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Erymanthian Boar

The Erymanthian Boar was the giant wild boar that roamed around Mount Erymanthus, in northern Arcadia.

Heracles captured the boar when he trapped it in the snow for his fourth labour. Since the boar was still alive, Eurystheus cowardly hid inside a huge bronze jar. Eurystheus ordered Heracles to show his future successes outside the walls of Tiryns.

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Mythical Creatures:

  • • Satyrs
  • • Myrmidons
  • • Dragon-teeth Men (Sparti)
  • • Earthborn Kings
  • • Argus Panoptes
  • • Geryon
  • • Graeae
  • • Keres
  • • Pegasus
  • • Arion
  • • Xanthus and Balius
  • • Ocyrrhoe
  • • Laelaps and the Teumessian Vixen
  • • Maera
  • • Cretan Bull
  • • Golden Fleece
  • • Calydonian Boar
  • • Crommyonian Sow
  • • Erymanthian Boar
  • • Nemean Lion
  • • Eagle (Aquila)
  • • Typhon
  • • Ceto
  • • Cetus
  • • Echidna
  • • Python
  • • Ladon
  • • Delphyne
  • • Campe
  • • Hydra
  • • Scylla
  • • Sphinx
  • • Chimaera
  • • Griffin (Gryphon)
  • • Cerberus
  • • Orthus
  • • Minotaur
  • • Gorgons
  • • Lamia
  • • Empusae
  • • Sirens
  • • Harpies
  • • Stymphalian Birds
  • • Caucasian Eagle
  • • Phoenix
Fourth Labour (Erymanthian Boar)

Fourth Labour (Erymanthian Boar)

For the fourth labour, Heracles needed to fetch Erymanthian Boar . On this trip, he visited a Centaur named Pholus , who lived in Mount Pholoë (Pholoe), which was named after the Centaur. Pholus had some wine with odour to attract the boar. Unfort...

April 9th, 1999 • Jimmy Joe
Seventh Labour (Cretan Bull)

Seventh Labour (Cretan Bull)

For the seventh labour, Heracles needed to fetch the Cretan Bull , the bull that belonged to Minos , king of Crete. This bull was sacred to Poseidon, and had the ability to walk and even run on the surface of the sea. When Minos gained the bull fr...

April 9th, 1999 • Jimmy Joe
Calydonian Boar

Calydonian Boar

The Calydonian Boar was sent by Artemis to punish King Oeneus for failing to honour her in sacrifice. The giant, wild boar caused widespread damage and death to the rural region around Calydon. Oeneus asked for heroes in Greece to hunt down the bo...

June 1st, 2000 • Jimmy Joe
Third Labour (Cerynitian Hind)

Third Labour (Cerynitian Hind)

For the third labour, Heracles needed to fetch the Cerynitian hind that lived at Oinoe or the forest of Cerynitia, and was sacred to the goddess Artemis . The Cerynitian hind had golden antlers and brazen hooves. The Pleiad Taÿgete had given the h...

April 9th, 1999 • Jimmy Joe
Tenth Labour (Cattle of Geryon)

Tenth Labour (Cattle of Geryon)

For the tenth labour, Heracles was required to fetch the cattle of Geryon . Geryon (Γηρυονεύς) was the king of Erytheia (Cadiz), in Spain. The cattle were guarded by Geryon's herdsman and the two-headed hound called Orthus (Ὄρθρος). The journey wa...

April 9th, 1999 • Jimmy Joe
First Labour (Nemean Lion)

First Labour (Nemean Lion)

The first labour required Heracles to kill the Nemean Lion . The lion was invulnerable to all weapons, being an offspring of the monsters Orthus and Echidna . Heracles stayed at Cleonai with a labourer by the name of Molorchus, before heading out ...

April 9th, 1999 • Jimmy Joe
Fifth Labour (Stables of Augeias)

Fifth Labour (Stables of Augeias)

Angry at Heracles for running off seeking new adventure with the Argonauts , Eurystheus decided that the fifth labour would be the most humiliating of his tasks: cleaning the Augeian stables in a single day. Augeias was the king of Elis, and he ow...

April 9th, 1999 • Jimmy Joe
Twelfth Labour (Cerberus)

Twelfth Labour (Cerberus)

For the twelfth labour, Heracles needed to go to Hades and fetch the Cerberus . Cerberus was a three-headed hound with a snake's head at the end of its tail. The dreaded hound guarded the gates of Hades, to keep the dead in the Underworld. Cerberu...

April 9th, 1999 • Jimmy Joe
Twelve Labours of Heracles

Twelve Labours of Heracles

It would not make sense unless you read why Heracles had to perform his Twelve Labours. The Madness of Heracles was the origin of Heracles' great adventures that earned him a place among the immortal gods at Olympus. Madness of Heracles Madness of...

April 9th, 1999 • Jimmy Joe
Nemean Lion

Nemean Lion

The Nemean Lion was an offspring of Typhon and Echidna . The lion lived in a cave near Nemea. The hide of the lion was invulnerable to all weapons. The only way Heracles could kill the lion was to strangle the lion to death. After showing the lion...

June 1st, 2000 • Jimmy Joe

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