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  2. Labours of Hercules - Wikipedia

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    The Labours of Hercules or Labours of Heracles (Ancient Greek: ἆθλοι, âthloi [1] Latin: Labores) are a series of tasks carried out by Heracles, the greatest of the Greek heroes, whose name was later romanised as Hercules. They were accomplished in the service of King Eurystheus. The episodes were later connected by a continuous narrative.

  3. Heracles - Wikipedia

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    In the end, with ease, the hero successfully performed each added task, bringing the total number of labours up to twelve. Not all versions and writers give the labours in the same order. The Bibliotheca (2.5.1–2.5.12) gives the following order: 1. Slay the Nemean Lion Heracles defeated a lion that was attacking the city of Nemea with his ...

  4. Caves of Hercules - Wikipedia

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    The Caves of Hercules is an archaeological cave complex located in Cape Spartel, Morocco. ... (one of the 12 labours which King Eurystheus of Tiryns had given to him) ...

  5. Hercules of the Forum Boarium - Wikipedia

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    Hercules of the Forum Boarium is a gilded bronze statue of Hercules found on the site of the Forum Boarium of ancient Rome. It was placed in the Palazzo Dei Conservatori for safe keeping in 1950 and remains there today. The Hercules of Forum Boarium was likely to have been a cult image of Temple of Hercules that stood by the ancient cattle market.

  6. Herculean Sarcophagus of Genzano - Wikipedia

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    It features the Twelve Labours of Hercules. It has been dated to about AD 150–180. It is 221 cm long, 76 cm high and 91.5 cm wide. On the front of the sarcophagus Hercules is depicted performing five of his twelve tasks, from left to right: leading Cerberus from the gates of underworld; taking Hippolyta's girdle

  7. Category:Labours of Hercules - Wikipedia

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    This page was last edited on 13 December 2024, at 23:56 (UTC).; Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License; additional terms may apply.

  8. Libertas Americana - Wikipedia

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    Libertas Americana silver medallion 1783. The Libertas Americana was a medal made to commemorate the American Revolution.It was designed in part by Benjamin Franklin. [1]A Libertas Americana was showcased on season 15 of the American reality television series Pawn Stars.

  9. Augeas - Wikipedia

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    The fifth Labour of Heracles (Hercules in Latin) was to clean the Augean (/ ɔː ˈ dʒ iː ə n /) stables. Eurystheus intended this assignment both as humiliating (rather than impressive, like the previous labours) and as impossible, since the livestock were divinely healthy and therefore produced an enormous quantity of dung (ἡ ὄνθος).