Heracles

Related Myths

• Prometheus and the Theft of Fire
  Later frees Prometheus from his torment
• Typhon and Echidna
  Hero who later confronts several descendants of Typhon and Echidna
• The Gigantomachy
  Mortal ally required for victory
• The Birth of Heracles
  Divine son of Zeus and Alcmene
• The Madness of Heracles
  Hero struck by madness
• The Twelve Labours of Heracles
  Central hero
• Heracles and the Nemean Lion
  Hero who kills the Nemean Lion
• The Erymanthian Boar
  Captures the boar
• Heracles and the Lernaean Hydra
  Hero who destroys the Lernaean Hydra
• The Ceryneian Hind
  Captures the hind
• The Stymphalian Birds
  Drives away the birds
• The Augean Stables
  Performs the Labour
• The Mares of Diomedes
  Captures the mares
• Heracles and the Cretan Bull
  Hero ordered to capture the Cretan Bull alive
• The Belt of Hippolyta
  Seeks the belt
• The Cattle of Geryon
  Seizes the cattle
• Heracles and the Apples of the Hesperides
  Hero seeking the golden apples
• Heracles and Cerberus
  Hero who enters the Underworld and captures Cerberus
• Heracles and Deianira
  Husband of Deianira
• The Death and Apotheosis of Heracles
  Hero whose mortal life ends
• The Quest for the Golden Fleece
  Member of the Argonauts
• The Amazonomachy
  Earlier Greek campaign against the Amazons
• Heracles and Achelous
  Hero who defeats Achelous and wins the right to marry Deianira
• Hesione and the Trojan Sea Monster
  Hero who kills the sea monster and rescues Hesione
• Heracles Sacks Troy
  Leader of the attack on Troy
• Philoctetes Abandoned on Lemnos
  Former owner of the bow and arrows carried by Philoctetes
• The Return of Philoctetes
  Former owner of the bow required at Troy