Heracles Slay the Nemean Lion. 2. Slay the nine-headed Lernaean Hydra. 3. Capture the Golden Hind of Artemis. 4. Capture the Erymanthian Boar. 5. Clean the Augean stables in a single day. 6. Slay the Stymphalian Birds. 7. Capture the Cretan Bull. 8. Steal the Mares of Diomedes. 9. Obtain the girdle of Hippolyta, Queen of the Amazons. 10. Obtain the cattle of the monster Geryon. 11. Steal the apples of the Hesperides (he had the help of Atlas to pick them after Hercules had slain Ladon). 12. Capture and bring back Cerberus. After completing these tasks, Heracles joined the Argonauts
Phlegra (mythology) has made the setting of the story of the Giants": According to the Greek geographer, the Giants who survived, were driven out by Heracles, finding refuge with their mother in Leuca (Apulia), in Italy's 'heel'. A fountain there had smelly water the locals claimed to be from the ichor of the giants. Strabo also mentions an account of Heracles battling Giants at Phanagoria, a Greek colony on the shores of the Black Sea. Phlegra (mythology) Phlegra () is both a real and a mythical location in both Greek and Roman mythology. Phlegra is a peninsula of Macedonia (more specifically in