12 labours of hercules series skin#

12 labours of hercules series skin#

Hercules brought back the lion’s skin to Eurystheus and set on to fulfill his second task. Hercules realized that the beast was invulnerable after shooting him with an arrow and he went into the cave the beast lived in, held his neck tight and choked the Nemean Lion to the death. It was a beast that could only be harmed by human hand and no other weapon could hurt it. The Nemean lion was a very powerful beast born from Typhon and Echidna. The first labor Eurystheus assigned Hercules to was slaying the Nemean Lion and bringing back his skin. The Twelve Labors of Hercules are as it follows:

Having performed these labors was, indeed, the reason why Hercules has been rewarded with immortality in the end. However, Hercules managed to perform these labors successfully thanks to the help he got from Athena and Hermes. Hercules was assigned to perform twelve labors/tasks which were considered almost impossible to be fulfilled. He sought guidance from Apollo and was told by Apollo’s oracle that his punishment would be serving his cousin and archenemy, Eurystheus, the king of Mycenae and Tiryns for twelve years. After a short while he was awakened from his state of madness and realized what he did in great sorrow and regret. It was one of those times when Hera made Hercules lose his mind temporarily and Hercules killed his own children during this craze. Hera tried to kill Hercules many times throughout his adventures or at the very least made everything in her power to torture him.

The Twelve Labors of Hercules is a myth about the labors that Hercules (Heracles) had to perform as a part of his sentence after killing his own children.īeing one of the offsprings of Zeus’ affairs, Hercules has always been subject of Hera’s hatred.