The Twelve LaborsThe Twelve LaborsHeracles cartoon

The Twelve LaborsThe Twelve Labors

1. Nemaean Lion1. Nemaean Lion 7. The Cretan Bull7. The Cretan Bull

2. Lernaean Hydra2. Lernaean Hydra 8. Horses of Diomedes8. Horses of Diomedes

3. Ceryneian Deer3. Ceryneian Deer 9. Girdle of Hippolyta9. Girdle of Hippolyta

4. Erymanthian 4. Erymanthian BoarBoar

10. Cattle of Geryon10. Cattle of Geryon

5. Augean Stables5. Augean Stables 11. Apples of the 11. Apples of the HesperidesHesperides

6. Stymphalian 6. Stymphalian BirdsBirds

12. Cerberus12. Cerberus

Other tasks Other tasks interspersed with interspersed with

them: the Side-Deedsthem: the Side-Deeds

Side-DeedsSide-Deeds

LaborLabor Side DeedsSide Deeds

4. Erymanthian Boar4. Erymanthian Boar Pholus, ChironPholus, Chiron

8. Horses of 8. Horses of DiomedesDiomedes

Alcestis and AdmetusAlcestis and Admetus

10. Cattle of Geryon10. Cattle of Geryon ErythiaErythiaCacusCacusHelius CupHelius Cup

11. Hesperides11. Hesperides NereusNereus

AntaeusAntaeus

BusirisBusiris

Prometheus || AltasPrometheus || Altas

1. Nemean Lion1. Nemean Lion

No weapon could pierce its hide, so Heracles wrestled it and snapped its neck. He used the lion’s claws to pierce the hide. Heracles wore the lion’s skin from that day on.

Nemean LionNemean Lion

Eurystheus was terrified!!Eurystheus was terrified!!

He never wanted He never wanted Heracles let into Heracles let into the city again!the city again!

Eurystheus had a Eurystheus had a bronze jar bronze jar constructed and constructed and set in the ground set in the ground so he could hide so he could hide from Heracles.from Heracles.

2. Lernaean Hydra2. Lernaean Hydra Hydra was a Hydra was a

serpent whose serpent whose very breath very breath was toxic.was toxic.

Heracles forced Heracles forced it from its lair it from its lair with flaming with flaming arrows, but arrows, but every time he every time he cut off a head, cut off a head, two more grew.two more grew.

The middle The middle head was head was immortalimmortal

HydraHydraA giant crab attacked Heracles, but he smashed it. Constellation cancer

Iolaus cauterized each neck after the head was cut off.

Heracles buried the immortal head under a rock.

He tore open the body and dipped his arrows in the deadly poisonous black blood.

HydraHydra

3. Ceryneian Deer3. Ceryneian Deer

Golden antlers Golden antlers and brazen and brazen hoofs, belonged hoofs, belonged to Artemisto Artemis

Wounded the Wounded the deer and threw deer and threw it over his it over his shoulder to take shoulder to take back.back.

Ceryneian DeerCeryneian Deer Heracles Heracles

apologized to apologized to Artemis and Artemis and Apollo.Apollo.

Heracles Heracles showed the showed the deer and then deer and then released it.released it.

4. Erymanthian Boar4. Erymanthian Boar

drove the boar from a bush and drove the boar from a bush and carried it to Eurystheus to saw it from carried it to Eurystheus to saw it from his jarhis jar

Erymanthian BoarErymanthian Boar

Side Deed/ Pholus and Side Deed/ Pholus and ChironChiron

Pholus and ChironPholus and Chiron

Visiting Pholus and wanted wine. Visiting Pholus and wanted wine. Pholus warned Heracles that the Pholus warned Heracles that the wine was for all centaurs. wine was for all centaurs.

Took some anyway and all Took some anyway and all centaurs came with stones and centaurs came with stones and trees as weapons. Heracles threw trees as weapons. Heracles threw torches and fired arrows. torches and fired arrows.

Arrow wounded Chiron who was Arrow wounded Chiron who was tortured by the venom, but could tortured by the venom, but could not die (immortal.) Prometheus not die (immortal.) Prometheus traded his mortality with Chiron’s traded his mortality with Chiron’s anguished immortality so Chiron anguished immortality so Chiron could eventually die. could eventually die.

Pholus was impressed with the Pholus was impressed with the arrows, but dropped it on his hoof arrows, but dropped it on his hoof so he died.so he died.

Pholus and ChironPholus and Chiron

5. Augean Stables5. Augean Stables

Heracles diverted a river through Heracles diverted a river through the stables to clean them out. the stables to clean them out. Several feet deep in poop.Several feet deep in poop.

Augean StablesAugean Stables

6. Stymphalian Birds6. Stymphalian Birds These birds had arrow These birds had arrow

firing wings and firing wings and armor-piercing beaks. armor-piercing beaks.

Heracles drove them Heracles drove them out of the forest with out of the forest with bronze castanets bronze castanets (maybe from Athena (maybe from Athena who got them from who got them from Hephaestus) and then Hephaestus) and then shot them down with shot them down with his arrows as they his arrows as they flew.flew.

Stymphalian BirdsStymphalian Birds

7. Cretan Bull7. Cretan Bull

Seized the bulls Seized the bulls by the horns by the horns and tossed it in and tossed it in the sea and the sea and then rode it to then rode it to Mycenae.Mycenae.

Showed Showed Copreus, Copreus, Eurystheus’ Eurystheus’ servant,. servant,.

The bull got The bull got away and away and wandered until wandered until Theseus killed Theseus killed it.it.

Cretan BullCretan Bull

8. Horses of Diomedes8. Horses of Diomedes Horses of Horses of

Diomedes (son of Diomedes (son of Ares) ate human Ares) ate human flesh. Heracles flesh. Heracles captured them captured them and fed them and fed them Diomedes. Diomedes. Showed them to Showed them to Copreus and they Copreus and they ran away to Mt. ran away to Mt. Olympus and were Olympus and were eaten by wolves.eaten by wolves.

Diomedes devoured by Diomedes devoured by horseshorses

Aclestis and AdmetusAclestis and Admetus Aclestis gives her life Aclestis gives her life

in place of her in place of her husband King husband King Admetus. Heracles Admetus. Heracles wrestles death and wrestles death and brings Aclestis back. brings Aclestis back. Because Apollo who Because Apollo who was treated so well by was treated so well by Admetus said he did Admetus said he did not have to die if he not have to die if he found someone else to found someone else to take his place.take his place.

9. The Girdle of Hippolyta9. The Girdle of Hippolyta

The Girdle of HippolytaThe Girdle of Hippolyta

The girdle was actually a belt women wore The girdle was actually a belt women wore above their hips. If loosen,it meant to above their hips. If loosen,it meant to offer oneself sexually, to take it off forcible offer oneself sexually, to take it off forcible was rape. Hippolyta offered him the belt was rape. Hippolyta offered him the belt no problem. Hera disguised as an amazon no problem. Hera disguised as an amazon ran thru the town yelling that Heracles had ran thru the town yelling that Heracles had kidnapped Hippolyta. Amazons attacked kidnapped Hippolyta. Amazons attacked and Heracles thought Hippolyta had and Heracles thought Hippolyta had betrayed him so he strangled her and took betrayed him so he strangled her and took the girdle. Gave the girdle to Eurystheus.the girdle. Gave the girdle to Eurystheus.

The Girdle of HippolytaThe Girdle of Hippolyta

10. The Cattle of Geryon10. The Cattle of Geryon Geryon-a monster had Geryon-a monster had

three bodies joined three bodies joined together at waist. As together at waist. As Heracles traveled across Heracles traveled across Africa, he became so hot Africa, he became so hot he shot an arrow at he shot an arrow at Helius. Helius lent Helius. Helius lent Heracles the cup he Heracles the cup he traveled in. killed traveled in. killed herdsmen minding the herdsmen minding the cattle and put them in the cattle and put them in the cup to cross the river. cup to cross the river. Geryon attacked and Geryon attacked and Heracles shot him with Heracles shot him with arrows. landed in Spain arrows. landed in Spain and gave the cup back to and gave the cup back to Helius. Brought cattle to Helius. Brought cattle to Mycenae and Eurystheus Mycenae and Eurystheus sacrificed them to Hera.sacrificed them to Hera.

The Cattle of GeryonThe Cattle of Geryon

CacusCacus Cacus a three headed Cacus a three headed

fire breathing monster. fire breathing monster. Heracles took a tree Heracles took a tree and parted the river and parted the river exposing the cave. exposing the cave. Cacus hid under cover Cacus hid under cover of smoke, but breathed of smoke, but breathed fire and Heracles fire and Heracles grabbed him and grabbed him and strangled him dead. strangled him dead. Got the cattle back.Got the cattle back.

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CacusCacus

AntaeusAntaeus

AntaeusAntaeus Antaeus-Heracles kept Antaeus-Heracles kept

throwing him to the throwing him to the ground and he would ground and he would get stronger because get stronger because he was a son of Gaea he was a son of Gaea and would get and would get stronger every time stronger every time he touched the earth. he touched the earth. Heracles held him in Heracles held him in the air and strangled the air and strangled him.him.

BusirisBusiris

Busiris was told to restore abundance he Busiris was told to restore abundance he must sacrifice a foreigner. Was going to must sacrifice a foreigner. Was going to sacrifice Heracles, but Heracles burst his sacrifice Heracles, but Heracles burst his bonds and killed Busiris and all his sons by bonds and killed Busiris and all his sons by slitting their throats over the alter. Death is slitting their throats over the alter. Death is overcome.overcome.

PrometheusPrometheus

PrometheusPrometheus Saved Saved

Prometheus Prometheus by killing by killing the eagle the eagle and and breaking breaking Prometheus’ Prometheus’ chains.chains.

11. The Apples of 11. The Apples of HesperidesHesperides The apples of The apples of

Hesperides grew Hesperides grew on a magical tree on a magical tree with golden bark with golden bark and leaves, a and leaves, a wedding gift to wedding gift to Hera from Zeus. Hera from Zeus.

Nymphs like to Nymphs like to steal the fruit so steal the fruit so Hera placed a Hera placed a 100-heade 100-heade serpent Ladon to serpent Ladon to guard it. guard it.

The Apples of HesperidesThe Apples of Hesperides Too dangerous for even Too dangerous for even

Heracles, so he held the Heracles, so he held the world while Atlas went and world while Atlas went and got the apples. got the apples.

Atlas wanted Heracles to Atlas wanted Heracles to hold the sky and he would hold the sky and he would take the apples to take the apples to Eurystheus, but Heracles Eurystheus, but Heracles would stay holding the sky. would stay holding the sky. Heracles agreed but asked Heracles agreed but asked that Atlas take the sky for a that Atlas take the sky for a moment so he could place a moment so he could place a pad on his head to cushion pad on his head to cushion the weight. Altlas set down the weight. Altlas set down the apples and took the sky. the apples and took the sky. Heracles left. Heracles left.

The apples were too The apples were too dangerous to keep so after dangerous to keep so after showing Eurystheus, showing Eurystheus, Heracles gave them to Heracles gave them to Athena to restore to Athena to restore to Hesperides.Hesperides.

12. Cerebus12. Cerebus Went to the Went to the

underworld and underworld and captured captured Cerebus with the Cerebus with the permission of permission of Hades so long as Hades so long as Heracles did not Heracles did not use any use any weapons. He weapons. He chained Cerebus chained Cerebus and took it and took it snarling and snarling and foaming to foaming to Eurystheus and Eurystheus and then set it free then set it free back into the back into the underworld. His underworld. His lion pelt lion pelt protected him.protected him.

CerebusCerebus

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