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    “O mighty Apollo, god of truth and healing,

    The Labors of I have done something terrible,” said Hercules.

    Hercules “I beg of you, punish me for the evil I have


    done,” he pleaded.
    “Hercules, know that this crime was not
    completely your fault,” replied Apollo. “Although
    you are the victim of a vengeful act, you must
    Greek mythology is full of stories of great atone for what you have done. You shall be
    given twelve labors. If you perform them
    heroes, but one of the most famous heroes is
    Hercules, the son of Zeus and the king of all gods. all, then your guilt will be wiped away.”
    Hercules showed that he was different from other These tasks would have been impossible
    boys from the very beginning of his life. When for any mortal to complete, but Hercules
    Hercules was a baby, the goddess Hera sent two was not like most other men. His first task
    snakes to kill him. Hera had no idea that Hercules
    was blessed with great strength and fearlessness.
    He strangled the snakes before they could
    harm him.
    Hera’s anger and jealousy grew as Hercules
    got older. When Hercules was a young adult, Hera
    cast a spell on him. Hercules temporarily went
    crazy. Before he knew what happened, his wife
    and two children were dead. When he realized
    what he had done, Hercules was heartbroken.
    He went to the god Apollo for help.

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    ordinary deer. It had golden horns and it
    belonged to the goddess Diana. Hercules shot
    the deer and started to carry it away when
    Diana appeared. She was angry, but Hercules
    told her about his twelve labors and why he
    needed the deer. The goddess let Hercules
    take the deer so he could complete his task.
    Among his other labors, Hercules wrestled a
    bull, captured man-eating horses, and kidnapped
    was to kill a ferocious lion. Hercules discovered Cerberus, the terrifying beast that guarded the
    that his arrows did nothing to harm the lion. He entrance to the Underworld. Through superhuman
    tracked the mighty beast to a cave and grabbed strength, courage, and perseverance, he
    it with his strong arms. The lion frantically clawed completed all twelve labors.
    at Hercules, but he refused to let it go no matter Today, we use the name Hercules to refer
    how much pain he felt. Like the snakes Hera to anyone who displays superhuman strength.
    had sent, Hercules strangled the lion to death. A Herculean task is an extremely difficult job that
    Hercules’ second task was to kill a hydra. The requires great physical
    DID YOU
    beast had nine heads and spewed poison. Each strength and effort. KNOW?
    time Hercules cut off one of the monster’s heads, For example, swimming During his life, Hercules
    two more grew back in its place! With the help across the Pacific endured endless hardships
    and challenges. When
    of his nephew, Hercules was finally able to chop Ocean would be
    Hercules died, the gods
    off all nine heads and kill the hydra. a Herculean task. honored and rewarded him
    by bringing him up to Mount
    For his third task, Hercules had to kill a deer.
    Olympus to live with them.
    It sounds easy enough, but this was not an

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