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What (who) is Herculean task - definition
 MOSAIC OF THE LABORS OF HERACLES.jpg?width=200)
![Hercules and the Lernaean Hydra (1964) by [[Gustave Moreau]]](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Gustave Moreau - Hercules and the Lernaean Hydra - 1964.231 - Art Institute of Chicago.jpg?width=200 "Hercules and the Lernaean Hydra (1964) by [[Gustave Moreau]]")
![''[[The Origin of the Milky Way]]'' by [[Jacopo Tintoretto]], 1575](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Jacopo Tintoretto - The Origin of the Milky Way - Google Art Project.jpg?width=200 "''[[The Origin of the Milky Way]]'' by [[Jacopo Tintoretto]], 1575")
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.jpg?width=200 "Heracles and the Cattle of Geryones")
 02.jpg?width=200 "Heracles slaying the Lernaean Hydra")
 03.jpg?width=200 "Heracles slaying the Ceryneian Hind")
 06.jpg?width=200 "Heracles and the Stymphalian birds")
 07.jpg?width=200 "Heracles capturing the Cretan Bull")
 08.jpg?width=200 "Heracles before capturing the Mares of Diomedes")
 11.jpg?width=200 "Hercules stealing the golden apples from the Garden of the Hesperides")
 12.jpg?width=200 "Hercules and Cerberus")
![The [[Heracles Papyrus]], a fragment of a 3rd-century Greek manuscript of a poem about the Labours of Heracles ([[Oxyrhynchus Papyrus]] 2331)](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/P. Oxy. XXII 2331.jpg?width=200 "The [[Heracles Papyrus]], a fragment of a 3rd-century Greek manuscript of a poem about the Labours of Heracles ([[Oxyrhynchus Papyrus]] 2331)")
![relief]] (3rd century AD) depicting a sequence of the Labours, representing from left to right the [[Nemean lion]], the [[Lernaean Hydra]], the [[Erymanthian Boar]], the [[Ceryneian Hind]], the [[Stymphalian birds]], the [[Girdle of Hippolyta]], the [[Augean stables]], the [[Cretan Bull]] and the [[Mares of Diomedes]]](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Twelve Labours Altemps Inv8642.jpg?width=200 "relief]] (3rd century AD) depicting a sequence of the Labours, representing from left to right the [[Nemean lion]], the [[Lernaean Hydra]], the [[Erymanthian Boar]], the [[Ceryneian Hind]], the [[Stymphalian birds]], the [[Girdle of Hippolyta]], the [[Augean stables]], the [[Cretan Bull]] and the [[Mares of Diomedes]]")
Wikipedia
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The Labours of Hercules or Labours of Heracles (Greek: οἱ Ἡρακλέους ἆθλοι, hoì Hērakléous âthloi, Latin: Herculis Labores) are a series of episodes concerning a penance carried out by Heracles, the greatest of the Greek heroes, whose name was later romanised as Hercules. They were accomplished at the service of King Eurystheus. The episodes were later connected by a continuous narrative.
The establishment of a fixed cycle of twelve labours was attributed by the Greeks to an epic poem, now lost, written by Peisander, dated about 600 BC.
Having tried to kill Heracles ever since he was born, Hera induced a madness in him that made him kill his wife and children. Afterwards, Heracles went to the Oracle of Delphi to atone, where he prayed to the god Apollo for guidance. Heracles was told to serve Eurystheus, king of Mycenae, for ten years. During this time, he was sent to perform a series of difficult feats, called labours.
