heracles twelve labors
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Heracles ( Hercules )The Twelve Labors
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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
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Heracles married Mergara, daughter of King Creon of Thebes,
and bore children
Linus, Heracles’ music teacher
The 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.
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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
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2. The Lernean Hydra- having nine heads, one
of which is immortal
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3. capture the female Ceryneian Hind or the
Golden Hind of Artemis
He Chased it all over Greece for a year
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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
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5. Cleansing the Stables of Augeas
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6. The Stymphalides or The
Stymphalian birds
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7. The Cretan Bull-Is owned by King
Minos of Crete
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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)
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9. The Girdle of HippolyteBy Hera’s tricks, the Amazons attacked
Heracles and the ArgonautsHippolyte – is the queen of the Amazons
- A daughter of Ares
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10. The Cattle of Geryon
OrthusGeryon
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11. The Golden Apples of Hespiredes
Atlas and HeraclesPrometheus and Heracles
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10. Capture and bring back Cerberus