16) hercules was semi-divine, thus he could not die. what then happened to him? 17) the town associated with hercules is a. corinth b. arcadia c. athens d. thebes 18) hercules' two wives were and a. admetus b. dejanira c. megara d. chiron 19) the purpose of jason's odyssey was to a. kill medusa. b. retrieve the golden fleece. c. tame pegasus. d. solve the riddle of the sphinx.

in 1897, pershing became a tactical officer at west point, and that's where he was given the nickname "black jack." pershing's first name is "john," for which "jack" is a nickname, and he was a white man who commanded black troops. hence "black jack".

nothing certain is known about what happened, but it seems that the country declined gradually, perhaps due to bad government, or, more likely, due to a series of bad harvests, which resulted in widespread and recurrent famine.