Heracles, more commonly known as Hercules, was a half-human, half-god son of Zeus and descendant of Perseus who slayed Medusa. Heracles was something known as a demigod, so from birth, he was very strong and rather fearless. Hera, Zeus' wife, did not like Heracles and sent 2 snakes to kill him while he was a baby, the plan failed when Heracles strangled the snakes instead. When Heracles was a Young adult Hera cast a spell to drive Heracles insane, and because of this, he killed his wife and children. To atone for this, he sought out Apollo( another son of Zeus ) for atonement, Apollo knew it was not his fault but still gave him the 12 Labor.
Heracles' first labor was to kill a lion( Was thought to be a child of Zeus ) in the hills of Nemea, he
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Heracles' eighth labor was to capture four man-eating horses from Thracian king Diomedes, Eurystheus then released the horses as a gift to Hera. Heracles' ninth labor was to steal the armored belt that belonged to the Amazon queen Hippolyte, she was happy to give it to him, but after Hera planted rumors to the warriors of the Amazon Heracles' was forced to kill the Amazon Queen and take the belt. Heracles' tenth labor was to steal the cattle of the three-headed, six-legged monster Geryon, Hera tried to stop him but he succeeded anyway. Heracles' eleventh labor was to steal a set of golden apples guarded by a group of nymphs known as the Hesperides, these were a gift from Hera to Zeus, He needed Prometheus( A Mortal ) and Atlas( A God ) after showing them to Eurystheus he returned them to the gods’ garden where they belonged. Heracles' twelfth and final labor was to kidnap Cerberus, the vicious three-headed dog that guarded its gates, after showing him to Eurystheus, he was right back at his