Food and drinks vs. Nicotine. 1  1. Water hydrates the body because the nicotine dehydrates it and helps in sweating out the nicotine from your system. 2  2. Vegetables, such as egg-plants, beans, cucumbers and celery influence cigarette taste, decreasing nicotine dependence.
Hercules' twelve great labors. One of the most popular heroes in ancient Greece was Hercules, son of Zeus and the queen Alcmena. He was inhumanly strong and brave. He did many remarkable things and is most famous for finishing twelve tasks, which were done on a Greek king's order, Hercules' close relative.
Lesson Summary. Tiresias was a mythological Greek figure who was famous for his prophecies and for transforming into a woman for seven years. There are many allusions to Tiresias in mythology. Several myths revolve around his sex change and two sets of myths revolve around the cause of Tiresias' blindness.