Flames burning out from the flesh, in agony, roar of agony burst out for the first time from the
strongest warrior. The life of Herakles, the son of the God Zeus and Alcmene, the heroic life as a
mortal ended. The hero who fought through all the most extreme evil descended at home by the
act of her beguiled wife, Deianira. It was not an indefectible monster that led to his death, but
just a minute decision in his life.
The arrogance of Herakles triggered the whole thing. After marrying his wife, Deianira, one day,
they encountered a river on the road, where the Centaur Nessus offered to carry the two passers
on his back to cross the river. Hercules was conceited, despising the offer and turned it down, as
he managed to swim across the …show more content…
He chose the god ‘virtue’ which ensures Herakles life with work
but glory over ‘pleasure’. He soon won the fame by his accomplishments of killing the terrible
lion of Cithaeron and had a family. But the hate from Hera never ended, Hera completed her
vengeance in an evil way of controlling Herakles to kill his own wife and children. After
Herakles realized the sin he had committed, Herakles found out that the only way to find
forgiveness is to serve the King of Mycenae, for twelve years. In the twelve years, the hero faced
twelve seemingly impossible mission of getting the skin of the Nemean lion, slaying the Hydra
of Lerna, bringing back the wild boar of Mount Erymanthos. Nevertheless, the strength and
wisdom of the hero supported him over the 12 challenges, as he finished the 12 labors and finally
won back the renown and the freedom.
Herakles himself spent the last effort, he uprooted a tree, made it his pyre and lay down in the
pyre. As Philoctetes, his armor bearer, who completed Herakles last orders in life, got the great
bow and arrows, the weapons of Herakles. With the apple that he got in the last labor, Herakles
went over to the Olympics with the immortals, as his mortal life ended, only leaving
strongest warrior. The life of Herakles, the son of the God Zeus and Alcmene, the heroic life as a
mortal ended. The hero who fought through all the most extreme evil descended at home by the
act of her beguiled wife, Deianira. It was not an indefectible monster that led to his death, but
just a minute decision in his life.
The arrogance of Herakles triggered the whole thing. After marrying his wife, Deianira, one day,
they encountered a river on the road, where the Centaur Nessus offered to carry the two passers
on his back to cross the river. Hercules was conceited, despising the offer and turned it down, as
he managed to swim across the …show more content…
He chose the god ‘virtue’ which ensures Herakles life with work
but glory over ‘pleasure’. He soon won the fame by his accomplishments of killing the terrible
lion of Cithaeron and had a family. But the hate from Hera never ended, Hera completed her
vengeance in an evil way of controlling Herakles to kill his own wife and children. After
Herakles realized the sin he had committed, Herakles found out that the only way to find
forgiveness is to serve the King of Mycenae, for twelve years. In the twelve years, the hero faced
twelve seemingly impossible mission of getting the skin of the Nemean lion, slaying the Hydra
of Lerna, bringing back the wild boar of Mount Erymanthos. Nevertheless, the strength and
wisdom of the hero supported him over the 12 challenges, as he finished the 12 labors and finally
won back the renown and the freedom.
Herakles himself spent the last effort, he uprooted a tree, made it his pyre and lay down in the
pyre. As Philoctetes, his armor bearer, who completed Herakles last orders in life, got the great
bow and arrows, the weapons of Herakles. With the apple that he got in the last labor, Herakles
went over to the Olympics with the immortals, as his mortal life ended, only leaving