![]() ![]() Ruck and Staples assert that there is no one way to interpret the labors, but that six were located in the Peloponnese, culminating with the rededication of Olympia. ![]() Eurystheus set two more tasks (fetching the Golden Apples of Hesperides and capturing Cerberus), which Heracles also performed, bringing the total number of tasks to twelve.Īs they survive, the labors of Heracles are not recounted in any single place, but must be reassembled from many sources. Heracles accomplished these tasks, but Eurystheus refused to recognize two: the slaying of the Lernaean Hydra, as Heracles' nephew and charioteer Iolaus had helped him and the cleansing of the Augeas, because Heracles accepted payment for the labour. Eventually, he placed himself at Eurystheus's disposal.Įurystheus originally ordered Heracles to perform ten labors. Heracles despaired at this, loathing to serve a man whom he knew to be far inferior to himself, yet fearing to oppose his father Zeus. Pythia, the Oracle of Delphi, advised him to go to Tiryns and serve his cousin, King Eurystheus, for twelve years, performing whatever labors Eurystheus might set him in return, he would be rewarded with immortality. After recovering his sanity, Heracles deeply regretted his actions he was purified by King Thespius, then traveled to Delphi to inquire how he could atone for his actions. 2.11 Eleventh: Golden Apples of the Hesperidesĭriven mad by Hera (queen of the gods), Heracles slew his sons by his wife Megara.
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