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Labors of Hercules
Pagan Dad | October 12th 2009 by Patrick McCleary
Eleventh Labor Poor Hercules! After eight years and one month, after performing ten superhuman labors, he was still not off the hook. Eurystheus demanded two more labors from the hero, since he did not count the hydra or the Augean stables as proper read more
Labors of Hercules
Pagan Dad | October 5th 2009 by Patrick McCleary
Ninth Labor For the ninth labor, Eurystheus ordered Hercules to bring him the belt of Hippolyte [Hip-POLLY-tee]. This was no ordinary belt and no ordinary warrior. Hippolyte was queen of the Amazons, a tribe of women warriors. These Amazons had n read more
The Eigth Labor of Hercules
Pagan Dad | September 28th 2009 by Patrick McCleary
After Hercules had captured the Cretan Bull, Eurystheus sent him to get the man-eating mares of Diomedes, the king of a Thracian tribe called the Bistones, and bring them back to him in Mycenae. According to Apollodorus, Hercules sailed with a ban read more
The Sixth Labor of Hercules
Pagan Dad | September 7th 2009 by Patrick McCleary
After Hercules returned from his success in the Augean stables, Eurystheus came up with an even more difficult task. For the sixth Labor, Hercules was to drive away an enormous flock of birds which gathered at a lake near the town of Stymphalos. Arr read more
The Fifth Labor of Hercules
Pagan Dad | August 31st 2009 by Patrick McCleary
For the fifth labor, Eurystheus ordered Hercules to clean up King Augeas' stables. Hercules knew this job would mean getting dirty and smelly, but sometimes even a hero has to do these things. Then Eurystheus made Hercules' task even harder: he had t read more
Fourth Labor of Hercules
Pagan Dad | August 24th 2009 by Patrick McCleary
For the fourth labor, Eurystheus ordered Hercules to bring him the Erymanthian boar alive. Now, a boar is a huge, wild pig with a bad temper, and tusks growing out of its mouth. This one was called the Erymanthian boar, because it lived on a mountai read more
The Third Labor of Hercules
Pagan Dad | August 17th 2009 by Patrick McCleary
For the third labor, Eurystheus ordered Hercules to bring him the Hind of Ceryneia. Now, before we go any further, we'll have to answer two questions: What is a hind? and, Where is Ceryneia? Ceryneia is a town in Greece, about fifty miles from Eurys read more
The First Labor of Hercules
Pagan Dad | August 3rd 2009 by Patrick McCleary
We own the statue of a multi-headed dragon that a friend gave to us. It is an incense burner. Earlier this week my youngest daughter was looking at it and began to ask me questions about it. So I decided to tell her the story of Hercules and the Hydr read more
Cerita Hercules
Gangsta Monsta | July 15th 2009 by Angga Prawadika
Pernah denger cerita tentang Hercules? Hercules merupakan tokoh pahlawan terkenal dari mitologi Yunani dan kebetulan juga salah satu cerita masa kecil favorit saya. Kisah kepahlawanannya yang luar biasa membuatnya menjadi inspirasi banyak read more
Takımyıldızların Mitolojik Öyküleri / Herkül (Hercules)
Yunan Mitolojisi - Greek Mythology | July 14th 2009 by mehmet
Hercules takımyıldızının temsili resmiYunan efsane kahramanlarının en büyüklerinden biridir. Roma mitolojisinde Herkül adıyla tanınır. Ölümlü bir prenses olan Alkmene ile Zeus’un oğludur. Çok güçlü olan Herakles (Hercules) insa read more
