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12 labours of hercules 3 walkthrough12/27/2023 ![]() Six others took the hero farther afield, to places that were, per Ruck, "all previously strongholds of Hera or the 'Goddess' and were Entrances to the Netherworld." In each case, the pattern was the same: Hercules was sent to kill or subdue, or to fetch back for Eurystheus (as Hera's representative) a magical animal or plant. Ruck and Staples assert that there is no one way to interpret the labours, but that six were located in the Peloponnese, culminating with the rededication of Olympia. Eurystheus set two more tasks (fetching the Golden Apples of Hesperides and capturing Cerberus), which Hercules also performed, bringing the total number of tasks to twelve.Īs they survive, the labours of Hercules are not recounted in any single place, but must be reassembled from many sources. Hercules accomplished these tasks, but Eurystheus refused to recognize two: the slaying of the Lernaean Hydra, as Hercules' nephew and charioteer Iolaus had helped him and the cleansing of the Augeas, because Hercules accepted payment for the labour. Eventually, he placed himself at Eurystheus's disposal.Įurystheus originally ordered Hercules to perform ten labours. Hercules despaired at this, loathing to serve a man whom he knew to be far inferior to himself, yet fearing to oppose his father Zeus. After recovering his sanity, Hercules deeply regretted his actions he was purified by King Thespius, then traveled to Delphi to inquire how he could atone for his actions. Pythia, the Oracle of Delphi, advised him to go to Tiryns and serve his cousin King Eurystheus for twelve years, performing whatever labours Eurystheus might set him in return, he would be rewarded with immortality. 2.11 Eleventh labour: Apples of the Hesperidesĭriven mad by Hera (queen of the gods), Hercules slew his son, daughter, and wife Megara.2.10 Tenth labour: Cattle of GeryonEdit.2.9 Ninth labour: Belt of HippolytaEdit.
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