āĻ¨ā§āĻ°āĻ•ā§āĻ¤

13. /verb/ āĻ¸āĻžāĻĢāĻ˛ā§āĻ¯ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻœāĻ¨ āĻ•āĻ°āĻž; āĻ‰āĻ˛ā§āĻ˛āĻžāĻ¸ āĻ•āĻ°āĻž; āĻŦāĻŋāĻœāĻ¯āĻŧāĻ˛āĻžāĻ­ āĻ•āĻ°āĻž; āĻ¸āĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻŽā§āĻŦāĻ°ā§‡ āĻŦāĻŋāĻœāĻ¯āĻŧā§‡āĻžāĻ¤ā§āĻ¸āĻŦ āĻ•āĻ°āĻž;

14. /noun/ āĻ¯āĻļāĻƒ āĻ–ā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻ¤āĻŋ; āĻ¸āĻŽā§āĻ­ā§āĻ°āĻŽ