![]() Hercules sought out the Hydra and started to cut off heads. Its body was filled with poison and its heads were known to grow back in multiples if one was cut off its body. The Hydra was a one hundred-headed monster who lived in the swamps of Lerna. He returned to the village with the Lion’s carcass on his back. He wore the skin as armor and the Lion’s head as a helmet. Deciding to not use weapons and instead use hand to hand combat, Hercules wrapped his arms around the Nemean Lion’s neck and strangled the life right out of it.Īs a trophy, Hercules took one of the claws and skinned the Lion’s hide. He then tried to use his club to whack the Lion to death, but that plan failed as well. At first, Hercules tried to hit it with his arrows, but that plan failed. The Nemean Lion was ready and willing to fight with Hercules. It wandered around the Nemea mountains eating humans, sheep, and goats. The Nemean Lion was a huge beast who couldn’t be harmed by swords, spears, or arrows. Only then would he be cleansed of the guilt for killing his wife and children. The oracle told him he would have to perform a number of task for the king of Tiryns, Eurystheus. Theseus persuaded Hercules to seek out the advice of the Oracle at Delphi. He was saved at the last minute by his friend, the hero Theseus. When he emerged from the mist of madness he was so distraught with grief and guilt that he planned to kill himself. She brought about a temporary bout of insanity in Hercules and in the process he ended up killing his wife and 6 of his children. She saw how happy he was with his wife and family and decided to cause some more problems for him. However, Hera hadn’t given up in her torturing of Hercules. He was a hero of Thebes and very popular with the local people. He was very fond of his wife and fiercely protective of his children. He was rewarded with the hand of of local beauty called Megara in marriage and together they had 8 children together. Hercules grew into a strong young man and would often defend Thebes and fight many of their enemies. ![]() He raised Hercules up as if he were his own and gave him the best education money could afford and taught him how to fight and shoot a bow. Rather than being annoyed, he was quite please at this turn of events. He realised at once that Hercules was almost certainly a son of a god and not his own child. ![]() ![]() His stepfather Amphitryon ran into the room and saw what the young Hercules had done. Hercules, despite being only a child, grabbed a snake in each of his hands and strangled them. Iphicles awoke and began screaming which woke up the nearby Hercules. For her next attempt she placed two serpents in the bed chamber of Hercules and Iphicles. The birth of Hercules didn’t stop Hera from continuing to plot his demise. The goddess initially succeeded in stopping Hercules from being born, but eventually she was distracted from the task and Alcmena did give birth to Hercules and Iphicles. She dispatched the goddess of childbirth to cause some problems with the pregnancy of the children. She would then take out her anger on the women Zeus had seduced and also on the children he produced. Zeus had a habit of being unfaithful to his wife Hera, and she would often become very jealous. Hera caught wind of Zeus’ infidelity and the pregnancy of Alcmena. It was now that things started to go a little bit wrong for Hercules. The son of Zeus, Hercules, and Amphitryon’s son, Iphicles. The same night Alcmena also made love to the real Amphitryon and so, she became pregnant with twins. He took the form of Amphitryon and made love to Alcmena. It was in Thebes that the god Zeus took a liking to Alcmena. When Amphitryon accidentally killed his own father in law, he and his wife had to flee to the city of Thebes. Hercules mother was Alcmena, the wife of Amphitryon, king of Tiryns.
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