But Hercules quickly sliced off the heads, while his nephew, Iolaus, sealed the wounds with a torch. If one was chopped off, two would grow in its place. The slaying the multi-headed Hydra: In 1271 B.C., in Lerna, south of Argos, the evil, snake-like Hydra had nine heads. Reluctantly, Hercules agreed to submit to the will of the hated Eurystheus. īy successfully completing these labors, Hercules would not only pay for his crime, but also achieve immortality and take his rightful place among the Gods. When his sanity returned, he received instructions from the oracle in Delphi to go to Tiryns and perform any Twelve Labors devised from him by King Eurystheus (the final being already accomplished). He change from Herakles to roman Hercules, in order to distance himself from Hera. Hercules' followers decided to accuse Hera, and Hercules didn't corrected them, too ashamed.
Enraged, Hercules killed Lycus but his family as well. Truth was that returning from the final labor against Cerberus (and rescuing Theseus from Hades, in 1277 B.C., he was believed dead and Euboean Lycus took advantage of that absence to kill Hercules' father-in-law King Creon and condemn Megara and their three sons to death. Hercules was best known for his celebrated Twelve Labors.Īllegedly, Hera had caused Hercules to go insane and he killed his wife Megara and children, causing him to then atone by performing the twelve labors.
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