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the stories of Greek mythology are full
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of great Heroes but none faced such
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difficult challenges as Hercules
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his story began when Zeus the supreme
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god of Olympus fell in love again with a
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beautiful young mortal alkmane she was
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married to amphitreon the king of
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tyrants
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amphitreon had left with his army to
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fight in the city of Thebes and Zeus
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took advantage of the king's absence to
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visit the queen
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the god assumed the form of amphitreon
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and United with alkmane who suspected
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nothing
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Upon returning home from his military
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campaign and vitreon suspected his
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wife's infidelity and ordered her to be
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burned at the stake but Zeus emerged and
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salvaged alkmane he revealed that he was
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the father of one of the babies the
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queen was expecting for Elk many was
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also pregnant with the king's child
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amphitreon felt honored to raise the
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child of the god of gods and forgave his
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wife
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Zeus had great plans for the child a
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prophecy said that the first
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great-grandson of the hero Perseus would
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be king of the Glorious city of mycenae
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was the hero's granddaughter so her
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child would be entitled to the crown
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however her cousin was also pregnant
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the goddess Hera was furious at her
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husband's infidelity and forced elithia
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the goddess of childbirth to hasten the
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birth of eurystheus
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to the premature birth of his cousin
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Hercules lost his right to the crown of
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the Glorious city of mycenae
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after a difficult labor Hercules and his
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brother ethicles were finally given
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birth the baby Hercules was vigorous and
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there was no doubt as to which of them
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was the son of the lord of the universe
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Hera's jealousy became uncontrollable
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enraged she sent two poisonous serpents
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to kill the babies
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the serpents slithered into the Cradle
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were Hercules and his brother were
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sleeping alcene awoke startled by
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ifficlease's cry
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and found baby Hercules strangling a
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snake in each hand
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fearing further reprisals from the
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goddess akmene took her son into the
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forest and abandoned him on a trail
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hoping he would be picked up by someone
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however as fate would have it two
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goddesses found the abandoned baby
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they were Athena and Hera not knowing it
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was Hercules the goddesses were
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impressed by the child's Vigor Athena
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blessed him with Superior courage and
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cunning
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Hera offered him her breast and suckled
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him with Divine milk
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food that would confer a power Superior
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to almost all other demigods
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Hercules sucked on Hera's breast with
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such force that due to pain she pushed
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the baby away and a gush of divine milk
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tinged the heavens giving birth to the
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Milky Way
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Athena recognized the baby as her
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brother and said she would return him to
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his mother
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Hera realizing the mistake she had made
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in nursing her rival's child became even
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angrier and with an enormous desire for
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Revenge
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upon hearing of Hercules's return to his
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home The Seer tyrisius said let's
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celebrate the return of the child who
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will one day rid the world of all
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monsters and by his great Deeds secure a
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place in Olympus alongside his father
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Hercules the mighty son of Zeus had
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shown signs of becoming a Great Hero
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since his youth but fate would force him
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to overcome great challenges
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Hercules was the subject of King
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eurystheus who was his cousin he had
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only obtained the crown thanks to the
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goddess Hera who did not want the
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bastard son of Zeus to inherit the crown
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Hercules obeyed his cousin with
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frustration but when the Monarch decided
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to impose his first labors on him the
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dismayed hero decided to consult the
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Oracle at Delphi to find out whether he
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should continue to obey a man he
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considered inferior
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the Oracle told him that with each labor
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he completed the power usurped by
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eurystheus would be diminished and
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Hercules Glory would grow
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Hercules hoping that the Oracle told him
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that he would not need to obey
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eurystheus was appalled taking advantage
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of the hero's vulnerability the goddess
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Hera planted the seed of Madness in his
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head Hercules began to see the most
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terrible creatures and fought great
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battles with them but it was all
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hallucinations when he recovered from
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that wild Madness Hercules had a blood
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on his hands
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and his children and his wife Megara
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laid dead at his feet
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upon realizing what had happened
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Hercules left for Exile and went into a
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Great Depression in distant lands
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Hercules was found by Theseus a great
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admirer of the hero he reached out his
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hand to raise the son of Zeus
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time healed the wounds of the Mighty
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Hero and he decided to return to my
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Sinai to serve King eurystheus
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therefore he would cleanse himself of
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the horrific sins committed against his
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family
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Hercules had made himself available to
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serve his cousin eurystheus king of
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mycenae but the king feared that his
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powerful cousin would try to take his
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throne in the future
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so eurystheus set him a seemingly
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impossible job
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he was to annihilate a gigantic lion
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which terrorized the forests of argholis
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the Beast attacked the Region's herds
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and after devouring some men began to
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enjoy human flesh
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people said that the Beast was The
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Offspring of the Monstrous Typhon and
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the evil echidna
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therefore it was rumored that its hide
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was indestructible to traditional
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weapons
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armed with bow and arrow in addition to
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his powerful Club Hercules set out to
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hunt the creature
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the hero spent some time in the forests
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of namiya searching for the line
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finally he found tracks then led him to
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the cave where the Monstrous feline was
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hiding
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Hercules entered the monster's Lair
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which was filled with animal bones and
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human skulls
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deep in the cave it was possible to hear
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the great beasts breathing
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Hercules found the beast on a rock and
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the animal let out a powerful Roar that
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would make anyone tremble
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but Hercules was no ordinary man as the
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blood of Zeus flowed strongly in his
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veins
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the demigod fired an arrow at the
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animal's head but it bounced off the
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impenetrable hide
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Furious the gigantic lion leaped on
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Hercules to devour him
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Hercules and the lion leapt against each
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other
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the lion showed his powerful claws as
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the hero raised his Club
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Hercules struck the creature's head with
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a devastating blow despite the force the
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lion resisted unharmed
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realizing that weapons were useless
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Hercules and the lion fought hand to
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hand
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the lion drove its claws into his
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opponent who suffered the excruciating
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pain of his wounds Hercules put his arms
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around the animal's neck and began a
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deadly Stranglehold
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the lion of namiya could not withstand
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the hero's strength and perished the
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strong lion was dead
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using the animal's claws Hercules ripped
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off its hide and returned to my Sinai
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upon seeing Hercules approach wearing
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the animal's skin eurystheus feared
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being killed and ran to hide inside a
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metal vat
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Hercules concluded his first labor
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taking an important step toward Glory
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as his second labor Hercules was ordered
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by King eurystheus to put an end to a
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creature that lived in the region of
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Linnaeus this creature was a dreadful
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monster son of Typhon and Echidna known
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by the name Hydra
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the brave hero was assisted by his
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nephew iolas His companion since his
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youth on the way they stumbled upon a
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village Raised To The Ground by the
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creature and a Survivor pointed the way
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to the creature's lair
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the Hydra inhabited lerna's ominous
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swamp
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Hercules and his nephew scoured the
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pestilent swamp for the beast's Tiding
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place
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the Hydra was entombed in a cave
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Hercules used his bow to draw the
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creature out of its Lair firing flaming
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arrows into the cave
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then the mighty Hydra appeared from the
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cave enraged and thirsty to devour those
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who dared to interrupt its rest
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the monster had multiple heads and out
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of its gullets oozed deafening roars
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despite his large size Hercules was
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remarkably agile and dodged the beast's
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attacks with a powerful Club blow the
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hero smashed one of the beast's heads
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to his surprise two others quickly
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spawned in its place
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with a sword the angered hero started to
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chop off the hydra's hats soon after
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twice as many heads were born again
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aiolus shouted for Hercules to stop as
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he was only making the task even more
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difficult they came up with the idea of
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cauterizing the necks out of which the
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new heads were born
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while Hercules cut off the heads his
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nephew cauterized the wounds with a
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torch one head after the other was
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defeated
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the goddess Hera Hercules enemy watching
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the hero defeating one more creature
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sent crabs to help Hydra but they only
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succeeded in distracting the hero for a
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short time and were eventually crushed
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Hercules and aiolus conquered the last
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head albeit severed the creature was
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still alive
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the hero threw it into a hole and buried
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it with a huge Stone the Hydra had
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exceedingly toxic blood aware of this
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Hercules dipped his arrows in the
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monster's poisonous blood and was
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equipped with yet another terrific
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weapon
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Hercules and iolas were set to return
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Victorious to my cine
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the goddess Hera honored the efforts of
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her minions who had fought on her behalf
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by registering them in the Stars
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creating the cancer constellation
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Hercules had previously defeated the
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nemean lion and the Hydra of lerna these
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were two very powerful opponents
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erytheas's plan to finish Hercules life
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was not working and his rival was
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becoming more popular every day
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unable to defeat his cousin eurythias
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came up with a great idea and assigned
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the hero two new jobs
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Hercules was to bring back two creatures
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alive to my cine the arimanthian boar
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and the serenian Hind
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the Ceridian hind was one of the wildest
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animals in existence capturing it would
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be almost impossible and bringing back
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the mighty bore without killing it was
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even more unlikely
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yuritzthias knew that Hercules would
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never return without the animals because
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admitting failure was inconceivable for
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the hero
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Hercules left and the King was confident
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he would never see him again
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more than a year had passed without the
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hero ever finding the serenian hind this
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was no ordinary hind she was nothing
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short of Splendid with golden horns and
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iron Hooves the creature was one of the
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Five Holy Hines created by the goddess
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Artemis but it was the only one that
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lived free while the others served the
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goddess pulling her chariot
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Hercules finally managed to get close to
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the Hind and shot one of her legs with
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an arrow wounded the hind could no
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longer run and was grabbed by the hero
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the goddess Artemis showed up and
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questioned why the hero was committing
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such sacrilege
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Hercules told her that by order of the
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Oracle of Delphi he was at the service
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of King eurystheus he would be freed
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after presenting the Hind to the king
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the goddess allowed Hercules to continue
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his journey
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the hero would now try to capture the
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mighty or manthian boar the creature was
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extremely strong so Hercules would have
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to use his wit to capture it
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Hercules fought the boar but its great
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strength prevented the hero from
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Catching it
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since he couldn't kill it he decided to
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just Tire it out
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the hero then chased the boar leading it
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to an area where snow was piling up on
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the ground
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the mighty boar had to make a huge
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effort to go through the high snow and
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was ultimately overcome by fatigue
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after the animal tumbled down exhausted
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Hercules bound its legs and captured it
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to everyone's shock Hercules arrived at
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the palace of my Sinai carrying the Hind
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and the boar
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eurystheus terrified at the sight of
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such a creature again hid inside the
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bronze Barrel
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Hercules had now accomplished one more
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of his tasks
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king eurystheus of mycenae was feeling
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frustrated at his inability to get rid
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of Hercules the hero was piling up more
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Glory with every labor he did
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therefore the king decides to force
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Hercules to do a degrading job unworthy
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for a son of Zeus
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in one day the hero had to clean the
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great stable of King agias in Ellis the
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stable had not been cleaned for a long
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time and had accumulated tons of animal
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dung
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eurystheus thought that aside from the
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task's difficulty Hercules would refuse
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to perform such an indecent job
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but the hero bowed humbly to his King's
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wish and set out for the kingdom of
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aguias
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the need to be cleansed of his sins was
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more important than his pride
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Hercules stood before King agias and
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offered his services to clean the
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Stables but he didn't inform him that he
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was there at the service of King
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eurystheus
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Zeus's son bargained with a geost for
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payment for this work and they reached
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an agreement
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the king believed that cleaning the
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stable in just one day would be
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impossible so he promised to deliver a
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tenth of his huge flock to the hero
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if Hercules failed to complete the job
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in only one day he would get nothing
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the king called his son to testify to
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the agreement
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Hercules was given a shovel but he put
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it aside and headed towards the river
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alfios with immense strength Hercules
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threw large rocks into the river
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diverting its course toward August's
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stable
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the river waters went through the stable
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doors and washed away all the filth
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Hercules then allowed the river to flow
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back into its natural course
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King aguias seeing that the Stables were
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clean and Hercules Hatton even soiled
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his hands was astonished
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when Hercules went to collect his
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payment the king claimed that he had
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never made such an agreement
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but Phineas his own son asserted that he
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had witnessed the deal
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enraged by such treachery the king
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expelled Hercules and his son but
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Hercules would not take such humiliation
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he gathered an army of thebans and
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dethroned King agias installing The
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Honorable Prince Phineas on his father's
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seat
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another one of his labors was now done
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after cleaning out ogias's Stables
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Hercules had to go to Arcadia and finish
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off the stemphalian gigantic birds of
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prey that terrorized the area near Lake
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stymphalia
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after a long journey the hero arrived at
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the lake he was amazed by the sheer
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number of birds these terrible Birds had
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iron beaks and Feathers they attacked
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their victims by throwing their sharp
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metallic feathers
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it seemed impossible to accomplish that
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task with Brute Force so he tried to
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solve the situation with guile
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Hercules asked his sister Athena for
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help and the goddess of wisdom was
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decisive
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the goddess offered him a musical iron
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instrument made by the god Hephaestus in
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his sacred Forge
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with these Divine drums Hercules made a
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deafening noise that drove the birds
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away Hercules even managed to shoot down
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a few birds in mid-flight with his bow
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and arrows bathed in the blood of the
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Hydra
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Hercules accomplished one more feat and
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the hero then set off towards the island
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of Crete eurystheus ordered Hercules to
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go to the island of King Minos to
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capture and tame the Fearsome bull of
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Crete this was no ordinary bull the
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animal was supposed to be sacrificed in
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honor of the god Poseidon but because of
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its qualities Minos did not want to
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sacrifice it out of Revenge Poseidon
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caused the bull to feel an
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uncontrollable rage Hercules faced the
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mighty Bowl father of the terrible
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Minotaur the bull was incredibly strong
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and he contended with the hero but the
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bovine Beast was not strong enough to
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defeat Zeus's son Hercules grabbed him
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by the horns and threw him to the ground
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after tying him up Hercules put the
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animal on a ship heading for the
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peloponnese upon arriving in my Sinai
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the bull was presented to eurystheus the
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latter after confirming that the task
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had been accomplished released the
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animal
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the bull roamed around Greece causing
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Terror wherever it went
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on the plains of marathon he met yet
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another formidable opponent his name was
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Theseus
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Hercules was given his eighth labor he
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had to travel to Thrace and bring with
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him the famous anthropophageous mayors
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of diomedes the latter was the son of
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Ares the god of war and ruled over the
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bistonians a barbaric and cruel people
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diomedes would certainly be the cruelest
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of the Thracians
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he captured the foreigners who entered
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his lands taking them to the Royal
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Granary
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that was the home of the mighty mares
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they were so strong that they had to be
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tied with iron chains the Mayors would
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not eat oats or other grains for they
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had acquired a taste for human flesh
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diomedes used the visitors as a meal for
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his terrible equines
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on the journey to Thrace Hercules was
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joined by some friends such as his
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nephew iolas and also abdurus son of
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Hermes upon arriving in diomedes Kingdom
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Hercules was informed of the atrocities
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the King was committing against visitors
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to the realm diomedes flouted the duty
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of hospitality a demand from Zeus
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upon learning of the new visitors
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arrival the king and his guards ambushed
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the new victims Hercules defeated the
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royal guard with relative ease the hero
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wanted to punish the king for his many
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crimes he grabbed the Monarch and threw
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him out to be devoured by his Mares
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properly fed the Mayors calmed down and
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Hercules LED them to his ship but more
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soldiers appeared trying to avenge the
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king Hercules asked Hermes son to hold
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the mares while the hero and iolas
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fought the soldiers
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once again the guards were defeated by
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Hercules with ease but Upon returning to
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the ship Hercules found abdurus dead
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being devoured by the mayors
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Hercules mourned his friend's death
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after burying him he declared that the
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city of abdura would be founded there in
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tribute in mycenae King eustrius
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consecrated mares in honor of the
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goddess Hera the horses descended from
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these Mayors were extraordinary animals
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according to Legend
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bucephalus Alexander the Great's horse
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had the blood of these mares in its
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veins under Alexander the Great it took
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part in the conquest of almost the
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entire known world
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foreign
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had gathered some Heroes to follow him
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to themascara the kingdom of the Amazons
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to accomplish yet another task
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the spoiled daughter of King eurystheus
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demanded from her father hippolytus
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girdle as a gift
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hippolyta was the Amazonian Queen and
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due to her achievements in the
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battlefield received the girdle from the
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gods as an honor to fulfill her
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daughter's desire the king sent Hercules
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to use everything he deemed necessary to
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bring the girdle to his daughter
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the mascara was a women-only kingdom and
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they were famous for being excellent
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Warriors
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when he arrived in the Kingdom of the
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Amazons Hercules was received by
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hippolyta who was stunned by the size of
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the son of Zeus
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Hercules was diplomatic as he talked to
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the queen and she retributed the
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courtesy they seemed to be coming to an
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agreement and hippolyta would give her
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girdle to the hero without a drop of
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blood
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but the goddess Hera the enemy of
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Hercules would not allow the bastard son
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of Zeus to accomplish that task so
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easily
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disguised she joined the Amazons and
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spread the rumor that Hercules had
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planned to kidnap the queen
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to protect hippolyta the Amazons armed
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themselves and attacked Hercules and his
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fellows the battle was Bloody many
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amazonians felt on the battlefield
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among the Fallen Amazons was the queen
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hippolyta Hercules picked her girdle up
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and started his return to mycenae
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on the way back the hero passed through
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Troy and the city was in terrible
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trouble the Trojan King Lao madon was
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being punished since he had refused to
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pay the tribute agreed with Poseidon who
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had built the legendary walls of Troy
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for the king
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and because of that his daughter was
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being delivered as a sacrifice to a
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terrible sea monster
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the king promised a reward to the hero
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if he managed to save his daughter
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so Hercules went to fight the creature
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it was no match for the mighty son of
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Zeus and ended up destroyed
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leomadan increased his reputation as a
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deadbeat and failed to pay the prize to
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the hero
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Hercules was expelled from Troy but
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before leaving he swore Revenge and
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returned to Greece to deliver the girdle
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of Queen hippolyta to the sovereign's
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daughter
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King eurystheus wanted to see Hercules
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as far away as possible in the 10th
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labor the hero was to steal the cattle
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of the giant jarion the giant lived on
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the mythical island of arithia near the
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Iberian Peninsula the journey was very
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long and no Greek had ever traveled so
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far and returned
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Hercules sailed a long time until he
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reached a large mountain which separated
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the Mediterranean Sea from the Atlantic
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Ocean but not even a huge mountain could
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stop Zeus's son Hercules used all his
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strength to split the mountain in two
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and pulled the halves apart
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thus the hero connected the
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Mediterranean to the Atlantic and went
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on his way the two great mountains
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created by the hero became known as the
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pillars of Hercules today this place is
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known as the Strait of Gibraltar
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finally Hercules reached the island of
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urethia no Greek had ever dared to
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approach The Oxen of the giant son of
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Christ or for jerion was a hideous
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creature that had several bodies in one
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the giant also had a two-headed guard
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dog named orthros brother of Cerberus
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The Infernal dog Hercules fought the dog
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which besides having two heads had a
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Serpent's tail but not all this ferocity
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was an obstacle for Hercules he
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slaughtered the dog son of Echidna with
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his mighty Club
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Hercules stealthily began driving the
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cattle without attracting the Giant's
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attention
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but Hercules actions did not go
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unnoticed by jarion who attacked him
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furiously
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the fight between Hercules and jarion
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was intense and the hero seemed finally
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defeated Hercules realized that the
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goddess Hera his enemy was helping the
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giant by increasing his courage and
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strength
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Hercules used his bow to shoot an arrow
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at the goddess she wounded fled to
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Olympus the demigod took one of his
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special arrows soaked with hydra's
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poisonous blood even the Immortals were
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not immune to the strong poison of the
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monster son of Typhon and Echidna the
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giant gerion was slaughtered after
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undergoing terrible Agony Hercules was
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finally able to return to Greece driving
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the famous jarion's oxen
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Hercules was again traveling the world
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to perform another labor for King
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eurystheus this time he was to find the
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famous garden of the Hesperides bringing
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back one of their famous golden apples
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from it when the goddess Hera married
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Zeus she received from Gaia a beautiful
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tree from which golden apples grew this
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tree was tended by the beautiful and
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delicate Hesperides and watched over by
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the huge Dragon Laden
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in his quest into the garden Hercules
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found the Titan Prometheus chained to a
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rock his liver devoured by A Great Eagle
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during the night his liver regenerated
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the next day the bird would return to
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feed again
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Prometheus had been punished by Zeus for
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stealing the sacred fire and giving it
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to men
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Hercules decided that Prometheus had
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already suffered too much something had
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to be done
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he shot down the hateful bird with his
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bow and broke the chains that bound the
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Titan to the Rock and Prometheus was
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finally free from his ordeal
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as a form of gratitude Prometheus
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advises Hercules not to face the mighty
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Dragon instead he should meet with Atlas
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continuing his journey the hero met the
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mighty Titan Atlas who was also
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suffering a punishment imposed by Zeus
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Atlas had fought against Zeus during the
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titanomaki the great confrontation
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between gods and Titans the defeated
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Atlas was forced to Bear the entire
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weight of the celestial sphere on his
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back for all eternity
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the Titan was the hesperite's father and
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offered to give Hercules the apples he
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needed provided he would hold the
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celestial sphere while the Titan went to
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his daughter's Garden Hercules agreed
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and used all his strength to hold the
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heavy Celestial Dome on his shoulders
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Atlas left and returned after a while he
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was carrying with him the apples that
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Hercules needed when he saw the hero
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Atlas said here are the apples but I
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will deliver them to King eurystheus
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myself for you
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Hercules realized that he had been the
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victim of a trick having to Bear the
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weight of the world on his back for all
00:29:08
eternity at this moment he uses his wit
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would you do that for me you are so kind
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I'm sick of my cousin but before you
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leave I want to make a request
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can you support the Vault just for a
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moment so that I can put on the lion
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skin cloak and protect my back this is
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very uncomfortable as you know
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Atlas knew perfectly well the discomfort
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and decided to help the hero
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when the Titan lifted the celestial
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Vault again Hercules picked up the
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apples that had been set on the ground
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and turned his back never to return
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Upon returning to my Sinai with the
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apples the great hero was cheered by
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aristias's subjects
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the jealous King decided that there was
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only one way to get rid of Hercules for
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good he should be sent to the realm of
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the Dead
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[Music]
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after completing 11 labors that everyone
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thought impossible Hercules was beloved
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by the people for the hero had rid the
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world of the most Sinister creatures
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eurystheus whose plan was to finish off
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Zeus's son only made him even more
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glorious
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the Mycenaean King could only demand one
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more labor from Hercules it was his last
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chance to get rid of the hero eurystheus
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ordered Hercules to go to the underworld
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and bring with him the legendary
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Cerberus Hades three-headed dog
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responsible for watching over his
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master's Kingdom
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before leaving for the kingdom of Hades
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the hero was initiated into the
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mysteries of eluses the rituals of these
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Cults symbolized death and Resurrection
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Hercules went to a secret cave that gave
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access to the underground world at the
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entrance he was met by his brother
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Hermes the god who led souls to Hades
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Realm Guided by the messenger god
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Hercules entered the underworld it was a
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Sinister Place filled with
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lugubriousness
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in Hades realm the demigod found his
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friend Theseus still alive chained to a
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rock Theseus had been punished by Hades
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for trying together with his friend
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pirithius to kidnap Persephone the queen
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of the underworld
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Hercules freed his friend from captivity
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and Theseus returned to the world of the
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living
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then Hercules met The Boatman Karen who
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refused to help Hercules enter his
00:31:39
master's Kingdom but the demigod was
00:31:41
determined and threatened to destroy
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Karen and the boat if he did not take
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him to the other Bank of the river
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akaran
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faced with such a threat Karen had no
00:31:52
choice and did as Hercules demanded
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on the other Bank of the river Hades the
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lord of the underworld was waiting for
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him
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the son of Zeus came face to face with
00:32:03
Hades the lord of the underworld he
00:32:06
asked his permission to take his dog and
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present it to eurystheus with the
00:32:10
promise that he would return the animal
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after completing his work
00:32:14
Hades allowed Hercules to try to capture
00:32:16
the three-headed dog but he could only
00:32:18
use his bear to subdue the animal the
00:32:21
hero went after the monster upon
00:32:24
spotting it Hercules realized that the
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Beast besides the three heads had a
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Serpent's tail
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the son of Zeus had already fought every
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kind of creature and entered the fight
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without fear
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the struggle between the demigod and the
00:32:39
monster was intense but Hercules managed
00:32:41
to defeat the creature
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the hero brought Cerberus to the surface
00:32:45
upon contact with sunlight the dog
00:32:48
became nauseous and vomited poisonous
00:32:51
plants sprouted from where the animal's
00:32:53
barf fell
00:32:54
despite resistance Hercules dragged the
00:32:57
animal to King euris the assist Palace
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and presented the creature to the Lord
00:33:02
faced with the monster eurystheus ran in
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Terror into his bronze vat and hid there
00:33:09
Cerberus was released as promised and
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returned to the underworld
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Hercules finally fulfilled his 12th
00:33:16
labor
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eurystheus resigned to the idea that he
00:33:20
could not kill Hercules eventually
00:33:22
released the demigod from his duties
00:33:25
Hercules had reached the Pinnacle of
00:33:27
glory and was seen as Mankind's
00:33:30
benefactor but this would not be the end
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of his journey the son of Zeus still had
00:33:35
difficult adventures and trials ahead of
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him before finally achieving immortality
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at his father's side
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thank you
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