Take the cattle from the monster Geryon.Get the girdle from the Queen of the Amazons, Hippolyta.Clean the entire Augean stables in one day.The final task even involved traveling to the Underworld and bringing back the fierce three-headed guardian Cerberus. Each time he made the tasks more and more difficult. The king did not like Hercules and wanted him to fail. The tasks the king gave him are called the Twelve Labors of Hercules.Įach of the Twelve Labors of Hercules is a story and adventure all to itself. If he did this, he would be forgiven and wouldn't feel guilty any more. The Oracle told Hercules that he must serve King Eurystheus for 10 years and do any task the king asked of him. He went to get advice from the Oracle of Delphi.

Hercules killed the snakes only to realize they were his wife and kids. She tricked Hercules into thinking his family was a bunch of snakes. They had a family and were living a happy life. Hercules married a princess named Megara. Hercules killed the lion with his bare hands. One day, when Hercules was eighteen years old, a massive lion attacked his herd. Hercules went to live in the hills where he worked as a cattle herder. However, one day he got mad and hit his music teacher on the head with his lyre and killed him by accident. He went to school like mortal children, learning subjects like math, reading, and writing. Hercules mother, Alcmene, tried to raise him like a regular kid. However, baby Hercules grabbed the snakes by the neck and strangled them with his bare hands! She snuck two large snakes into his crib. When the goddess Hera, Zeus' wife, found out about Hercules, she wanted to kill him. His father was Zeus, king of the gods, and his mother was Alcmene, a beautiful human princess.Įven as a baby Hercules was very strong. This means that he was half god, half human.

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