Together they drive the birds out and while flying away he shot them. Heracles accomplished this labour with the help of Athena. They are man-eating birds with bronze beaks, claws, and wings. The Sixth Labour ĭrive Away the Stymphalian Birds The Stymphalian birds are plaguing the people of Stymphalus of its number. Hercules finished this labour quickly enough to have a little extra free time, with which he started the early Olympic Games to honour Zeus who granted Hercules a wish because of it. Heracles accomplished the fifth labour by diverting the flow of two rivers through the stables, creating a great flood which instantly washed out the stables, cleaning them. The stalls had not been cleared out for a year. The Fifth Labour Ĭlean the Augean Stables in One Day Cleaning the Augean Stables would take thirty days because it held thousands of cattle. He finally succeeded when he drove the boar into deep snow and trapped it there. The Fourth Labour Ĭaptured A Great Boar in Mount Erymanthus Heracles chased the boar from one place to another for a long time, until he was exhausted of running and having to chase the boar. He then captures the animal, puts it in a net and carries it back to king Eurystheus. Heracles hunted the stag for a whole year before he succeeded. The stag, which lived in the forests of Cerynitia, was scared easily and fled to Artemis. Thus, for him bringing it back was not an easy task. The Third Labour īring back a Stag with Golden Horns and Bronze Hoofs alive The stag had to be brought back alive, when Heracles could have easily killed it. Heracles finished them off by burning the eight mortal heads, and then with the help of his nephew, Iolaus, he buried the only immortal head under a huge rock. When one of the mortal heads was cut, two additional heads would grow immediately to replace it. The Hydra had 9 heads, with very long necks. Slay the Hydra The Hydra was a huge serpent which lived in a swamp in Lerna. Upon killing the animal, Hercules used the lion's own claw to remove the weapon-proof skin, providing an impenetrable cloak seen in many paintings and sculptures of the hero. Heracles finished it by beating it with his club and strangling it. Slay the Nemean Lion The Nemean lion was a fierce creature which could not be hurt by any mortal weapon.
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