12 Labours of Hercules: The Universal Hero (Hercales/Hercules): Classical Civilization: GCSE (9:1)

Hercules

greatest of the Greek heroes; mortal son of Zeus

King Eurystheus

Cousin of Hercules who devised the 12 labors to purify Hercules from murder of his family

Nemean lion

Had impenetrable skin so Hercules had to break its jaw. He then skinned it with its own claw.

Hydra

Mythological nine-headed serpent which grew two heads from each severed neck. Hercules' nephew helped him kill it using a torch. It had poisonous blood.

Golden deer

Sacred to the goddess of hunting, Artemis; chased for an entire year before captured

Erymanthian Boar

Destroyed many crops, caught in a net in the snow

Augean stables

Housed 1000 horses and hadn't been cleaned for 10 years. Hercules diverted two rivers to flush it out.

Stymphalian birds

Had arrows for wings and iron beaks and talons. Hercules used a rattle to scare them then shot them with poison arrows.

Cretan Bull

A terrible monster sent by Poseidon to ravage Crete. Hercules wrestled with it then rode it back across the sea to King Eurystheus.

Cerberus

The three-headed guard dog of the underworld

stag

an adult male deer

mare

female hore

centaur

half-man, half-horse

Mares of Diomedes

flesh eating horses. Killed Diomedes and fed to horses. Hercules was the first person to tame them.

Golden Belt of Hippolyta

Hercules was given the belt by the Queen of the Amazons but then thanks to Hera's rumour had to fight his way out

Cattle of Geryon

Hercules had to take the special red cattle from the three-bodied monster Geryon and his two-headed dog.

Apollo

God of the sun

Atlas

giant who holds up the sky

fetch Apples of the Hesperides

Hercules had to bring back three golden apples guarded by nymphs and a dragon

Bring back Cerberus from the underworld

Hercules had to descend to Hades and bring back the three-headed dog without using weapons

Hera

Zeus' wife who hates Hercules

Alcmene

Hercules' mortal mother

Zeus

King of the gods, Hercules' father