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Heracles

A son of Zeus by a mortal woman, sentenced to twelve labours in penance for a madness the gods themselves had sent him. Strength was never the difficulty; the terms were.

Heracles
Heracles grapples the invulnerable Nemean lion in a bare-handed chokehold, the first of his Twelve Labours. Painting by Francisco de Zurbarán, 1634.

The journey

9 myths · 9 places

  1. 1 Heracles and the Nemean Lion Nemea
  2. 2 Heracles and the Hydra of Lerna Lerna
  3. 3 Heracles and the Augean Stables Olympia
  4. 4 Heracles and the Stymphalian Birds Stymphalia
  5. 5 Heracles and the Cretan Bull Crete
  6. 6 Heracles and the Girdle of Hippolyta Themiscyra
  7. 7 Heracles and the Apples of the Hesperides The Atlas Mountains
  8. 8 Heracles and Cerberus Cape Tainaron
  9. 9 The Death of Heracles Mount Oeta
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