Unnecessary Extra Labors of Hercules

Herc up to bat

Hercules was asked to perform two extra labors for Eurystheus in the famous tale of the ten labors of Hercules.  The original ten labors were hard enough but Hercules was asked, amazingly, to perform twelve total for  King Eurystheus who had been given the honor of being King over Hercules.

  The insults to Hercules were legendary and his will and strength and courage were equally epic.  King Eurystheus it is said had a very large clay pot built for himself after one of Hercules's labors for the King to hide in underground because he feared the anger of Hercules so much.

Hercules was tasked with killing the Hydra--a many headed and dog-like serpent who had the capability of regenerating new heads. After killing the serpent the labor was denied because Hercules was said to have received help from someone who corterized the severed base of the Hydra so it wouldn't regenerate.

Hercules was later tasked with cleaning a huge stable called the Augeian stables.  He cleaned the huge stables by diverting two rivers to flush out the mess of you know what.  He was denied credit for this task because the Greek river gods were said to have aided him.  He was also charged with being hired to clean the stables by the owner thus King Eurystheus denied that he had performed the monumental task according to the rules he was given by the King.

I'll tell you more of the tasks he performed in future blogs.  There are ten more I'll tell you about.

Find out about the true toughness and grit of Hercules!