Hercules Redemption

Hercules Redemption Throughout history, many Greek mythological heroes have been forgotten, but one still remains just as popular today as he did when the story was first told. Many do not know this, but there is not just one story of Hercules’s life. Every story has different details while still staying true with the basis of the story. For the purpose of this essay, I will try to stay as true to the Greek version of Hercules as possible. With the many popular movies in recent times telling mystical stories of Hercules and his adventures, he is still very much alive and in the spotlight. Many people, despite watching the movies, still do not know the true story and character of Hercules. The movies far too often only show the heroic and

His labors were a test of his strength and character. Hercules’s first labor was to kill the nemean lion. The lion was a very mighty creature that would terrorize the villages. Hercules outsmarted the lion by blocking the back entrance of a cave and luring the animal out through the front only to choke the lion to death. The second labor was to kill the Hydra of which had nine heads and was located in the city of Lerna. The Hydra was the watcher of the underworld, who stayed at the entrance making sure no mortal was to enter. The creature had many heads that would regrow once severed. Hercules with the help of his nephew, Loaus defeated the monster by cutting the heads while Loaus cauterized each head so that they wouldn’t regrow. The third labor was to catch the Gold Hind, which was the goddess, Diana’s, sacred animal. Hercules explained to the goddess the situation he has in, and she allowed him to go after the animal. The fourth labor was to catch the Erymanthean Boar. Hercules lured the boar and then proceeded to chase it into a snowfield where it wore itself out and collapsed. The fifth labor for Hercules was to clean the feces out of the kings many stables in only one day. He rerouted two rivers to the stable causing the feces to wash out. The sixth labor was to travel to Stymphalos to scare off a flock of carnivorous birds. Athena aided Hercules by giving him magical noisemakers made by Hephaistos. The birds were terrified of the noise and immediately left with urgency. The seventh labor was for Hercules to catch a bull, in Crete, that impregnated the island kings wife. The eighth labor was for Hercules to capture king Diomedes’ of Thracians, four man-eating horses. The ninth labor was to steal an armored belt. The amored belt belonged queen Hippolyte, of the Amazon. Hera caused an uprising of the Amazon people against Hercules, because she spread the rumor