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1. The Story of Hercules

2. Quick
Facts

3. • Quick Facts
• The name Hercules is derived from the name “Hercle” means “Glory of Hera”
• Hercules is a handsome, muscular young man.
• 12 Labours of Hercules include:
• Slay the Nemean Lion.
• Slay the nine-headed Lernaean Hydra.
• Capture the Golden Hind of Artemis.
• Capture the Erymanthian Boar.
• Clean the Augean stables in a single day.
• Slay the Stymphalian Birds.
• Capture the Cretan Bull.
• Steal the Mares of Diomedes.
• Obtain the girdle of Hippolyta, Queen of the Amazons.
• Obtain the cattle of the monster Geryon.
• Steal the apples of the Hesperides
• Capture and bring back Cerberus.

4. • He is the God of strength, heroes, sports, athletes, health, agriculture, fertility, trade,
oracles and divine protector of mankind.
• Gate Keeper of Olympus
• Hercules' first wife was Megara
• He killed Megara and their children when he was cursed by Hera.
• He Completed Twelve Labours in 12 Years
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5. The Story

6. •Hercules’ story begins with the story of his father
Zeus. Zeus was the God of the Sky. He had a wife
named Hera, which was also his own sister. Zeus being
immortal and all thought he can have as many women
as he wanted. He fooled around with many women
and Hera kept on getting mad. One of the women
that Zeus fooled around with was Alcmene. Alcmene
gave to birth to twins, but the twins didn’t look
anything like each other; one was big, the size of a 6
month old baby and had red hair growing already,
while the other was much smaller and had the size of
a regular baby and was bald.The smaller one was

7. •Soon the rumors spread all the way to Hera,
and immediately she knew that it must be the
son of Zeus. She was furious and then she
asked for her brother Poseidon's help. She ask
him for 2 serpents and she sent those serpents
to kill Hercules.The serpents tried to crush
Hercules and his brother, Iphicles, while they
were sleeping. Hercules ended up choking the
serpents to death.The nurses came back and
later they found that Iphicles had some broken
ribs but Hercules didn't.

8. • Hera had another plan to kill Hercules. It would take
some time because she didn't want Zeus to find out
that she killed his son. Hera went to Hercules and
then she messed with his mind and when he saw his
wife, he bashed her head in, and when he saw his
children, he bash their heads in as well.When he was
sane again he saw what he had done and wanted to
go kill himself, luckily his friendTheseus was there to
console him and keep him from killing himself. He
was brought to Athens and he was not convicted of
murder since he had no idea what was going on when
his family died.Then they went to Delphi a priestess

9. • Eurytheus heard Hercules was coming to be his slave and he was
ready to work him like a dog. He also was pushed by Hera to make
Hercules die, Hera still couldn't ever forgive any son of Zeus that
was not a son of hers. Eurytheus gave him twelve labors; the first
labor was to kill the lion of Nemea. Next he had to kill the Hydra,
and then he had to bring back a live stag that had golden horns.
The fourth labor was to catch a boar that hid in Mount
Erymanthus. Then he had to find a way to get rid of the
Stymphalian Birds; after that he had to clean the Augean Stables.
His seventh labor was to bring back a raging bull that has gone
loose. The eighth labor was to kill the horses of King Diomedes.
Number nine was to get back the girdle of the Amazon Queen,
Hyppolyta. Next he had to bring Geryon’s oxen, and then he had
to bring back the three-headed dog that belonged to hades. The
final labor was to bring back the golden apples of Hesperides,
which gives eternal life.

10. •After completing all twelve labors, which took
twelve years, Hercules still had more adventures.
He went to King Augeas who promised him 3000
oxen if Hercules could clean the stables in one
day, Hercules did, but he didn’t get the oxen that
was promised, so he came back to overthrow
him and he replaced him with his son. Hercules
then made the Olympics to celebrate the new
king.

11. •Hercules also finds a new wife, Deianeira, the
princess of Calydon. The river god Achelous was
also trying to win Deianeira, so he turned into a
bull to try to show how manly he was, but then
Hercules challenges him to a fight and Hercules
ends up winning. Hercules now has another wife
and they go to Theban to live the rest of their
lives.

12. • As they were heading back, the came in front of
Nessus, a centaur that carried Deianeira across a river,
but then Hercules saw that Nessus had his hands all
over her so Hercules took a couple of arrows and shot
the centaur, and before the centaur died, Nessus gave
Deianeira some of his blood which he said was a love
potion to make Hercules keep his love for Deianeira if
Hercules ever loves another women.

13. • Hercules in another story meets a maiden named Viola, who
is a very beautiful and sweet. Hercules wants to marry Viola,
but his father wouldn’t let her, so Hercules kills her father
and runs away with Viola. News of Hercules and Viola went
to Deianeira and she was afraid that Hercules would not love
her again, she used Nessus blood on a cape and puts in on
Hercules, to her surprise the blood on Nessus can kill
Hercules and Hercules was yelling in pain, Deianeira then
realized that Nessus was just taking revenge on Hercules, so
the Deianeira killed herself. Hercules then is burn by
Filotetes, his human part is sent to Hades and his god part
goes to Olympus

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