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Greek Mythology

Hercules - Ο Ηρακλής

In English

   Hercules was the son of Alkmene and Amphitrion. His actual father though was the king of Gods, Zeus.
   Zeus was enchanted by Alkmene's beauty. One night when Amphitrion was away, fighting a battle, Zeus disguised himself as Amphitrion and went to her. Hercules was born and from the beginning showed his great strengths.

   Hera was jealous of the fact that Hercules was really Zeus' son and always tried to harm him. When he was a baby she sent two snakes to kill the newborn. Hercules woke up and grabbed the snakes with his tiny hands and squeezed them so hard, that he choked them.
   Hercules faced many obstacles through out his life. Within the next pages we will examine many of them. Just click on the links to learn more about the life of this hero.

In Greek

   Ο Ηρακλής ήταν γιος της Αλκμήνης και του Αμφιτρίωνα. Ο πραγματικός του πατέρας όμως ήταν ο βασιλιάς των θεών, ο Δίας.
  Ο Δίας ήταν μαγεμένος από την ομορφιά της Αλκμήνης. Ένα βράδυ, που ο Αμφιτρίωνας πολεμούσε σε μια μάχη, ο Δίας μεταμφιέστηκε σαν τον Αμφιτρίωνα και πήγε στην Αλκμήνη. Ο Ηρακλής γεννήθηκε και από την αρχή έδειξε την μεγάλη του δύναμη.

  Η Ήρα ζήλευε, για το γεγονός ότι ο Ηρακλής ήταν στ' αλήθεια γιος του Δία και πάντα προσπαθούσε να του κάνει κακό. Όταν ήταν μωρό έστειλε δύο φίδια για να σκοτώσουν το νεογέννητο. Ο Ηρακλής ξύπνησε, άρπαξε τα φίδια με τα χεράκια του και τα έσφιξε τόσο δυνατά, που τα έπνιξε.
  Ο Ηρακλής συνάντησε πολλά εμπόδια κατά την διάρκεια της ζωής του. Στις επόμενες σελίδες θα εξετάσουμε πολλά απ' αυτά. Χτυπήστε τις συνδέσεις για να μάθετε περισσότερα για την ζωή αυτού του ήρωα.

Words you Need to Learn

Pay attention to the following before you start reading.
In phonetics where you see:
Capital letters is where the word is accented.
 ee or i is pronounced as the ee in word beet.
 e as the e in the word bet.
 a as the a in the word father.
 o as the o in the word only.
 ou as the ou in the word Lou.
 th like the th in think, (bold).
 th like the th in this. (bold and underline)
  Where you see a (red) " g " in the phonetics for that word, that " g " is pronounced like the y in yes.
  • κάνω κακό (KA-no ka-KO) = harm
  • εγώ πνίγω (PNI-go) = choke
  • εγώ σφίγγω (SFI-go) = squeeze
  • εγώ μεταμφιέζομαι (metamfi-E-zome)= disguise
  • κατά την διάρκεια (ka-TA tin thi-A-rkia) = through out, during
  • το χεράκι (he-RA-ki)= tiny hand
  • το εμπόδιο (e-BO-thio) = obstacle
  • εγώ εξετάζω (ekse-TA-zo) = examine
  • μαγεμένος (mage-ME-nos) = enchanted
  • εγώ πολεμώ (pole-MO) = fight
  • η μάχη (MA-hi) = battle



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