Hercules and the Twelve Labors

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This class has been more than amazing learning about all the different and unknown cultures (some very interesting ones) as well as many characters (some of those I have not heard of either) that backed each story, religion, and everything that makes a culture. I did a lot of thinking about what culture I wanted to study and who I wanted to study and I was quit stumped who to choose out of all the amazing cultures and characters I have studied and thought about all the ones that I had not studied yet that await. I decided to continue to study on Greece because I really enjoyed learning about them in specific. Then I had to choose from all the amazing characters (gods, animals, ect) which I choose to continue studying on Hercules and the twelve labors because, the short page that I got to read about Hercules also known as Heracles I really wanted to learn about the amazing god he was and his amazing twelve labors. My goal is to be able to speak knowledgeable about the Greek culture and the amazing Hercules and his twelve labors.

It all started when Zeus disguised himself as a woman...

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