Roman Mosaic of the Twelve Labors In the city of Kition, there was a mosaic that was thought to depict the twelve Labors of Hercules. That was a story of how he had to serve the King of Tiryns and Mycenae for twelve years and how he had to battle the twelve labors as punishment for killing his wife and children. One of the more famous labors that Hercules had to defeat was the first Labor, Hercules’ first task would be to bring King Eurystheus the skin of an invulnerable lion, the Nemean Labor. First, Hercules had to trap the lion inside its cave by blocking one of the entrances and choking it to death. In the antiquities department said the mosaic was evidence that the Ancient city of Kition had played an important role in establishing
