Oedipus The King: The Twelve Labors Of Hercules

Hercules felt that he needed atonement for the sinful action. He innocently murders his family with his enormous amount of strength because he became a psychopath after Hera, Zeus’ wife, cursed him to go mad because she had a great amount of dislike towards Hercules. According to the following quote,

Hercules was to serve King Eurystheus for twelve whole years, completing 12 difficult yet not impossible tasks in the kings name. These were called the Twelve labours of Hercules. Hydra as stated earlier acted as one of the gatekeepers to the underworld. Hydra's lair was deep in the swamps of Lake Lerna. In addition to this, The Hydra was also known to wreak havoc upon Lerna and the lands of Argos at night.

In Hercules). This demonstrates how Hercules drove with grief so he went to Eurystheus to serve his twelve impossible laborers. In conclusion, Hercules deserved his

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In his first labor, Heracles was challenged with killing the lion of Nemea, where he strangled the lion with his hands. The second labor was slaying the Hydra of Lerna and the third was capturing the Ceryneian hind; sacred to Athena. In his fourth labor, Heracles trapped the Erymanthian boar where accidentally shot Chiron, a centaur. The sixth labor included him driving off the Stymphalean birds and the seventh he had to overcome the Cretan bull. The eight labor he captured the mares of Diomedes, the ninth he fetched the girdle of Hippolyta, and the tenth was stealing the cattle of Geryon.

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In Greek mythology Hercules is known for his strength and courage, considered as half man and half god. He was an adventurous superhuman born from mortal mother and the son of god Zeus. Hera, the jealous wife of Zeus decided to kill Hercules after his birth. Hercules then married the Theben princess Megara and had three children. However, Hera wasn’t happy about him. She was filled hatred of him, and as time goes, this situation made him to kill his wife and all his children. Hercules then felt guilty about the crime he had done. Hercules was charged to serve his cousin, king Eurystheus, and the ‘twelve labors’ were given to him as punishments. Those labors are a call to adventure that made Hercules to cross the threshold

These labors were designated to him through King Eurystheus because of the unspeakable acts he committed. Hercules sought out many prophets, only in the end to return to King Eurystheus to complete his 12 suicidal labors. One of the last 6 labors completed was to capture the Cretan Bull. Minos promised Poseidon that he would sacrifice whatever the god sent to him. Poseidon sent a great bull, but Minos thought it was too beautiful to kill. So he killed another bull, and Poseidon grew angry so he made it rampage through the city of Crete. Hercules wrestled the bull to the ground. He carried the bull back to Eurystheus, but it could not be tamed so Eurystheus set it free. The 8th labor Hercules had to complete was stealing the Mares of Diomedes. Diomedes’ Mares are 4 men eating horses with terrible tempers. Diomedes kept the horses chained to a golden post to keep them from escaping. Hercules snuck behind the golden post taming the horses, and right before he could release them Diomedes soldiers began attacking Hercules. From hearing all the commotion Diomedes awakens. He is informed that Hercules is trying to steal the mares from a random foot soldier. Diomedes is irate and attacks Hercules.

skin could not be punctured by any weapon. His second labour was to kill the

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Hercules, born of Alcmena and Zeus, was conceived when Zeus took the form of Alcmena’s husband and lay with her. Her true husband lay with her again later that night and she conceived twins. One would be born to her human husband, and the other fathered by Zeus himself (Hamilton). Zeus bragged about his soon to be born son alerting and infuriating Hera to Hercules existence. Hera was notorious for tormenting her husbands’ illegitimate offspring since she couldn’t harm Zeus outright for his infidelity (Hamilton). Hera persuaded Eileithyia to slow Alcmena’s labor in a fit of piqué, almost killing her (Hamilton). Alcmena in fear of Hera’s wrath gave her son to nature. Zeus (in some accounts Hermes) stole him away to Olympus, where he suckled at Hera’s breast while she lay sleeping, granting him immortality (McLeish). When Hera awoke during the suckling she pushed Hercules away and the milk that sprayed out formed the Milky Way (Leeming). Zeus took the infant and placed him back in his crib before departing to Olympus again. Enraged Hera sent two massive serpents to kill Hercules and his brother as they lay sleeping

Hercules marries Megara later, after having proved himself an excellent warrior and she birthed him two daughters. Hera caused Hercules to go crazy, and he killed his wife and daughters. When Hercules finally came to his senses he was distraught, and went to King Eurypterus and requested punishment. King Eurypterus asked the gods to help him come up with a punishment, and Hera is the one that responded to his request.

     Throught Oedipus Rex, Oedipus displays his heroism many times. From the Prologue of the play to the moment in which he leaves Thebes, Oedipus' heroics are extremely apparent; however, at the same time, the decisions which make Oedipus a hero ultimately become the decisions which bring him to shame and exile.

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The fourth Labor was for Hercules to capture an enormous boar in Arcadia, and bring it back alive. On the way, Hercules stopped to visit the half-horse, half-man Pholus. Pholus was looking at one of Hercules' arrows when he accidentally dropped it on his foot. He died instantly because the arrow was still soaked with the deadly blood of the Hydra.