Hercules 12 Impossible Labors

There's only one hero that could ever possibly complete twelve impossible labors. This hero is named Hercules. His story is well known all over the world. There are different variations, but they all have the same outline. Hercules's life was always hard even from birth. Although Hercules had a tough time from the very beginning, he preserved by completing the twelve labors and making it to Mount Olympus.
Hercules is the son of God Zeus and the mortal woman Alcmene. Zeus got Alcmene pregnant while her husband, Amphitryon was away. Hera, who is Zeus's wife was infuriated by this and tried to make if that the baby wasn't born. Alcmene gave birth to the baby and named him Herakles (Romans pronounced Hercules). Hercules means "glorious gift to Hera" in Greek. This angered Hera even more. She sent down snakes down on Hercules to kill him as a baby. Hercules was strong and strangled the snakes, one in each hand.
Hercules married Megara and had two kids with her. Hercules went mad for a moment and killed Megara and his kids, because Hera sent a fit of madness on him. Hercules went to the God Apollo and asked him to get rid of the evil that was upon him. Apollo said Hercules had to complete ten heroic labors to be rid of the evil. Hercules had to serve Eurystheus, who is the king of Tiryns for twelve years while completing the labors. …show more content…
He married a second time to Deianira. She got cream from a Centaur that was supposed to make whoever uses it falls in love with them forever. The cream was actually poison, but Deianira didn't know this. She put it on a cloak and gave it to Hercules. When he put it on he was in terrible pain. The pain just got worse when he tried to take the cloak off. Hercules chose death over this terrible pain. He was burning alive when Zeus said that he had endured enough pain. Hera got Hercules and brought him to Mount Olympus ("The Life and Times of