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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.
Hercules and Diomedes, from a 16th-century original at the Palazzo Vecchio in Florence, Italy; one of six marble statues representing "The Labours of Hercules" by Vincenzo de’ Rossi. [1] In Greek mythology, King Diomedes of Thrace (Ancient Greek: Διομήδης) was the son of Ares and Cyrene. [2]
Philippus of Thessalonica, The Twelve Labors of Hercules (The Greek Classics ed. Miller Vol 3 1909 p. 397) (Greek epigrams C1st AD) Lucan, The Pharsalia of Lucan 2. 149 ff (trans. Riley) (Roman poetry C1st AD) Seneca, Agamemnon 850 ff (trans. Miller) (Roman tragedy C1st AD) Seneca, Agamemnon 842 ff; Seneca, Hercules Furens 226 ff (trans. Miller)
The Labours of Hercules is a short story collection written by Agatha Christie and first published in the US by Dodd, Mead and Company in 1947 [1] [2] and in the UK by Collins Crime Club in September of the same year. [3] The US edition retailed at $2.50 [2] and the UK edition at eight shillings and sixpence (8/6, 42½p). [3]
The first of Heracles' twelve labours, set by King Eurystheus (his cousin), was to slay the Nemean lion. Heracles wandered the area until he came to the town of Cleonae . There, he met a boy who said that if Heracles slew the Nemean lion and returned alive within 30 days, the town would sacrifice a lion to Zeus; if he did not return within 30 ...
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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).
The Pillars of Hercules [a] are the promontories that flank the entrance to the Strait of Gibraltar. The northern Pillar, Calpe Mons, is the Rock of Gibraltar . A corresponding North African peak not being predominant, the identity of the southern Pillar, Abila Mons, has been disputed throughout history, [ 1 ] with the two most likely ...