Hercules and His Twelve Labors (Masterplots, Revised Second Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: n/a
- Type of Work: Folklore
- Type of Plot: Adventure
- Time of Work: Antiquity
- Setting: Mediterranean region
- Principal Characters: Hercules, Eurystheus
- 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
The Story:
Hercules was the son of a mortal, Alcmena, and the god Jupiter. Because Juno was hostile to all children of her husband by mortal mothers, she decided to be revenged upon the child. She sent two snakes to kill Hercules in his crib, but the infant strangled the serpents with ease. Then Juno caused Hercules to be subject to the will of his cousin, Eurystheus.
As a child, Hercules was taught by Rhadamanthus, who one day punished the child for misdeeds. Hercules immediately killed his teacher. For this act, his foster father, Amphitryon, took Hercules away to the...
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