Comparing The Twelve Labors Of Heracles

In Pietro Francisci’s 1958 film Hercules, the original Greek myth was incorrectly narrated. One of the most glaring differences was Hercules’ name; in the Greek myth his name was actually Heracles, with Hercules being his name in Latin. The film lost some creditability as an adaptation as outlined in the lesson by how the story of Heracles was unveiled specifically by the Twelve Labors of Heracles. However, most of the Twelve Labors of Heracles were not only absent from the film, but the two labors that were present were inaccurately told in comparison to the Greek myth. The labors that were left out of the film were: The Lernaean Hydra, The Cerynean Hind, The Erymanthian Boar, The Augean Stables, The Stymphalian Birds, The Mares of Diomedes, The Girdle of Hippolyta, The Cattle of Geryon, The Apples of the Hesperides, and Cerberus. The two labors that can be compared to the original Greek myth are the Nemean Lion and

Hercules quickly fought with the lion ultimately choking the beast to death. This scene can be compared to the original myth by Heracles’ first labor was The Nemean Lion, the thing that was special about this lion was that its’ skin could not be pierced by weapons. The only way that Hercules could kill the lion was by straggling it. After he killed the beast he skinned the lion using the lion's own claws and wore the lion as armor. The difference between the movie and the myth is that in the movie there was not a Nemean lion, just an ordinary lion with no special skill set. After the lion was killed, Hercules never skinned the lion; he just left the lion to rot away. There are only two similarities that are present between the myth and the movie; the beast is a type of lion and how Hercules killed the lion by straggling it. Hercules killed the lion by choking it, not because the lion’s skin was unharmed by weapons, but because it was