Heracles ( Hercules )The Twelve Labors

Heracles (Hercules) - is the son of Alcmene and Zeus and his stepfather is Amphitryon

He has a twin brother, Iphicles – the father of Iolaus, Heracles’ charioteer

The Milky Way created from Hera’s milk

After hearing who the child is, Hera sent

snakes and Heracles grabbed and killed

them

Heracles married Mergara, daughter of King Creon of Thebes,

and bore children

Linus, Heracles’ music teacher

The Choices and Choice of Heracles

Under a craziness induced by Hera, Heracles killed his wife and children

He consulted the Oracle of Delphi, unknown to him, which is controlled

by Hera

Virtue is calling him to the hardest path leading to glory through

hardship.

While Vice entices Heracles with the worldly pleasures which is the easy

path.

1. The Nemean Lion- The task is to

bring the invulenerable skin of the lion

- lives in the forest of Nemea

Heracles made a helm and an armor out of the lion

2. The Lernean Hydra- having nine heads, one

of which is immortal

3. capture the female Ceryneian Hind or the

Golden Hind of Artemis

He Chased it all over Greece for a year

Heracles and the Centaurs

4.The Erymanthian Boar Chiron’s advice is to chase

the boar into a deep snowCaptures the wild beast and carried it back to Eurystheus

to his horror

5. Cleansing the Stables of Augeas

6. The Stymphalides or The

Stymphalian birds

7. The Cretan Bull-Is owned by King

Minos of Crete

8. Mares of Diomedes

Diomedes – is a son of Ares- King of Bistonians and

a Giant

Names of the Mares:

1. Podargos (the fast)2. Lampon (the shining)3. Xanthos (the yellow)4.  Deinos (the terrible) 

9. The Girdle of HippolyteBy Hera’s tricks, the Amazons attacked

Heracles and the ArgonautsHippolyte – is the queen of the Amazons

- A daughter of Ares

10. The Cattle of Geryon

OrthusGeryon

11. The Golden Apples of Hespiredes

Atlas and HeraclesPrometheus and Heracles

10. Capture and bring back Cerberus