The Lion Of Neme The Murder Of Hercules

Task #1 was to murder the lion of Nemea, a lion that couldn't be hurt by any form of weapon. Hercules knocked out the lion with his bat 1st , then he choked it to death. He wore the skin of the lion as a cloak and the head of the lion as a helmet, a trophy of his heroic adventure.

The 2nd task was to murder the Hydra that lived in a swampy area in Lerna. The Hydra had 9 heads. One head was immortal and when one of the others was chopped off, two grew back in its place. Cancer, one of the Hydra's guards, bit Hercules on the foot when he came close, and was smashed by Hercules, but she was rescued by Hera. Hercules torched each mortal neck with a burning torch to prevent it from growing two heads and he buried the immortal head under a rock.

Hippolyta, Queen of the Amazons, was willing to help Hercules with the 9th task. When she was about to give Hercules her girdle, which Eurystheus wanted for his daughter, Hera convinced Hippolyta's forces to believe that Hercules was trying to abduct the Queen. Hercules murdered Hippolyta, thinking that she ordered the attack, and escaped the Amazon with the girdle.

On his way to the island of Erythia to capture the oxen of the 3 headed monster Geryon, Hercules set up 2 great rocks, the mountains Gibraltar and Ceuta, which now flank the Straight of Gibraltar, as a memorial of his journey of capturing the oxen.

The 11th task was to steal the golden apples of Hesperides, the daughter of Atlas and husband of Hesperus. The apples grew in the garden of Hesperides, which is in the western edge of the world, beyond the Island of Hyperborea and on the border of Ocean. The garden is guarded by Ladon, the dragon with hundred heads. The apples were very important because they were grown by Mother Earth as a wedding present for Hera and Zeus. Hercules reached Ocean and found Atlas holding up the sky. Hercules offered to hold the sky while Atlas murdered Ladon and got the apples. But Atlas was tired of holding the sky and told Hercules that he might continue holding it. Hercules pretended to agree but said the weight of the sky was hurting his shoulders and asked Atlas to take over for a while so he could make pads to protect his shoulders. When Atlas took over, he took the golden apples. Later he gave the apples to Athena, who returned the apples to