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Facts about Heracles: Twelve Labors
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Capturing the golden-antlered Ceryneian Hind sacred to Artemis required Heracles to pursue the animal for an entire year before catching it without harming it.
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Slaying the Lernaean Hydra was complicated by the creature's ability to grow two new heads each time one was cut off.
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Cleaning the Augean stables, home to thousands of immortal cattle, was one of the labors Heracles accomplished by diverting two rivers through them.
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Among the Twelve Labors of Heracles, capturing the Erymanthian Boar alive was considered one of the most physically demanding tasks assigned by Eurystheus.
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The Twelve Labors of Heracles were imposed by King Eurystheus of Mycenae as penance for Heracles killing his own family in a fit of madness.