CLST 2090 Chapter : CLST Lecture Notes For March 9
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Name given in hopes that hera won"t kill baby b/c named after her. Hera sent god of childbirth to sit on the porch of the house that the baby was going to be born in. As long as god is there, alcmena can not give birth. Hera wanted to make sure she was in terrible agony. Heracles killed people of his own blood and god made sure he had to live with guilt. Wasn"t a man eater until they first tasted human flesh. 50 women 1 night / 50 women 1 woman a night. A king assigned these tasks to him and if he completed them he"d free him of his. Hide was so thick it couldn"t be pierced by arrows. Killed it with a club but didn"t skin it guilt. *nemean lion & lion of nemea -> lion that was a man eater. Used lions own claws to rip off its skin.
