Heracles – Mythopedia Heracles then collected the apples and returned to Eurystheus Labor #12: Cerberus Heracles’ final labor was the most daunting: to go down to the Underworld and bring back Cerberus, Hades’ three-headed guard dog Against all odds, Heracles was able to cross into the Underworld, wrestle Cerberus, and convince Hades to let him bring the dog
Heracles (Play) - Mythopedia The Heracles is a tragedy by Euripides, usually dated to around 415 BCE In the play, Heracles returns home after completing his Twelve Labors, just in time to save his family from a violent usurper But he is driven mad by the gods and ends up killing the wife and children he has just saved
Heraclids - Mythopedia After Heracles’ death, the Heraclids were pursued and nearly wiped out by Heracles’ old enemy Eurystheus Driven out of Greece, they eventually returned with an unstoppable army and proceeded to conquer Mycenae, Sparta, and Argos, among other cities
Iphicles – Mythopedia Attic black-figure neck amphora depicting Heracles (left) and Iolaus (right) fighting Cycnus (center), attributed to the Painter of Oxford 569 or to the Leagros Group (ca 510–500 BCE) Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe Hamburg CC BY 3 0 The Birth of Heracles and Iphicles Heracles and Iphicles were twins who shared a mother but had different fathers
Hyllus - Mythopedia Hyllus, eldest son of Heracles and Deianira, was a Greek hero He married Iole, a princess of Oechalia, and had a son with her named Cleodaeus After the death of his father Heracles, Hyllus and Heracles’ other children were forced to flee Eurystheus, the cruel king who had once tormented and enslaved Heracles They ultimately defeated
Shield of Heracles - Mythopedia The Shield of Heracles is a brief epic poem incorrectly attributed to Hesiod, probably composed around the early sixth century BCE It tells of the battle between the hero Heracles and the warrior Cycnus, but it is most famous—as the title suggests—for its long and detailed description of Heracles’ shield
Nemean Lion - Mythopedia Heracles was sent to kill the Nemean Lion as the first of his labors There were several different accounts of the battle The poet Theocritus describes how Heracles found the Nemean Lion “full fed both of flesh and gore, his tangled mane, his grim visage and all his chest spattered with blood, and his tongue licking his chaps ”
Nessus – Mythopedia Years later, Heracles did fall in love with another woman, the princess Iole, and Deianira decided to use Nessus’ “love charm ” She smeared some of the poisoned blood on one of Heracles’ shirts As soon as Heracles put it on, the Hydra’s poison infected him, and he began writhing in terrible agony
Ceryneian Hind – Mythopedia Heracles’ Third (or Fourth) Labor Heracles was sent to catch the Ceryneian Hind as one of his Twelve Labors Hera, who hated the hero because he was the bastard son of her husband Zeus, forced Heracles to complete these grueling tasks for his cousin Eurystheus, the king of Mycenae Capturing the Ceryneian Hind was either the third or fourth
Ladon - Mythopedia Heracles thus offered to place the heavens on his own shoulders while Atlas fetched the apples from his daughters In another tradition, Heracles did fight the terrible Ladon In some accounts, he merely put the serpent to sleep But in others, Heracles managed to kill Ladon, after which he snatched the golden apples and left