Unfortunately, the king set it free, and it roamed Greece, causing terror wherever it went. King Diomedes , leader of the Bistones, fed his bloodthirsty horses on human flesh. Heracles and his men fought and killed King Diomedes and fed the king to his man-eating horses. This made the horses tame, so that Heracles was able to lead them to King Eurystheus. Heracles went to the land of the Amazons , where the queen Hippolyta or Hippolyte welcomed him and agreed to give him her girdle for Eurystheus's daughter.
But Hera spread the rumor that Heracles came as an enemy. In the end he had to conquer the Amazons and steal the golden belt. Geryon , a winged monster with three human bodies, had a herd of beautiful red cattle. He guarded his prized herd with the help of a giant and a vicious two-headed dog.
Heracles killed Geryon, the giant, and the dog and brought the cattle to King Eurystheus. The Hesperides were nymphs. In their garden grew golden apples protected by Ladon , a dragon with a hundred heads. Heracles struck a bargain with Atlas , who held up the earth. Heracles shouldered the earth while Atlas, the nymphs' father, fetched the apples from Erytheia. Heracles was ordered to capture Cerberus , the three-headed guard dog of the underworld, without using weapons.
Heracles wrestled down the dog's wild heads, and it agreed to go with him to King Eurystheus. My naked kitty stepped on the phone and got it right. May 24, PM. George Oliver Prince. Maybe the Hercules legend should give more credit to Hera, since she was responsible for many of his legendary feats.
Oct 19, PM. David Ching. There were initially 10 labours,but two were not credited so that an extra 2 were added making a total of The first was accomplished in 3 months. I believe 12 years was claimed because of the number of labours, but the first 10? Oct 3, AM. Hercules is actually his Roman name. The Greeks called him Heracles. Hercules ' weakness was his temper and lack of intelligence.
He was notorious for getting himself into trouble because of his temper. Hercules Dies By Poison They both realized far too late what had actually happened. Hercules was in so much agony after he took the potion that he wished he were dead. Hercules eventually died and after he did, his mortal portion perished.
In gratitude, Creon, king of Thebes offered his eldest daughter, Megara, to the hero. Hercules and Megara got married and had three strong sons. The family lived happily together. He was the Roman equivalent of the Greek divine hero Heracles, who was the son of Zeus Roman equivalent Jupiter and the mortal Alcmene. In classical mythology, Hercules is famous for his strength and for his numerous far-ranging adventures. Hermes lent Perseus winged sandals to fly, and Athena gave him a polished shield.
Perseus then proceeded to the Gorgons' cave. In the cave he came upon the sleeping Medusa. By viewing Medusa's reflection in his polished shield, he safely approached and cut off her head. Upon his return with the apples, however, Atlas attempted to trick Heracles into carrying the sky permanently by offering to deliver the apples himself, as anyone who purposely took the burden must carry it forever, or until someone else took it away.
As the birds few into the air, he picked them off one by one with his arrows. Now Heracles was sent to capture the Cretan bull. This bull was the father of the Minotaur [see Minotaur ] and Heracles trapped it and brought it back to Tiryns alive. Eurystheus did not want it, so Heracles let the bull go. The bull wandered up to the area around Athens [see Athenae on map ] and Theseus later killed him as one of his heroic feats [see Theseus ].
The eighth labor was to retrieve the mares of Diomedes. Diomedes was a Thracian [ map ] king and he had man-eating mares. Heracles, with the help of his lover Abderus, stole the mares from their stable and herded them down to the sea-shore.
When Heracles came back, however, he found that the mares had eaten most of Abderus. He then gathered the mares into his ship and took them back to Eurystheus. Again, Eurystheus did not want the terrible creatures in his city, so Heracles let the mares loose. They were eventually eaten by wild animals as they wandered on Mount Olympus [see Olympus Mons on map ]. For his next labor, Heracles had to retrieve the belt of the Amazon queen, Hippolyte.
Hippolyte and the Amazons female warriors lived in Themiscyra, on the southern coast of the Black Sea. Heracles was joined on this expedition by his friend Theseus and they set off together. When they reached Themiscyra, Hippolyte came aboard their ship to meet with them. She agreed to give them her belt with no fight and everything seemed to be going swimmingly for Heracles and Theseus. However, Hera was not about to allow this labor to be easy, so she came down from Olympus, disguised as an Amazon.
Hera told the Amazons that Heracles was kidnapping their queen, and she roused them to fight the heroes. Next, Heracles was sent to steal the cattle of Geryon, who was the King of Erytheia which is modern day Cadiz in Spain.
Geryon had three heads, three upper- bodies, as well as six arms and six legs. Furthermore, his cattle were guarded by a two-headed watch dog named Orthus. Heracles decided to go through Africa to make his way to Spain and as he crossed the Strait of Gibraltar, he set up large rocks on either side, called the Pillars of Heracles, to show how far he had come across the world.
The sun beat down upon him, greatly annoying Heracles, so he drew his bow and pointed it at the sun, chastising it. Helius, the sun god, was amused by this little stunt, so he lent his golden cup to Heracles to use as a boat to take him the rest of his way to Erytheia.
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