Hercules was the son fo Jupiter an Alcmena. Eurystheus, the king od Mycenae and his cousin made him undergo some dificult tasks , which ae known in greek myths as the twelve lavurs of Hercules. He first involved a fight with a lion . the valley of Nemea was veing disturved by a terrible lion and so Eurystheus ordrd Hrcules to slay the beast and bring him his skin. At first Hecules tried to fight the lion with his club and arrows but his took him nowhere . then Hercules attempted a different tactic. he dicided he woiuld use his hands . he thus managed to slay the animal on his own . relying entirely on his immense strength. Victorious he returned to Mycenae crrying the dead lion ont his shoulders a sight that terrified the king.
His nest task wa to slay a moster called Hydra that was ravaging the country of Argos . the Hydra had nine heads of which the middle one was said to be immortal. Our hero struck off its heads with his club but whenever he knocked of a head twor new ones erupted in its place . Eventually wigh the help of his devoted servant iolaus . Hercules succeeded in burning all the heads of the Hydra except the ninth of immortal one , which he decided to bury under a huge rock . In other words Hercules triumphed again as he would every time he was given impossible task by Eurysheus, and this is now he begane to acuquire the reputation of a hero possessing immense strength troughout the world
