![]() The fifth on the list is the clean up of King Augean’s Stables. He carried the boar all the way to Mycenae.ġ2 Labours of Hercules | 12 Stories of Hercules (Capturing Cerberus ) The Augean Stables ![]() While capturing a boar wasn’t a big deal for him, the scared boar ran for its safety but was eventually caught by Hercules. But unfortunately he lost his friend (Pholus) on the journey. This wasn’t really a tough task for the Greek Hero. In the fourth task Hercules was ordered to bring a wild boar from the mountains for the King. They agreed to let the deer go under a condition that he should bring the deer back unharmed. Hercules told them about his condition and labours. But on the way he encountered Apollo and Artemis. And finally he came across the Golden Hind, he didn’t miss this opportunity and took the deer with him. However Hercules didn’t give up and hunted deer every day for a year. This made the task very difficult for Hercules. But this deer was no ordinary deer, it was the sacred animal of Artemis (the Greek Goddess of hunting and animals). Getting a deer wasn’t a big problem for the Greek hero. The Golden Hind was a female red deer with golden horns and bronze hooves. The third labour that Hercules performed was capturing a Golden Hind. To kill this monster Hercules cut his head and burn the neck, so that it never grow again. At the end he slayed the immortal head of the Hydra and buried it at the side of a road. According to one myth all heads of hydra were immortal, and in place of one head two heads grow, if it is cut. With help of his nephew Hercules was able to cut the 8 mortal heads of the Hydra. The swamp was shrouded in a poisonous mist, so when Hercules arrived, he covered his mouth and nose with a cloth. ![]() The hydra had one immortal head and the rest of them were mortal. The Lernaean Hydra was a dangerous nine headed monster that lived in the swamps of Lake Lerna. 12 Labours of Hercules | 12 Stories of Hercules (Nemean Lion) The Lernean Hydra
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