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The Labours of Hercules or Labours of Heracles (Greek: ἆθλοι, âthloi Latin: Labores) are a series of tasks carried out by Heracles, the greatest of the Greek heroes, whose name was later romanised as Hercules. They were accomplished in the service of King Eurystheus. The episodes were later connected by a continuous narrative.
6 days ago · Labours of Hercules, the 12 labours, or tasks, assigned to the Greco-Roman legendary hero Hercules (Heracles) by King Eurystheus. Traditionally, Hercules was the son of Zeus, the chief deity among the Greek gods, and Alcmene, a mortal princess whom Zeus tricked into sleeping with him.
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Aug 18, 2014 · With David Suchet, Patrick Ryecart, Rupert Evans, Lorna Nickson Brown. Poirot's pursuit of an infamous art thief leads him to a snowbound hotel in the Swiss Alps, where he is met with a plethora of mysteries and the reappearance of a familiar face from the past.
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The Labours of Hercules is a short story collection written by Agatha Christie and first published in the US by Dodd, Mead and Company in 1947 and in the UK by Collins Crime Club in September of the same year.
- Agatha Christie
- 1947
Dec 12, 2021 · A few of them are quite famous – Hercules killing the Nemean lion, or stealing the golden apples of the Hesperides – but others, such as slaying the Stymphalian birds, are more obscure. Let’s take a closer look at all of Hercules’ twelve labours, and explore their meaning and significance within Greek myth, subjecting them to analysis.
The 12 Labors of Hercules, in order, are: slaying the Nemean Lion, slaying the Lernaean Hydra, capturing the Ceryneian Hind, capturing the Erymanthian Boar, killing the Stymphalian Birds, capturing the Cretan Bull, and stealing the Mares of Diomedes (Apollodorus).
May 8, 2024 · Having completed the Labours, Heracles undertook further enterprises, including warlike campaigns. He also successfully fought the river god Achelous for the hand of Deianeira. As he was taking her home, the Centaur Nessus tried to violate her, and Heracles shot him with one of his poisoned arrows.
