THE 12 LABOURS OF HERCULES –GREEK MYTHOLOGY

Introduction:

This is just a short explanation story of Hercules and his legendary tale in my interpretation I guess its not that appropriate to the original story but I tried my best to tell.in this tale we are going see how he overcame the task and ordeal his cousin brother to regain his rightful throne.

The 12 Task or Labours :

Hercules the mighty son of Zeus was already a praised hero for his achievements in youth but his fate would still give him major challenges Zeus already planned great honors for his son even before he was born the great God had proclaimed that the first grandson of the lineage of the hero Perseus would inherit the throne of my sania but the goddess Hera jealous to see a bastard son of her husband being So much praised intervene she forced her caliz cousin Eurystheus to be born prematurely and so he would steal the hero’s inheritance therefore the mighty Hercules became a subject of King Eurystheus who dreaded the Hercules as growing power and reputation Hercules obeyed his cousin against his will but when he decided to impose him the first labors the hero dismay’d decided To consult the Oracle of Delphi to know if he had to continue to obey a man whom he considered lower than himself the Oracle told him that for each labor he accomplished the power usurped by Eurystheus would diminish Hercules who still had some hope to get the news from the Oracle that he would not need to obey Eurystheus was upset taking advantage of the hero’s vulnerability the goddess Hera planted the seed of madness in his head Hercules started to See the most dreadful creatures and fought great battles against them but all of that was nothing but hallucinations when he recovered from this ferocious madness Hercules had blood on his hands and his sons and wife Megara lay dead at his feet when he realized what had happened Hercules went into eggs and in distant lands remained engulfed in a major depression but the time healed his wounds and he decided to Return to my sin EA to be at the service of King Eurystheus with that he could purify himself from the terrible sins committed against his family

Hercules was commanded to obey his cousin Eurystheus the king of Mycenae a he feared that with a greater reputation the hero Hercules would try to take his throne so Eurystheus ordered him a labor that seemed impossible he would have to exterminate a giant lion that terrified the forests of Argos that beasts Withered the herds in the region and after devouring a couple of men it developed a taste for human flesh people said that the beast was the son of the monstrous – and the malignant echidna and for that reason there were rumors that its Pelt was invulnerable to traditional weapons Hercules with his bow and arrow and his powerful Club went hunting the creature the hero spent some time in the forests of Nemea looking for the lion until he finally found traces That led up to the cave where the monstrous feline was hidden Hercules entered the monsters lair full of animal bones and human skulls from the bottom of the cave it was possible to hear the sounds of the giant animals breath Hercules spotted the beast on a stone and shot one of his arrows against the animal’s head it rebounded on the animals Pelt furious the gigantic lion unleashed a mighty roar and prepared to attack Hercules and the lion jumped one Against the other the lion exposed its powerful claws whereas the hero raised his mace Hercules hit the creatures head which despite the devastating impact endured the attack with not a single scratch realizing that his weapons were useless Hercules and the Lions started a melee the Lions stuck its clawsb into its opponent who withstood the excruciating pain of the wounds Hercules managed to encircle the animal’s neck with his arms and initiated a deadly choke the Nemea Lion could not resist the hero strength and to come making use of the animals claws Hercules managed to rip off its Pelt and return to my Sania Eurystheus watching Hercules as he approached dressed in the animal skin fearing for his life hid inside a metal barrel and so Hercules completed his first labor

King Eurystheus ordered Hercules as his second labor to end a creature that Lived in the region of our Goulet this creature was a dreadful monster the offspring of Typhon and echidna and was known by the name of hydra the brave hero and his nephew who was his inseparable companion went to meet the creature along the way they encountered a village devastated by the creature and a survivor pointed the way to the beasts lair the Hydra lived inside the sinister swamp of learner Hercules and his nephew broke in to the stench ball swamp until They found the Munsters cave in order to remove the creature from that hole Hercules used his bow firing flaming arrows into the cave then from the soil of the cave the mighty Hydra peer who furiously attacked the monster had several heads eager to devour the hero despite his large size Hercules was extremely agile and thus he managed to dodge the attacks of the Beast with a powerful blow of his mace the hero crushed one of the monster’s heads but Two others quickly emerged replacing it enraged the hero continued to crush the heads but another to appear each time I olace yelled for Hercules to stop because he was only making his labor even more difficult then they had the idea of cauterizing the necks from where the new heads were emerging so while Hercules smashed her heads his nephew cauterized the wounds with a torch with that the heads were being crushed one after the other The goddess Hera the enemy of Hercules seeing the hero defeating yet another creature sent crabs to help Hydra but they could only distract the hero for a little and ended up crushed as well Hercules and iowa’s defeated the last severed head but she remained alive the hero threw her into a hole and buried her with a huge stone the Hydra had an extremely toxic blood Hercules aware of that bathed his arrows in the monster’s poisonous blood and now had a weapon Even more powerful the goddess Hera decided to honor the crab’s who fought in her name creating the constellation of cancer to everyone’s astonishment Hercules returned victorious to Mycenaean and presented himself for his next labor Hercules had already defeated the Nemean lion and the lernaean hydra two very strong opponents Eurystheus ‘as plan of ending Hercules life was not going right and his rival became more popular each

Day without knowing how to defeat his cousin Eurystheus had a great idea and gave two new tasks to the hero Hercules would have to bring alive two creatures to my sania the cerini and I’m and the bore of erymanthus the Sri nyan hind was one of the most elusive animals that existed capturing it would be almost impossible and bringing the mighty boar without killing it was even more unlikely Eurystheus knew that Hercules would not Return without the animals because the hero just could not admit failure Hercules departed and the king was certain that he would never see Hercules again more than a year had passed already and the hero could not find the wild hind this hind was like no other it was simply splendid had gold horns and iron hooves the creature was one of the five sacred Hinds created by the goddess Artemis but was the only one who lived free the others served the goddess That Hercules needed and seeing the hero he told him here are the apples but don’t worry I will give them to King Eurystheus myself Hercules realized that he was about to be fooled having then to sustain the weight of the whole world on its back for all eternity and in that moment he used his intelligence would you really do that for me you’re so kind I can no longer face my cousin but before that I’d like to make a request can you hold

The sky for a moment so I can get my mantle of lion fur to protect my back you know how uncomfortable this wait is right atlas knew how painful that task was and decided to help the hero as soon as the Titan held the sky again Hercules picked up the apples that had been left on the ground and went away forever after returning to my sania with apples the great hero received a standing ovation by the subjects of Eurystheus the jealous king decided that

There was only one way to get rid of Hercules he would have to be sent to the realm of the dead after accomplishing 11 Labour’s that everyone deemed impossible Hercules was loved by the people since the hero had freed the world from the most sinister creatures Eurystheus is plan to end the son of Zeus only made him more glorified the king of Messenia only had the right to impose one more labor to Hercules and because of that it Was his last chance to get rid of the hero Eurystheus ordered Hercules to go to the world of the dead to bring the legendary Cerberus with him Hades three-headed dog which was responsible for overseeing his master’s kingdom before leaving for Hades kingdom the hero was initiated into the aleutian Ian’s mysteries the rituals of these cults symbolized the death and the resurrection Hercules went to a secret cave which gave access to the underground world right at the entrance he was greeted by his brother Hermes who was the God who led souls to the kingdom of Hades guided by the messenger god Hercules was entering the underworld it was a sinister and sorrowful place in Hades his kingdom the demigod found his friend Theseus still alive chained to a stone Theseus had been punished by Hades for trying together with his friend Pierre Ah—this to kidnap Persephone the queen of the underworld Hercules freed his friend from captivity so that he could return to the world of the living the son of Zeus was now facing Hades the lord of the world of the dead and asked for permission to take his dog and introduce him to Eurystheus with the promise that he would take the dog back after completing his job Hades allowed Hercules to try to capture the three-headed dog as long as He only used his own hands to dominate the animal the hero went to face the monster when he spotted him Hercules realized that the beast besides having three heads had a serpent tail the son of Zeus had already fought against every type of creature and fearless started the fight the fight between the demigod and the monster was intense but Hercules managed to defeat the creature the hero led Cerberus to the surface

The dog touched by the sunlight was nauseated and vomited poisonous plants were born from the place where the animals vomit had dropped despite the resistance Hercules dragged the animal to the Palace of King Eurystheus and presented the creature to his Lord after seeing such a monster Eurystheus terrified ran into his barrel of bronze to hide the dogs was released and returned to the underworld Hercules had finally accomplished his 12th labor and Eurystheus resigned for being unable to finish Hercules ended up releasing the demigod from his duties Hercules had reached the pinnacle of his glory and was seen as the benefactor of mankind but this was not the end of his journey the son of Zeus still had to face tough adventures and ordeals before he could finally attain immortality beside his father

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