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Heracles Iphicles

Iolaus at Thebes Young Heracles

• : • Sent a sea serpent to kill the baby Heracles • Heracles strangled the serpent • Young Heracles: • One of his tutors, Linus, brother of • Heracles killed Linus (self defense) • Sent to the cattle farm at Thebes The Minyan War

• Clymentus, king of the • Wounded by of Thebes • His son, attacked Thebes • Thebes lost the war, paid tribute to Erginus • Heracles led attack on the Minyans • Heracles gets , daughter of Creon Hera’s Wrath

• Jealous of his fame, Hera drove Heracles mad • Heracles killed all of his children • To be purified of the crime, Heracles must perform ten labours for Eurystheus. • Eurystheus • Son of Sthenelus, son of Perseus. • Now king of Ten (Twelve) Labours

1. The Nemean • Heracles choked the Lion • Brought it to Mycenae • Eurystheus refused him entry 2. Lernean Hydra • Snake with nine heads, one immortal • Cut off the heads, buried the immortal one • Needed the help of • So this labour didn’t count amongst the ten. • 1. Nemia 1

• 2. Lerna 2 Heracles slays the

Lion’s Gate Mycenae Lernean Hydra Gordian III, (AD 238 – 244) Bronze plate ca. 1490 Gibraltar, 1998 Labours

3. Cerynitian Hind - Alive • A deer sacred to • Heracles hunted it for a year • Had to wound it to catch it. 4. – Alive • Accidentally killed Cheiron on the way • Apollodorus ii.5.4, but the story seems out of place. • Trapped the Boar in the snow Erymanthian Boar 3

4 1 • 1. Nemia 2 • 2. Lerna • 3. Ceryneia • 4. Mt. Lampeia (?) 5. Clean the Stables of • Augeas, king of • Heracles tricked Augeas into shares • Heracles diverted a river through the stables • Didn’t count because Heracles made a profit 6. Chase the • Heracles used castanets, or a cymbal. 7. Catch the • Bull of or Bull of • Heracles brought it to Mycenae but set it free. • 1. Nemia • 2. Lerna 3 5 • 3. Ceryneia 4 6 1 • 4. Mt. Lampeia 2 • 5. Elis • 6. Lake Stymphalia • 1. Nemia • 2. Lerna • 3. Ceryneia • 4. Mt. Lampeia • 5. Elis • 6. Lake Stymphalia

• 7. 7 The Cretan Bull 8. Capture the Mares of Diomedes • Invasion of Thrace • Killed the king and took the horses • Founded Abdera 9. Steal the Belt of Hippolyte • Queen of the • Heracles first conquered Paros • Aided Lycia in a war • Killed Hippolyte and took the belt of Abdera Thermedon R.

Paros Lycia Heracles fighting the Amazons Heracles at

• Laomadon, King of Troy • Beset by a sea monster • , daughter of , to be sacrificed • Heracles • Killed the monster for the horses of Tros • Laomedon reneged • Heracles vowed to return

Labour 10

The Kine (cattle) of • Red cows from Cadiz • Guarded by Orthus – two headed dog • Heracles erected the Pillars on his way • Heracles killed Geryon and took the cattle • The cattle eventually dispersed The Pillars of Cadiz

Final Labours

11. Golden Apples of the • Guarded on Mt. • On his way, Heracles freed • Eurystheus gave the apples back to Heracles, he gave them to 12. Bring from • Rescued on the way • Wrestled the dog and brought him up • Returned the dog afterwards Mt Atlas

Mt Atlas Hercules rescuing Prometheus Christian Griepenkerl Mt. Caucasus Taenarum Heracles presents Cerberus Mt. Atlas Heracles and the

• Diodorus (iv.14): • Heracles founded the Olympics after Labour 7, the Cretan Bull. • Apollodorus (ii.7.2): • Founded the Games after his conquest of Troy and the war between the gods and the . • Guilt of Heracles

• Heracles gave Megara to Iolaus • Heracles had won , daughter of in a contest: • Her father forbade the marriage • Iphitus defended Heracles • Heracles later killed Iphitus • Sought purification Guilt of Heracles

• Purification: • Delphi • Didn’t get an answer so he attacked Delphi • attacked Heracles – intervened • Heracles ordered to be sold as a slave and serve for three years • Bought by , princess of Heracles and Omphale Giovanni Francesco Romanelli (1650s) Heracles at Troy ii

• Sailed with 18 ships • Besieged and captured Troy • Laomedon killed • Hesione given to • Hesione ransomed her brother, Podarces • Podarces became known an (the one who was ‘bought’) Heracles and

• Married Deinaria, daughter of • Jealousy: • Heracles returned to capture Iole • Deinaria was jealous of Iole • She poisoned Heracles and killed herself Apotheosis of Heracles

• Heracles, ill from the poison, went to Mt. Oeta in Trachis • Built his own pyre • Before the body burned, a cloud took Heracles to heaven Apotheosis of Heracles with Athena taking him to heaven Athena presenting Heracles to Zeus Apotheosis of Heracles Francois Lemoyne (?) The Heraclidae

• Heracles left 66 sons • After he died they fled Mycenae • Eurystheus wanted them killed • The Heraclidae fled to • Defeated Eurystheus in the war • Were defeated attempting to conquer the • It would be three generations before they return