Alcmene. One special story about Heracles is about Eurystheus (he was Heracles cousin and he assigned those 12 labors to Heracles) and the 12 Labors. Those 12 Labors were: The Nemean
Lion: where he was challenged to kill the Nemean lion it wasn't that easy for Heracles when he killed him he used the lion's skin to cover himself. The Lernean Hydra: Heracles had to slay the
Lernean Hydra (who had 9 heads) he chopped of all off. The Hind of Ceryneia Diana’s Pet Deer:
Hercules had to capture the Ceryneian Diana who was a red female deer and Hercules hunted for this deer for a year. The Erymanthian Boar: Hercules had …show more content…
Heracles had to perform all 12 Labors some seem too impossible to do but sometimes he had help from Hermes (The messenger of the
Olympic gods), Goddess Athena (Goddess of reason, arts, and intelligent), and other people when he really need his help. At the end of his sentence, he was known as Greece's greatest hero and what he went throught he came out as the perfect embodiment of the Greeks also, his experiences lead him to fame and his immortality. The 12 Labors mattered/were important because Heracles was “cursed” made him “sleep” and he was mad and confused when Hera did that too Heracles and it made him kill his family like i said that´s sad and he didn't even know he was killing his family and he felt that the right thing to do was to punish himself by asking for advice by Apollo and he actually went to all that pain and he became a well know hero. What was unique about the 12 Labors was he had to do 12 things in 12 years so one a year I believe so and he captured, slayed, obtain, stealed, and etc. a bunch of animals and monsters. And even