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1. Heracles ( Hercules )
The Twelve Labors

2. Heracles (Hercules) - is the son of Alcmene and
Zeus and his stepfather is Amphitryon
He has a twin brother, Iphicles – the father of Iolaus,
Heracles’ charioteer
The Milky Way created from
Hera’s milk
After hearing who the child
is, Hera sent snakes and
Heracles grabbed and
killed them

3. Heracles married Mergara, daughter
of King Creon of Thebes, and bore
children
Linus, Heracles’ music teacherThe Choices and Choice of
Heracles
Under a craziness induced by Hera, Heracles killed
his wife and children
He consulted the Oracle of Delphi,
unknown to him, which is controlled by
Hera
Virtue is calling him to the hardest path
leading to glory through hardship.
While Vice entices Heracles with the
worldly pleasures which is the easy path.

4. 1. The Nemean Lion
- The task is to bring
the invulenerable
skin of the lion
- lives in the forest of
Nemea
Heracles made a helm and an armor out
of the lion

5. 2. The Lernean Hydra
- having nine heads, one
of which is immortal

6. 3. capture the female Ceryneian
Hind or the Golden
Hind of
Artemis
He Chased it all
over Greece for a year

7. Heracles and the Centaurs
4. The Erymanthian Boar
Chiron’s advice is to chase the
boar into a deep snowCaptures the wild beast and
carried it back to Eurystheus to
his horror

8. 5. Cleansing the Stables of
Augeas

9. 6. The Stymphalides
or The Stymphalian
birds

10. 7. The Cretan Bull
-Is owned by King
Minos of Crete

11. 8. Mares of Diomedes
Diomedes – is a son of Ares
- King of Bistonians and a
Giant
Names of the Mares:
1. Podargos (the fast)
2. Lampon (the shining)
3. Xanthos (the yellow)
4. Deinos (the terrible)

12. 9. The Girdle of Hippolyte
By Hera’s tricks, the Amazons attacked Heracles
and the Argonauts
Hippolyte – is the queen of the Amazons
- A daughter of Ares

13. 10. The Cattle of Geryon
OrthusGeryon

14. 11. The Golden Apples of Hespiredes
Atlas and Heracles
Prometheus and Heracles

15. 10. Capture and bring
back Cerberus