6°2 Greek mythology : Heracles (with sound !)
Héraclès enfant étouffant un
serpent. Marbre, œuvre romaine du IIe siècle ap. J.-C.
Palazzo Nuovo, first floor, gallery
Artist unknown
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En ce moment, avec Mme Champagne et Mme Hirsch, vous travaillez sur la mythologie grècque et romaine. Vous en avez de la chance !
Jeudi dernier, en ATP, j'ai pu écouter Thomas présenter le Dieu Hades, Maxime G présenter Dyonysos...J'ai trouvé ce travail passionnant et je peux vous dire que vous en connaissez bien plus sur les dieux grecs et romains que votre professeur d'anglais !
Grâce à vous, je m'y intéresse désormais et je me suis mis en tête de vous proposer des documents sur la mythologie, en anglais. J'ai cherché et j'ai trouvé des podcasts sur Myths minutes Where timeless stories are introduced to the next generation.
Alors, bien sûr, ces textes sont compliqués pour vous mais votre connaissance des dieux devraient vous permettre de repérer quelques mots ici et là en écoutant ou en lisant, en attendant que je prépare une activité en anglais plus adaptée à votre niveau de 6°.
En espérant que cela vous plaîra !
Voici pour l'heure le dieu Heracles !
Allumez vos enceintes , le texte est en lecture automatique ! Vous pouvez cependant l'arrêter en utilisant le lecteur tout en bas de la page.
Heracles and The Nemean Lion
Heracles (Latin: Hercules) is the son of the god Zeus and Alcmene. His gift was fabulous strength; he strangled two serpents in his cradle, and killed a lion before manhood. Heracles' main antagonist was Hera. She eventually drove him mad, during which time he killed his own children and his brother's. He was so grieved upon recovery that he exiled himself and consulted the oracle of Apollo. The oracle told him to perform twelve labors
[These Twelve Labors were:
Kill the lion of Nemea. He strangled it without further ado.
Kill the nine-headed Hydra. Two new heads would grow on the Hydra from each fresh wound, and one was immortal. Heracles burned the eight and put the immortal one under a rock.
Capture the Ceryneian Hind. After running after it for many months, he finally trapped it.
Kill the wild boar of Erymanthus. A wild battle, but pretty straightforward: Heracles won.
Clean the Augean Stables of King Augeas. He succeeded only by diverting a nearby river to wash the muck away.
Kill the carnivorous birds of Stymphalis.
Capture the wild bull of Crete.
Capture the man-eating mares of Diomedes.
Obtain the girdle of Hippolyta, the queen of the Amazons (not all that easy, actually).
Capture the oxen of Geryon.
Take the golden apples from the garden of the Hesperides, which was always guarded by the dragon Ladon. Heracles tricked Atlas into getting he apples by offering to hold the Earth for Atlas. When he returned with the apples, Heracles asked him to take the Earth for a moment so he could go get a pillow for his aching shoulders. Atlas did so, and Heracles left with his apples.
Bring Cerberus, the three-headed dog of Hades, to the surface world.]
Heracles was now free to return to Thebes and marry Deianira. Later the centaur Nessus tried to abduct Deianira; Heracles shot him with a poisoned arrow. The dying Nessus told Deianira to keep his blood, as it would always preserve Heracles' love. When Deianira later feared she was being supplanted by Iole, Deianira sent Heracles a garment soaked in Nessus' blood. It poisoned Heracles, who was taken to Olympus and endowed with immortality after death
Kill the lion of Nemea. He strangled it without further ado.
Kill the nine-headed Hydra. Two new heads would grow on the Hydra from each fresh wound, and one was immortal. Heracles burned the eight and put the immortal one under a rock.
Capture the Ceryneian Hind. After running after it for many months, he finally trapped it.
Kill the wild boar of Erymanthus. A wild battle, but pretty straightforward: Heracles won.
Clean the Augean Stables of King Augeas. He succeeded only by diverting a nearby river to wash the muck away.
Kill the carnivorous birds of Stymphalis.
Capture the wild bull of Crete.
Capture the man-eating mares of Diomedes.
Obtain the girdle of Hippolyta, the queen of the Amazons (not all that easy, actually).
Capture the oxen of Geryon.
Take the golden apples from the garden of the Hesperides, which was always guarded by the dragon Ladon. Heracles tricked Atlas into getting he apples by offering to hold the Earth for Atlas. When he returned with the apples, Heracles asked him to take the Earth for a moment so he could go get a pillow for his aching shoulders. Atlas did so, and Heracles left with his apples.
Bring Cerberus, the three-headed dog of Hades, to the surface world.]
Heracles was now free to return to Thebes and marry Deianira. Later the centaur Nessus tried to abduct Deianira; Heracles shot him with a poisoned arrow. The dying Nessus told Deianira to keep his blood, as it would always preserve Heracles' love. When Deianira later feared she was being supplanted by Iole, Deianira sent Heracles a garment soaked in Nessus' blood. It poisoned Heracles, who was taken to Olympus and endowed with immortality after death
Hercule combattant 
Voici, en
attendant d'aller me ballader dans Toulouse avec mon appareil photos à la recherche d'Héracles,
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