Look how useful the ablative absolute is. We can use it to retell the adventures of Hercules, reminding us that anything a verb or an adjective can do, a participle can do, too. For each item there are only two choices, so focus carefully on the grammar. Click on the choice that is the most grammatically accurate translation. Among the items may be rare future ablatives absolute.

1. Eurystheō Herculem leōnem occīdere jubente

   1.   ?    with Eurystheus having ordered Hercules to kill the lion
   2.   ?    with Eurystheus ordering Hercules to kill the lion

2. leōne vallem Nemeaeam īnfēstam reddente

   1.   ?    the lion about to render the Nemean valley unsafe
   2.   ?    the lion rendering the Nemean valley unsafe

3. Hercule in silvās properante

   1.   ?    Hercules having hurried to the forests
   2.   ?    Hercules hurrying to the forests

4. arcū intentō

   1.   ?    drawing his bow
   2.   ?    his bow having been drawn

5. pelle dēnsā nōn trānsfīxā

   1.   ?    not having pierced the thick hide
   2.   ?    the thick hide not having been pierced

6. Hercule leōnem clavā percutiente

   1.   ?    after Hercules had struck the lion with his club
   2.   ?    although Hercules strikes the lion with his club

7. leōne nōn vulnerātō

   1.   ?    because he was not wounding the lion
   2.   ?    because the lion had not been wounded

8. faucibus leōnis compressīs

   1.   ?    squeezing the lion's jaws
   2.   ?    the lion's jaws having been squeezed

9. pelle prō veste gestā

   1.   ?    wearing the hide as a garment
   2.   ?    the hide having been worn as a garment

10. incolīs Herculem magnō in honōre habitantibus

    1.   ?    with the inhabitants holding Hercules in great esteem
    2.   ?    with the inhabitants having held Hercules in great esteem