Hercules was tasked with retrieving the golden apples from the garden of the Hesperides as his eleventh labor. The apples were guarded by Ladon, a hundred-headed dragon. Hercules sought information from the sea god Nereus, who he had to defeat. Nereus told Hercules the apples were located in the Atlas Mountains of Africa. There, Hercules killed Ladon and found the giant Atlas, who agreed to pick the apples if Hercules took the weight of the world on his shoulders temporarily. When Atlas had the apples, he tried to trick Hercules but Hercules outwitted him instead. Hercules returned the apples to Eurystheus,

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2. In the eleventh labor, Eurystheus ordered Hercules to take him the golden apples of Hera for the king titan. The apple of Hera is a gift from the god Zeus. They say this guarded by a hundred headed dragon, called Ladon.

3. Hercules Well one day he went to find information on the beach, and saw the nymphs and asked if they knew how to reach the apple of Hera. They said no, but they knew who could help, Nereus the old man of the beach.

4. But he warned that when he found it would do everything possible to get rid of it.When I lay on the sand, hold very strong, and Nereus became water, but not let go. Later became a fireball, but neither was able to Hercules pain. Finally became a lion, but it was nothing for Hercules.

5. When he was defeated, told NereusHercules,''sees the Atlas Mountains in Mauritania, Africa, there will have to kill the dragon, after looking at the giant Atlas, pick apples. So Hercules went to the Atlas mountains, killed the dragon with a poisoned arrow and went looking for Atlas.

6. When Hercules found Atlas told hercules,''OK, pick apples, but you have to take my world.'' Hercules took the world and came back to Atlas realized that it was free, but that was smart hercules said,''takes the world, which is more comfortable to wear,''when Atlas took it, ran Hercules with apples

7. Hercules took the apples to the king of the Titans, and the king said:''put the apples back in place, I do not want the gods are angry.'' Then he took them, and not entirely Hera.