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Labors of Hercules, Capture the Erymanthian Boar

Entitled: Hercules and the Boar of Erymanthus: Hercules holds down the boar's snout with his left hand and raises his club with his right hand, in the middle ground Hercules carries the boar on his shoulders. The Twelve Labors of Heracles (Hercules) are a series of episodes concerning a penance carried out by Heracles, the greatest of the Greek heroes, whose name was later Romanized as Hercules. 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. After Hercules killed his wife and children, he went to the oracle at Delphi, and prayed to the god Apollo for guidance. Hercules was told to serve the king of Mycenae, Eurystheus, for 12 years. During these 12 years, he is sent to perform twelve difficult feats, called labours. If he succeeded, he would be purified of his sin and, as myth says, he would be granted immortality.

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Labors of Hercules, Capture the Erymanthian Boar

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Entitled: Hercules and the Boar of Erymanthus: Hercules holds down the boar's snout with his left hand and raises his club with his right hand, in the middle ground Hercules carries the boar on his shoulders. The Twelve Labors of Heracles (Hercules) are a series of episodes concerning a penance carried out by Heracles, the greatest of the Greek heroes, whose name was later Romanized as Hercules. 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. After Hercules killed his wife and children, he went to the oracle at Delphi, and prayed to the god Apollo for guidance. Hercules was told to serve the king of Mycenae, Eurystheus, for 12 years. During these 12 years, he is sent to perform twelve difficult feats, called labours. If he succeeded, he would be purified of his sin and, as myth says, he would be granted immortality.

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4650 x 2982 px | 39.7 MB

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39.4 x 25.2 cm | 15.5 x 9.9 in (300 dpi)

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