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HERCULES (roman name for greatest hero in greek mytholgy (son of zeus and…
HERCULES
roman name for greatest hero in greek mytholgy
son of zeus and a mortal women named aclmene
hera was jealous
hera sent two snakes to kill hercules when he was a baby
He killed them both
When he was older he became a skilled fighter
Hercules was driven mad by hera
and killed his family
for commiting this crime he was sentenced to preform 12 labours
his first labour was to kill the nemean lion
this beast was more monster then any ordanary liom
its skin could not be penetrated by spears or arrows
he fought the nemean lion with his bare hands
After wards he wore the skin as a cloak and the jaws as the helmet
his next task was to defeat the hydra
the hydra lived in a swamp with its many head
he seeked out the lair with his nephew iolaus
they brought it out with flaming arrows
they fought but Herculeas was on the verge of failure
untill he figure out a way to defeat it
he burnt all the heads exept for one which was immortal
he berried it deep beneath a rock
one of his battle was the erymanthian boar
for this labour hercules had to return to arcadia
he was challenged to bring it back to life
once he found it he dragged it to a snow area and immobilized it
he returned it to eurstheus
he was then sent to clean the stables of king augeas
the king also had the possetion of herds of cattle
the cattle disposed manure which has mold growing on it
instead of using a shovel he diverts two rivers through the stable
another task was to steal a cattle with two heads
but it was gaurded by a three headed dog
he ran off with the cattle then one hit kill the dog with his bow
he got lost and went through italy
his next mission was to find the lands of the amazons
were he wanted to retrieve the belt of the queeen
there he met a warrior women
he recruited some warriors
but the queen gave hercules the belt
his final labour was to bring cerebrus from hades lair
there was two ways to go 1=die 2=get help from the gods and heroes
on the way hercules met alot of challenges and one was charon the boat man
all hercules did was stare him down
the biggest challenge was cerebrus itself
the dog had razor sharp teeth,three heads and a venomouse snake for a tail
he came face to face with the mighty hound and the snakes lashed at him while the cerebrus choked him
but wearing the nemean lions skin he was impenetrable
he then got the hound and choked it into submission
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