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Understanding Mythology in Black Ships Before Troy

Question 10 • CR Language Arts 1 (Semester 2) Summer 2026

Which detail from “The Myth of Hercules” is a part of Hercules’s backstory?

Answer
A
Hercules strangles the snakes that Hera puts in his crib.
B
Hercules feels shame for not defending his home in battle.
C
The god Apollo says that Hercules must perform twelve labors.
D
King Eurystheus orders Hercules to clean the Augean stables.

Explanation

A backstory detail explains something about a character’s earlier life. Hercules strangling the snakes Hera sent to his crib happens when he is an infant, before the main events of his adventures. The twelve labors and cleaning the Augean stables are later events in his story.

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