6. Clean the Augean stables
§ King Augeas’ stables have
never been cleaned and he has a herd of cows…
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Must clean the stables in one day
§ Hercules re-routes a river
and washes it all away
§ Just like the Hydra, Eurystheus says Hercules didn’t actually do it…
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Last 6 labors of Hercules—Out of Greece
7. Capture the Cretan Bull
i.
Review Theseus and the Minotaur
ii.
Releases to wander Marathon
8. Steal the horses of
Diomedes
a. Diomedes is a giant (and
son of Ares) w/ a herd of man-eating, fire-breathing horses
b. Hercules waits until night,
looses the horses and chases them up a hill
i.
Then digs a trench around it, lets a river flow in—Makes it an island
c. When Diomedes shows up,
Hercules fights him, kills him and then feeds him to the horses to calm them
down
i.
Takes them back and dedicates them to Juno
9. Get the belt of Hippolita
a. Queen of the Amazons
i.
A belt from Ares given as a symbol of her queenship
b. Hercules arrives, queen
aggress, no prob
i.
But Juno disguises herself as an Amazon and starts a rumor that
Hercules will kidnap the queen
c. Amazons storm Hercules
ship, he grabs the belt and runs
10.
Steal the cattle of Geryon
a. Geryon is a monster with
one head, three bodies and two legs (number of arms in dispute)
b. Kills Geryon’s two headed
god and then Geryon himself with an arrow
c. Starts the cows back
i.
Two happenings, Juno sends a fly and he meets a race of dragon women
who try to take the cattle
11.
Apples of the Hesperides
12.
Cerberus
a. Goes down, asks Hades
Must take Cerberus w/o
weapons but it’s ok
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