Hercules was commanded to obey his cousin Eurystheus the king of Mycenae 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 beast known as the Nemean. That beast 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 […]
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The Twelve Labours of Heracles are a series of episodes concerning a penance carried out by Heracles, the greatest of the Greek heroes, whose name was later romanised as Hercules. They were accomplished over 12 years at the service of King Eurystheus. The episodes were later connected by a continuous narrative. The establishment of a fixed cycle of twelve labours was attributed by the Greeks to an epic poem, now lost, written by Peisander, dated about 600 BC. After Heracles […]
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