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Hercules was the son of Zeus and Alcmena. He had many famous labors assigned to him by King Eurystheus to prove his strength, including killing the Nemean Lion, defeating the Lernaean Hydra, capturing the Cretan Bull, and stealing the golden apples of Hesperides. Hercules completed all twelve labors successfully with help from friends like Iolaus before dying after being tricked into wearing a poisoned robe.
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This document provides information on the characters and plot of the story of Hercules. It describes Hercules as the son of Zeus and Alcmena who was tasked with completing twelve near impossible labors to atone for killing his family after being driven mad by Hera. It lists the characters and provides brief descriptions of each of the twelve labors Hercules had to undertake, concluding with his death caused by accidental poisoning from his wife Deianira's love potion.
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Hercules was tasked with 12 labors by King Eurystheus. He was sometimes accompanied by male companions like Iolaus, which led Eurystheus to discount some labors from the official count. The traditional order of the 12 labors included slaying the Nemean lion, slaying the Lernaean Hydra, capturing the Golden Hind of Artemis, capturing the Erymanthian Boar, cleaning the Augean stables in a day, slaying the Stymphalian Birds, capturing the Cretan Bull, stealing the Mares of Diomedes, obtaining the Girdle of Queen Hippolyta, and obtaining the Cattle of Geryon.
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Heracles was a strong and brave Greek hero, the son of Zeus and Alcmene. He was known for completing 12 difficult labors as punishment from Hera for killing his family in a fit of madness. Some of his labors included defeating the Hydra and capturing Cerberus. Heracles was considered both a hero and a god due to his divine father. He is remembered as the greatest Greek hero for his courage and strength.
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Hercules was born to Zeus and Alcmene but faced the wrath of Zeus' jealous wife Hera from birth. To atone for a crime committed under Hera's spell, Hercules was ordered to complete 12 near impossible labors. These included slaying the Nemean Lion, Lernaean Hydra, and capturing the Golden Hind, Erymanthean Boar, and Cretan Bull. After completing all 12 labors, Hercules achieved immortality and spent the rest of eternity with the gods on Mount Olympus.
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The first of Heracles' twelve labors was to slay the Nemean lion, which was impervious to arrows. Heracles found the lion in a cave and used his club to stun it before strangling it. He then skinned the lion using its own claws and returned wearing its pelt as a cloak, completing the task in three months at age eighteen.
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2) As his first Labor, Heracles was tasked with killing the Nemean lion, which had impenetrable skin, by strangling it with his bare hands.
3) For his second Labor, Heracles fought the Hydra, a monster with many heads that grew back when cut off, and was aided by his nephew Iolaus who cauterized the wounds with fire.
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The document provides information on the Greek hero Heracles/Hercules, including his divine parentage by Zeus, his famous twelve labors assigned by Eurystheus, and his characteristics as a hero in Greek mythology such as immense strength, encounters with supernatural beings, and a quest for immortality. It also summarizes Heracles' relationships with women, acts of violence, and chthonic encounters in the underworld during his quests.
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Hercules
- 1. Hercules
- 2. Alcmena Zeus
- 3. Amphitryon
- 5. Iolaus Nephew of Hercules He helped Hercules in his 2nd Labor
- 6. Megara Deianira First wife Second wife
- 7. Hylas The young armor-bearer
- 8. Hercules killed the two great snakes
- 9. TEIRESIAS The blind prophet Of Thebes
- 10. Theseus
- 11. Delphi Oracle of Apollo
- 12. Eurystheus • King of Mycenae • cousin of Hercules
- 13. The Labor of
- 14. The First labor to kill the “LION OF NEMEA” - a beast no weapons could wound
- 15. The Second labor go to Lerna and kill a creature with nine heads called “HYDRA”
- 16. The Third labor to bring back alive a Stag with horns of gold Sacred to Artemis
- 17. The Fourth labor to capture a great Erymanthean Boar in Mount Erymanthus
- 18. The Fifth labor to clean the “AUGEAN STABLES” in a single day
- 19. The Sixth labor to drive away the STYMPHALIAN BIRDS which were a plague to the people of Stymphalus because of their enormous numbers
- 20. The Seventh labor go to Crete and fetch from there the beautiful savage bull that Poseidon had given Minos CRETAN BULL
- 21. The Eighth labor to get the man- eating mares of King Diomedes of thrace
- 22. The Ninth labor to bring back the Girdle of Hippolyta -the Queen of the Amazons
- 23. The Tenth labor to bring back the Cattle of Geryon, who was a monster with three bodies living on Erythia, a western island
- 24. The Eleventh labor to bring back the Golden Apples of Hesperides He met Atlas, father of the Hesperides
- 25. The Twelfth labor to bring CERBERUS, the three-headed dog, up from Hades
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