Hercules and His Twelve Labors (Cyclopedia of Literary Places)
At a glance:
- Author: n/a
- Type of Work: Folklore
- Type of Plot: Adventure
- Time of Work: Antiquity
- Genres: Long fiction, Mythological literature, Adventure, Folklore
- Subjects: Mythical animals, Revenge, Gods or goddesses, Heroes or heroism, Greek or Roman times, Horses, Monsters, Lions, Underworld or Hades
- Locales: Mediterranean, Arcadia, Greece, Thrace, ancient, Crete, ancient, Nemea, ancient
Places Discussed
*Tiryns (TIR-inz). Ancient city in southern Greece that is home to Hercules’ cousin King Eurystheus. Driven mad by Juno, Hercules kills his own wife and children and is required by the Delphic oracle to atone for his crime by becoming the vassal of Eurystheus, who sets twelve difficult labors for Hercules to perform. Juno and Eurystheus hope that Hercules will perish while performing one of them.
*Nemea (NEE-mee-ah). City of northern Argolis, northwest of Mycenae, that is the site of Hercules’ first labor: to kill the lion that threatens to eat the...
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