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Megara | 1st wife of Hercules; killed by Hercules in madness |
Deineira | Last mortal wife of Hercules; accidently kills him with centaur blood |
Nemean Lion | My hide is impervious to metal, so Hercules wears me after strangling me for protection |
Hydra | I have two heads and poisonous venom; one of my heads is immortal, the other grows two in its place if cut off |
Hind | I am sacred to Artemis, so Hercules has to carry me back to Eurystheus |
Eurymanthean Boar | When Hercules brings me to Eurystheus, he is so scared that he hides in an amphora |
Augean Stables | I hold ten thousand animals and have not been cleaned in 30 years; I don't count as a labor because Hercules destroys me |
Stymphalian Birds | We have metal feathers, which are poisonous; Hercules drives us off with a rattle |
Cretan Bull | I am the father of the Minotaur; King Minos gives me easily to Hercules but we have to swim back to Greece |
Mares of Diomedes | We eat Abderos after Hercules defeats our master for us |
Belt of Hippolyta | Hippolyta was going to give me to Hercules but Hera interferred and he killed Hippolyta in his escape |
Cattle of Geryon | We belonged to a red monster with three heads; Hercules kills his dog Orthus and Geryon to win us |
Apples of the Hesperides | Hercules meets Prometheus and Atlas on his way to us |
Cerberus | Hercules wrestles me out of the underworld but has to bring me back quickly! |
Chiron | I am a centaur who trains Hercules to be a warrior |
Nisus | I am a centaur who tries to rape Deineira and tricks her into killing Hercules |
Eurystheus | Hercules' cousin who oversees the labors |
Hera | I drive Hercules insane, causing him to kill his wife and children for revenge |
Alkmene | I am the mortal mother of Hercules |
Hebe | Hercules' last wife, the godess of youth |