This is my assignment:

Please use the ACE strategy to summarize and/analyze the mythological character Hercules and his role as a heroic figure in Greco-Roman lore. Incorporate ideas from the hero cycle (monomyth) to construct your answer.

Length Requirement: At least 100-150 words; Sources: Use at least one quote from the text.

Use the questions below to construct your response.

1) How do Hercules and his legends conform to the monomyth model?

2) Describe two of Hercules's labors and tell how his performance of those tasks qualify him as a hero.

3) How does Hercules undergoing apotheosis/deification (becoming a god) tie into the monomyth?

4) Why do you think Hercules was/is such a popular heroic figure?

The text is apollodorus, the library book 2