HERCULES

EARLY LIFE OF HERCULES

 Hercules was the son of Zeus, king of the gods,

and the mortal woman Alcmene
 He was brought up at the court of his
supposed-father Amphitryon, where he had the
best tutors in the land.
 He led a band of Theban warriors to defeat
the Minyans and restore order to Thebes.
 King Creon of Thebes gave Hercules his
daughter, Megara, in marriage as a sign of his
gratitude.
 Hercules was a young, successful hero,
married and, in time, with three strong sons.
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 Hercules consulted the Oracle at Delphi who
told him he must attach himself to his cousin
Eurystheus, King of Tiryns and Mycenae, who
would devise labors to expiate his sins.
 Hercules was given labors which is
originally numbered only ten but later grew
to twelve.
THE LABORS OF HERCULES
EURYSTHEUS AS A TERRIBLE PENANCE IN ORDER
HERCULES TO BE PURIFIED

EACH ONE WAS ALL

IMPOSSIBLE
 AFTER BEATING THE LION, HE
BROUGHT IT TO MYCENAE
 had golden horns and brooze hooves

 He hunted it a whole year before he

succeeded
 Poisonous arrows; Pholos questioned
if how lethal it was
 Pholos dropped the poison to his foot
and died; Hercules burried him

 Aftermath, Hercules began chasing the fearful boar. And drove it

to a deep snow and trapped with a net.
 Hercules asked King Argeus to clean
his stables in one day in exchange for
one-tenth of his cattles
 Hercules bore openings in the stables
and rerouted the two main rivers,
Alpheus & Peneus to flush out the waste.
 Eurystheus told him that his labor wasn’t counted because he
used two rivers to clean the stables and for accepting a reward
for his completion.
 fierce man - eaters
 Athena visited Hercules, and gave him
a noise - maker clapper

 Hercules shot them with his bow

and arrow, and the others flew away
from town
 Beautiful savage bull from Poseidon
given to King Minos

 Hercules wrestled the bull and put it to

a boat, and brought it to Eurystheus.
 “female horse”

 Hercules helped to seize the mares

 Abderus was slew by one of the mares;
Hercules burried him, and built the City
of Abdera
 Hercules killed King Diomedes and brought the horses to
Eurystheus
 As Hercules arrived, Queen Hyppolita met
him kindly
 Hercules needed the belt for Eurystheus
for her daughter Admete; and Hyppolita
agreed
 Hera stirred up trouble.

 Hercules defeated the tribe and killed Queen Hyppolita and

returned to Eurystheus with Hyppolita’s built
 Along his way, he killed many
beasts
 He reached the land at the end of
Miditerranean and built two great
rocks, called Pillars of Hercules
(Gibraltar and Ceuta)

 Bulls within the cattle got loose

 He took them to Eurystheus who sacrificed the herd of cattle to

Hera.
 Atlas is a marine creature who supported the pillars that
held the heaven and earth upon his shoulders, and was
the father of Hespiredes
 Hercules offered Atlas to take upon himself the burden
of the sky
 The clever Hercules asked him to take the sky back for
just a moment so Hercules could put a pad on his
shoulder to ease the pressure
 When Atlas carried it back, Hercules picked the
Golden Apples and went off
 Hercules traveled through a deep cave to
enter the underworld
 He freed Theseus from the Chair of
Forgetfulness
 Hercules reached Hades and asked to
take Cerberus to the surface

 Hades agreed, only, if he could beat

Cerberus without using any weapons
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DEFEATING ANTHEUS RESCUING KING LAOMEDON’S

- a wrestler who is invincible
DAUGHTER
- who is being sacrificed to a sea
as long as he touches the serpent
ground
HERCULES ALSO CARELESSLY KILLS SEVERAL
OTHERS ALONG THE WAY :

 A BOY WHO
ACCIDENTALLY
 A FRIEND WHOSE
SPILLS WATER ON
FATHER, KING
HIM
EURYTUS, INSULTS
HIM

As punishment for his last murder,

Zeus sends Hercules to be a slave
to Queen Omphale of Lydia, who
forces him to dress and work as a
woman for a year (though some say
three years).
One time, however, Hercules refuses to see the error of his ways,
and this leads to his death. Angered that Zeus had punished him
for inadvertently killing King Eurytus’ son. Hercules killed Eurytus
and razes the city. One of his captives is a beautiful girl, Iole.
Deianira, Hercules’ wife, feels threatened, and recalls some magic
she earlier acquired, when Hercules shot a centaur named Nessus
who insulted Deianira.

He does not die and must end the agony by killing hiself, building
a giant funeral pyre where he burns himself to death
Ascending to Olympus, Hercules reconciles with Hera and
marries her daughter, Hebe.
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