 Attendance/prayer  Goals to accomplish  Hatred of Juno quiz  Hercules and the Serpents translation  Hercules and Serpents in art  Homework – 1. Hercules and the Serpents quiz 2. Take notes on “Music Lesson”

1. To understand the story of Hercules and the Serpents in context. 2. To be able to list the grammatical features of the Latin nouns and verbs in the story. 3. To be able to understand why this story of Hercules and the serpents is prominent and important in art & sculpture.

 Iphicles, the brother of Hercules, shouted in a loud voice; but Hercules himself, the strongest boy, not at all was frightened.  With small hands, he seized the snakes immediately, and squeezed their necks with great force.  In such a way, the snakes were killed by the boy.

 Now, Alcmena, the mother of the boys, had heard the shouting, and had awoken her husband from sleep.  That man lit a light and snatched his own sword; then he was hurrying to the boys, but when he came to the place, he saw an amazing thing,  For Hercules was laughing and showing the dead snakes.

Hercules Wrestles with the Snakes Roman Art Fresco Casa dei Vettii, Pompeii, Italy

Musei Capitolini, Rome