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DAILY LIFE
Herakles
– a Greek hero
Herakles (whose name means
‘to the glory of (goddess) Hera’)
is one of the most famous ancient
Greek heroes. He is a muscle-man
who is famous for his super-human strength. (The Romans changed his name to Hercules when they took over Greek myths).
To become a hero Herakles had to perform these tasks:
1 Conquer and deliver a monster.
2 Kill the multi-headed Hydra.
3 Bring back, dead or alive, a fierce deer.
4 Catch a huge boar.
5 Clean out the massive stables of Augeas.
6 Scare off and kill the metal-feathered Stymphalian birds.
7 Capture the Cretan Bull.
8 Do something about the man-eating Mares of Diomedes (he moved them and released them).
9 Get the Girdle of Hippolyta, Queen of the Amazons (she gave it to him peacefully, which enraged Hera, who arranged for the rest of the Amazons to attack Herakles; in the mess that followed, Hippolyta was killed by Herakles.)
J Steal the cattle of Geryon.
G Herakles captures the Cretan Bull. K Bring back the Golden Apples of
the Hesperides.
L Go down to the underworld and bring back multi-headed Cerberus, chief hound of the underworld god, Hades.
He did all this before embarking on the Argo with Jason.
FE Atlas (right) offering Herakles the Golden Apples of the Hesperides. Herakles holds the sky on his shoulder, assisted by Athena (left).
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