King Eurystheus gave Hercules a series of 12 difficult and dangerous tasks known as the Twelve Labors of Hercules. These tasks which were his most famous feats. Hercules first task was to kill the Nemean Lion, a beast that could not be killed by any weapon. Hercules strangled the beast and made a cloak out of its skin.
For his second task he had to kill the Lernaean Hydra, a creature with nine heads. One of the beast's heads could not be killed and the others grew back when cut off. Hercules cut off the Hydra's eight heads and burned each preventing new heads from growing back and as he could not cut off the ninth head, he buried the creature under a giant rock.
His next task was to capture the Cerynean Hind, a golden-horned deer, sacred to …show more content…
Hippolyte agrees to give him the girdle, but then Hera causes trouble by making the Amazons think that Hercules was planning to kidnap their queen.Hercules is forced to kill Hippolyte to take the girdle. Hercules for his tenth task had to capture the Cattle of Geryon, a monster with three bodies. After a difficult journey, Hercules kills Geryon, a herdsman, and an enormous guard dog and then takes the cattle and returns with them to Tiryns.
His eleventh task involved bringing back the golden Apples of the Hesperides. Hercules asked Hesperides' father, Atlas, for help. Hercules offered to take Atlas's place under the sky if he would bring the apples from his daughters. Atlas agrees but then he refused to take back the sky. Hercules very cunningly asks Atlas to hold the sky for a moment so that he can get a pad to ease the pain on his shoulders. Atlas agrees, but as soon as Atlas takes back the sky, Hercules grabs the apples and flees.
Hercules' final task was one of the most difficult and dangerous as he had to descend to the kingdom of Hades and capture Cerberus, the fierce three-headed dog that guarded the gates of the underworld. Hercules wrestled Cerberus into submission carried him to
For his second task he had to kill the Lernaean Hydra, a creature with nine heads. One of the beast's heads could not be killed and the others grew back when cut off. Hercules cut off the Hydra's eight heads and burned each preventing new heads from growing back and as he could not cut off the ninth head, he buried the creature under a giant rock.
His next task was to capture the Cerynean Hind, a golden-horned deer, sacred to …show more content…
Hippolyte agrees to give him the girdle, but then Hera causes trouble by making the Amazons think that Hercules was planning to kidnap their queen.Hercules is forced to kill Hippolyte to take the girdle. Hercules for his tenth task had to capture the Cattle of Geryon, a monster with three bodies. After a difficult journey, Hercules kills Geryon, a herdsman, and an enormous guard dog and then takes the cattle and returns with them to Tiryns.
His eleventh task involved bringing back the golden Apples of the Hesperides. Hercules asked Hesperides' father, Atlas, for help. Hercules offered to take Atlas's place under the sky if he would bring the apples from his daughters. Atlas agrees but then he refused to take back the sky. Hercules very cunningly asks Atlas to hold the sky for a moment so that he can get a pad to ease the pain on his shoulders. Atlas agrees, but as soon as Atlas takes back the sky, Hercules grabs the apples and flees.
Hercules' final task was one of the most difficult and dangerous as he had to descend to the kingdom of Hades and capture Cerberus, the fierce three-headed dog that guarded the gates of the underworld. Hercules wrestled Cerberus into submission carried him to