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.
duōbus serpentibus strangulātīs
while two serpents were being strangled
after two serpents had been strangled
adulēscente Thēbīs habitante
while the young man was living in Thebes
after the young man had lived in Thebes
Thēbānīs ā Minyīs superātīs
after the Thebans had been conquered by the Minyans
as the Thebans were being conquered by the Minyans
Hercule cum Minyīs pugnante
since Hercules fights with the Minyans
after Hercules had fought with the Minyans
Hercule fīliam Creōnis in mātrimōniam dūctūrō
when Hercules is about to marry Creon's daughter
when Hercules marries Creon's daughter
virō in īnsāniam incidente
with the man going insane
with the man having gone insane
līberīs et uxōre ab Hercule occīsīs
after his children and wife had been killed by Hercules
while his children and wife were being killed by Hercules