HERCULESBest Known Demi-God

ABOUT HERCULESHercules was the son of Zeus and Minerva.When Zeus sired Hercules, Hera was very

jealous. And it just so happened that Hercules had a mortal twin. Hera said the first born would be king of all Greece. Hercules was to be born first but Hera caused Hercules twin to be born first and would have kept Hercules in forever if Minerva Hadn’t told her he was already born so Hera would stop in rage.

YOUNG HERCULESWhen Hercules was three years old. Hera

sent down two vipers to kill Hercules when he was in his cot. When his mother went to check on him she was shocked to see him playing with two dead snakes.

THE NEAMEAN LION When Hercules accepted the twelve

labors, The first was to kill the Neamean lion. The lions pelt was impenetrable so Hercules had to strangle the lion which cost him a finger but gave him good armor.

LERNEAN HYDRA For the second task Hercules had

to kill the Lernean Hydra that had nine vicious heads and poisonous breath. Every time he cut a head off two came back unless you burnt the stump, and one was immortal and could not be cut off, so Hercules crushed it with his club ripped it off and put under a rock. And as a prize he dipped his arrows in the blood which made them very poisonous.

CERYNIAN HIND For the third task Hercules had to catch

the Cerynian Hide. The Hide was sacred to Artemis because it had horns of bronze and hooves of gold. Hercules chased it for a year and finally shot an arrow that went through just sinew and bone drawing no blood thereby not poisoning it with the Hydra blood and sacrificed it to Artemis.

ERMANTHIAN BOAR For the fourth task Hercules had to

capture the Ermanthian Boar alive. Hercules scared the boar out of a thicket by yelling halloo and jumped on its back and bound it in chains.

THE STABLES OF AUGEIAS For the fifth task Hercules had to clean

the stables of Augeias . The stables hadn’t been cleaned in 30 years. So the way he cleaned was redirecting a river by destroying a dam.

THE STYMPHILIAN BIRDSFor the sixth task Hercules

had to kill the Stymphilian birds. The Stymphilian Birds are flesh eating birds with beaks of bronze and feathers so sharp they can cut metal. The Stymphilian Birds where attacking a town when Hercules found them. So to kill them he started shaking brass bells to scare them away from the town then he shot them with arrows.

THE CRETAN BULL For the seventh

task Hercules had to capture the Cretan Bull. Hercules easily wrestled it to the ground and then he dragged it to the ship.

THE HORSES OF DIOMEDES For the

eighth task Hercules had to take the horses of Diomedes. He fought ten men to capture the horses and then killed king Diomedes.

THE BELT OF HIPPOLYTE For Hercules eight

task. He had to steal a belt from the queen of the Amazons. Hercules knew he could not face the Amazon army alone so he round up his friends and they set sail. When they got there, Hippolyte just gave them the belt.

THE CATTLE OF GERYON For the tenth task

Hercules had to take the cattle of Geryon. When he got to the island where the cattle were kept, Cerberus's brother Orthus attacked Hercules. So Hercules bashed it on the heads. When Geryon found out, he attacked Hercules and was shot by Hercules's arrows .

THE GARDEN OF THE HESPHERIDES For the eleventh task,

Hercules had to get the apples of immortality from the garden of the Hespherides. On the way there he fought three other half-gods. He took Atlas's place in holding the sky. When Atlas came back he said he would take the apples to Hercules boss and let Hercules take the sky forever. But Hercules tricked Atlas into taking back the sky.

CERBERUS For the last task Hercules had to capture Hades

dog Cerberus. All Hercules had to do was bash the heads. When he put it in the kings courtroom the king just told him to put it back.

AFTERMATH When Hercules finished his labors he

became an Argonaut and made friends with Jason and Orpheus.

AFTER DEATH When Hercules died, his mortal skin

went to the underworld but his soul went to Olympus to live with the gods.