Word crawl/Greek Mythology Crawl Collection

==The Labours of Heracles Challenge==
Completing any three of these challenges is enough to make you a true hero, so pick wisely and play to your strengths. However, if you're looking for a Herculean challenge, try to finish all twelve!
*To defeat the Nemean Lion, which cannot be injured by any weapon, you'll need stamina. Write for 20 minutes without stopping.
*To slay the Hydra, you'll have to complete a 50-headed hydra challenge.
*To capture the Golden Deer sacred to Artemis, you'll have to be fast. Write 600 words in 15 minutes. (600 words)
*To capture the Erymanthian Boar, you need to build a sturdy trap. Writing 750 words ought to do it.
*To clean the Augean stables in a single day, flood them by writing 500 words as quickly as you can!
*Scare away the Stymphalian Birds by writing a scene in which someone or something makes a loud noise.
*Wrestle the Cretan Bull to the ground by writing 400 words in 10 minutes or less.
*Steal away the Mares of Diomedes with a 30 minute sprint.
*To impress Hippolyta, Queen of the Amazons, into giving you her girdle, write a scene which develops one of your female characters.
*To defeat the three-headed giant Geryon, write 333 words in 10 minutes or less.
*Try to convince Atlas to help you steal the apples of the Hesperides by completing a 15 minute sprint. If you manage more than 500 words, you succeed.
*Descend to the Underworld to capture the three-headed dog Cerberus by writing for 15 minutes with your eyes closed.
 
==The Iliad Challenge==
*Eris causes trouble with a golden apple. Write 100 words while everyone gossips about who "For The Fairest" means.
*Paris is trying to choose which goddess most deserves the Golden Apple. Convince him by writing for 10 minutes. If you don't manage at least 300 words, you'll have to bribe him with another 150.
*Paris meets Helen, and they run away together to Troy. Sprint for 10 minutes while you flee Menelaus!
*Menelaus gathers an army – convince them to fight on your side by writing 250 words as fast as you can.
*The Greeks lay siege for 10 long years, so sprint for 10 minutes while the war drags on.
*Inside the wall, Cassandra warns Troy of imminent danger. Write 100 words while everyone ignores her prophecies.
*Paris shoots Achilles in the heel, and he dies. Take a break while Trojans celebrate and Greeks mourn.
*Finally, the Greeks claim victory with their wooden horse. Write 500 words as quickly as possible to sneak inside the city and win the war!
 
==The Odyssey Challenge==
*It's stormy sailing as Odysseus tries to return home. Wrestle with the weather for 200 words as you get blown further and further off course.
*You arrive at the island of the Cyclops. In order to talk your way out of trouble, write 300 words in 10 minutes or less. If you fail, fight your way out with another 200 words.
*You land yourself in trouble on the island of the cannibal Laestrygonians. Sprint for 150 words back to your ship.
*Hold your nerve as you sail between the monster Scylla and the whirlpool Charybdis. Write for 10 minutes without stopping as you carefully make your way between the two.
*You reach the Isle of the Lotus Eaters. Take a break, but don't stay too long – you might not want to leave!
*You order your men to stuff their ears as you sail past the seductive sirens. Write for 10 minutes with your eyes closed, and resist the temptation to peek!
*The sorceress Circe captures your men and turns them into pigs! Fight her off with a 200 word sprint.
*Calypso keeps you captive on her island for seven years. Sprint for seven minutes as you wait for her to let you return home.
*You arrive home to find your wife Penelope beset by unwanted suitors. Prove to them that you're the fabled Odysseus by showing them how fast you can sprint 250 words.
 
==Hades and Persephone Challenge==
*Frolic in the meadows with Persephone and the nymphs by writing a relaxed 150 words without timing yourself.
*Hades snatches Persephone and descends with her into the Underworld. Race after them by writing for a 15 minute sprint.
*Demeter gives Zeus the sharp edge of her tongue! Write 300 words. If you manage it in 10 minutes or less, you've convinced Zeus to talk to Hades on your behalf. If you take more than 10 minutes, you'll have to persuade him further by writing another 200 words.
*Hades and Persephone get to know each other in the Underworld. See how fast you can write 250 words while they fall in love.
*Meanwhile, Demeter has cast the whole world into a dark and dismal winter! Write for 10 minutes with your eyes closed as the crops fail and the land is covered in snow.
*Persephone swallows six pomegranate seeds and had to spend six months of the year in the Underground – so you'd better sprint for 6 minutes!
*To celebrate Persephone's crowning as Queen of the Underworld, show off how fast you can sprint 200 words.