Facts about The Twelve Labors of Hercules
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Hercules' eighth labor involved capturing the man-eating Mares of Diomedes, which he subdued by feeding them their own master to pacify their savage appetites.
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Hercules' seventh labor required him to capture the Cretan Bull alive, a fire-breathing beast that later fathered the Minotaur after mating with Pasiphae, wife of King Minos.
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Stealing the apples of the Hesperides, Hercules' eleventh labor, required him to travel to the world's edge and convince the Titan Atlas to retrieve the golden fruits guarded by a hundred-headed dragon.
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Cleaning the Augean stables represented Hercules' fifth labor, requiring him to redirect two rivers through the filthy enclosure to wash away three decades of accumulated cattle dung in a single day.
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During his sixth labor, Hercules drove the man-eating Stymphalian Birds from their lake sanctuary by using bronze castanets to frighten the flock into flight.
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Obtaining the girdle of Hippolyta, queen of the Amazons, constituted Hercules' ninth labor and required him to travel to the edge of the known world in Greek mythology.
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The Erymanthian Boar, Hercules' fourth labor, was captured alive by driving it into deep snow where the beast became immobilized enough for him to ensnare it with chains.
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Augeas' stables, the fifth labor, housed thousands of cattle whose dung accumulated over thirty years until Hercules diverted two rivers to cleanse them in a single day.
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Capturing the Golden Hind of Artemis, Hercules' third labor, took him an entire year because the sacred deer could not be harmed or killed.
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Hercules' second labor required him to slay the nine-headed Hydra of Lerna, which regenerated two heads for every one he severed until he cauterized each neck stump.
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Slaying the Nemean Lion, Hercules' first labor, required him to strangle the beast since no weapon could pierce its impenetrable hide.