![]() Steal the golden apples Hera was going to give to Zeus as a wedding present, and kidnap Cerberus from Hades (a three headed dog who guards the gates to the underworld.). Steal a cattle of Geryon (three headed, six legged monsters.). Stealing the belt of the Amazon queen Hyppolyte. The following challenges included capturing four man-eating horses of Thracian King Diomedes. After this, he traveled to Stymphalos to drive a flock of carnivorous birds away by using magic noisemakers given to him by Athena. After this he had to clean the dung out of King Augeas' stable in one day. His third task was to kill the Erymanthean Boar, upon which he used a snare. He did this by cutting off each head and burning them, so they would not grow back. He later wore the skin as a cloak. Then, he had to slay the Lernaean Hydra. The first labor was to defeat Nemean Lion. Yet, he was willing to "go the distance"-Disney's Hercules in order to bring justice to what he had done. All of which would be a risk to Hercules' life. He had given him twelve "heroic labors" to preform. So, he had gone to Apollo (the god of truth of healing.) to find a way to make up for the horrible sins he had committed.Īpollo had graciously gave him a way to make up for the deed by giving him very difficult tasks. He had seen his family as monsters and killed them. Hera would not give up though, for when Hercules had grown, she had caused him to temporarily go insane. Unluckily for her, Hercules had strangled the two snakes, preventing the horrible fate. Soon after it was she, not Hades, who had sent two snakes to kill him off. Although, Hera had soon stopped that, using her powers. Hercules was intended on inheriting the Mycenaean Kingdom. Hera (Zeus' wife) went into a rage upon discovering that Zeus' mistress was pregnant. This story starts off at the same place as the movie, Hercules' birth. In fact, it might not be anything you thought it was as a child. The story of Hercules, a.k.a Heracles or Herakles in Greek, is not as glamorous as you might think.
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