(1) Choking to death the fierce lion of the Nemean Forest with steel and iron bones; The first task the king gave to Hercules was: Hercules Les had to skin the Nemean Lion for him. This giant beast lived in the great forests of the Peloponnese, between Nemea and Crevona, in the region of Argolis
. The lion is so fierce that no human weapons can harm it. Some people say that the lion was originally the son of the giant Typhon and the half-human, half-snake monster Echidna. Others say that it fell to the ground from the moon. Hercules sets out to hunt the lion. And ultimately killed it. It scratched the skin with its sharp claws and finally peeled off the lion's skin. Later, he used this strange lion skin to sew an armor and make a new helmet. Now he packed up the lion skins and weapons he had brought, put the skin of the Nemean lion on his shoulders, and set out back to Telinth. (2) Subdue the monster Hydra (two types); 1. Success Hydra is a venomous snake with nine heads. It haunts the grass and causes harm in all directions. What's even more frightening is that the largest of its heads is indestructible. If it is cut off, two new heads will grow. Heracles did not believe in evil, and he came to the door. Hydra was much smarter than the lion. It held its head high, waiting for Hercules to attack. Hercules stepped forward and chopped off the largest snake's head with one blow. To his surprise, two new heads immediately grew out of the snake's neck, and the ten heads were swaying, which was creepy. While Hercules was thinking hard about the countermeasures, a big crab who was in cahoots with Hydra quietly crawled over and bit Hercules's foot tightly with its two large claws. Heracles turned around and struck the giant crab with a blow from a tree, shattering it to pieces. After killing the giant crab, he called for his companion Iolaus to come to his aid. Iolaus held the torch and set fire to the nearby woods, and then used blazing branches to burn the newly grown snake heads to prevent them from letting go. grow up. At this time, Hercules took the opportunity to cut off Hydra's immortal head and buried it by the roadside with a heavy stone on top. Then, he split the snake body into two pieces and soaked the arrow in the poisonous snake blood. From then on, enemies hit by his arrows could no longer be cured. 2. Unsuccessful Heracles was the son of Zeus and a mortal. Queen Hera wanted to kill him again and again: he was also the greatest hero in Greece and the strongest man in the world. There is nothing he can't do in the world. Even the gods relied on his help to conquer the giants. Of course, Hercules also made many contributions to the gods. One day he came to the Kingdom of Messini and was about to receive a hero's welcome. However, the king was instructed by Hera and gave him a difficult problem to kill the Hydra living in the swamp area. This was difficult to do because Every time a head is cut off, countless heads will immediately grow. - Hercules thought of a way to burn the snake heads with fire, and thus easily killed eight snake heads. Seeing that there was only the last one left, Hera was furious in the sky, "Did we fail again this time?" She was unwilling to give in! So a huge crab was called from the sea to hinder Hercules. The giant crab stretched out its powerful crabs to clamp Hercules' feet, but everyone knew that Hercules was the strongest man in the world! Although the giant crab never let go of its claws, the giant crab finally died under his brute force.
But Hercules ran faster than her. When she was defeated and fled, Hercules chased her and killed her. The second woman was knocked down as soon as they fought. At this time, a third woman came up, named Perotea. She had won seven individual battles, but this time she was also killed. After her came eight more women, three of whom were warriors chosen in Artemis's hunt, and whose spears shot with perfect accuracy. However, in this battle, they lost their prestige and their shots failed to hit the target, and they were all hit by Hercules. Archipel, who had sworn never to marry, also fell on the battlefield. In the end, even the leader of the Amazons, the heroic Melaneppe, was captured alive by Hercules. The Amazons suddenly dispersed like birds and beasts, and fled one after another. Queen Hippolyta offered the girdle she had promised before the battle. Hercules took up his girdle and replaced Melanippa. (10) The red bull who drove back to Geryon from the island of Erethea erected two cliffs at the end of the Mediterranean Sea (i.e., the Pillars of Heracles); Hercules dedicated the belt of Queen Hippolyta to At the feet of King Eurystheus. Eurystheus did not let him rest, and immediately sent him to retrieve Geryon's cattle. Geryon was a giant who lived on the island of Eritsia in the Gulf of Gadira. He had a herd of brown and red cattle, which were guarded for him by another giant and a two-headed hound. He is as tall as a mountain, with three heads and six arms, three bodies and six legs. No one in the world dares to fight with him. Hercules knew that completing this arduous task required careful preparation, because Geryon's father was a well-known rich man in the world. His nickname was "The Golden Sword" and he was the king of Berea in Italy. . Italy was later divided into Spain and Portugal. In addition to Geryon, he also had three tall and brave sons, each of whom commanded a mighty and capable army. Because of this, King Eurystheus gave Heracles such a task. He hoped that Heracles would be killed there during his expedition to this country and never come back. But Hercules was not daunted by the task, and he raised an army as before, gathering those whom he had rescued from the beasts on the island of Crete, and then landed in Libya by ship. Here he fought the giant Antaeus. Antaeus was the son of Poseidon, the god of the sea, and Gaia, the mother of the earth. Anyone passing through Libya must fight with him. However, when fighting, Antaeus can draw strength from Mother Earth as long as he does not leave the earth. Hercules struck him down three times and finally discovered the secret of his restored strength. So he lifted Antaeus in the air with his strong arms, and then crushed him to death. He also cleared Libya of ferocious animals.