m famous and assure his place among the gods (Warner 94).
The first of the Twelve labors was the Nemean lion, a terrible beast that infested the Valley of Nemea. Eurystheus ordered Hercules to bring him the skin of this creature, and Hercules finally strangled the beast with his bare hands. The second labor was slaying the Hydra, which had ravaged the region of Argos and which lived in a swamp. Hercules finally managed to burn away the heads of the Hydra. Another labor was the cleaning of the Augean stables. The next was a more delicate labor, acquiring the girdle of the queen of the Amazons. Hercules accomplished each of the twelve tasks. One of the more important of the tasks was getting the golden apples of the Hesperides, and the problem was that Hercules did not know where to find them. these were the apples that Juno had received at her wedding from the goddess of the earth. Hercules eventually arrived at Mount Atlas in Africa. Atlas was the father of the Hesperides, and Hercules decided to send Atlas to find the apples
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