Hercules

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Heracles was the strongest mortal in the world. After Hera drove him mad, He killed his wife and three children in a frenzy, and was sentenced to the twelve labors. He was born to Zeusand Alcmene, and Hera was extremely jealous of him, because she was mad Zeus had a child that wasn’t with her. He was portrayed wearing lions fur and carrying an olive club as a weapon. Hercules was born on Mount Olympus, but kidnapped him and turned him human. A farm couple found him and raised him and he spent the rest of his life in Greece. He had fantastic strength, courage, and ingenuity. He also has large impacts on our daily life such as the herculean task. The herculean task is a rough task that would take hard work, because Heracles was a very strong man. He had many friends such as the amazons, and the Argonauts. He also had enemies like Antaeus, and Castor.

10 Interesting Facts


 * 1) Heracles was the strongest mortal on earth
 * 2) Heracles was Celebrated in stories, sculptures, paintings, and the geography of the word
 * 3) His step mother Hera, (Juno) tried to kill Heracles as a baby, but failed.
 * 4) Originally names Alcides by his parents
 * 5) Portrayed Carrying an olive club and wearing lions fur.
 * 6) First wife was Megara
 * 7) Killed wife & kids in a frenzy
 * 8) Was a demigod
 * 9) Had no idea he was a demigod until adult hood
 * 10) Hera was extremely jealous of him.

This myth takes place on Mycenae. There were a lot of people involved in the twelve labors, such as Heracles, Zeus, Hera, Eurystheus, the Neaman lion, Hydra, Cerynitian hind, Artemis, the Erymanthian Boar, Pholus, King Augeas, the Stymphalian birds, Athena, the Cretan Bull, King Minos, Pasiphae, Theseus, Diomedes, Abderus, Hippolyte, Geryon, Hesperides, Cerberus, Hades, and Charon. The mistake that is made in the twelve labors is that Heracles killed his wife and children because Hera drove him so mad, he went crazy. For his punishment he had to perform the twelve labors. The mortal didn’t want to much of anything, Hera simply drove him so mad, he killed his family. That is the summary of the Twelve Labors.

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