Mythology / the-labours-of-hercules
Facts about The Labours of Hercules
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One of the Labours of Hercules required him to steal the golden apples from the garden of the Hesperides, guarded by the dragon Ladon.
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Cleaning the Augean stables, which housed thousands of cattle and had not been cleaned for years, was one of the Labours of Hercules.
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Capturing the Lernaean Hydra was among the Labours of Hercules, a monster that grew two heads for every one that was cut off.
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According to myth, the Labours of Hercules were undertaken as penance ordered by the Oracle at Delphi, serving King Eurystheus for ten years.
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Twelve labours were assigned to Hercules by King Eurystheus as punishment, including slaying the Nemean Lion and capturing the Erymanthian Boar.