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Zeus and Alcmence were Hercules parents. He was know for the 

story's 

he has and the Strong man he is. Hercules was a hero and his death is 

a 

myth and was accepted into the Olympian Pantheon during classical 

time. Hera send two snake to kill Hercules but he was too strong that 

he kill the snakes. She send the snakes because Zeus cheat on her. 

Hercules was traumatized that went he grow up he kill his wife and his 

children's. 

When Hercules saw the horrible thing he had done he

 went to Apollo for forgiveness. 

Apollo told him he had to do certain tasks in order for him to become a god again. he 

told Hercules that he had to do this 12 things:1)Kill the Nemean Lion. 2)Kill the 

Lernean Hydra. 3)Capture the Cerynian Hind. 4)Capture the Erymanthian Boar. 

5)Clean the Augean Stables. 6)Kill the Stymphalian Birds. 7)Capture the Cretan Bull. 

8)Capture the Horses of Diomedes. 9)Take the Girdle of the Amazon Queen 

Hippolyte. 10)Capture the Cattle of Geryon. 11)Take the Golden Apples of the 

Hesperides. 12)Capture Cerberus.

First Labor:

This monster of a lion had a hide was so tough that no arrow could 

pierce it. Hercules stunned the beast with his olive-wood club and then 

strangled it with his bare hands. It is said that he skinned the lion, using 

the lion's sharp claws, and ever after wore its hide. 

Second Labor:

The evil, snakelike Hydra had nine heads. If one got hurt, two would 

grow in its place. But Hercules quickly sliced off the heads, while his 

charioteer, Iolaus, sealed the wounds with a orch. Hercules made his 

arrows poisonous by dipping them in the Hydra's blood.

Third Labor:

The goddess Artemis loved and protected this stubborn little deer, 

which had gold horns. Hercules found it a challenge to capture the 

delicate hind without hurting it. After following the hind for an entire

year, he safely carried it away.

Fourth Labor:

The people of Mount Erymanthus lived in fear of this deadly animal. 

Hercules chased the wild boar up the mountain and into a snowdrift. 

He then took it in a net and brought it to King Eurystheus, who was so 

frightened of the beast that he hid in a huge bronze jar.

Fifth Labor:

Thousands of cows lived in these stables belonging to King Augeas. 

They had not been cleaned in 30 years, but Hercules was told to clean 

them completely in a single day. To do so he made two rivers bend so 

that they flowed into the stables, sweeping out the filth.

Sixth Labor:

These murderous birds lived around Lake Stymphalos. Their claws and 

beaks were sharp as metal and their feathers flew like darts. Hercules 

scared them out of their nests with a rattle and then killed them with 

the poison arrows he had made from the Hydra's blood.

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