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Hercules Greek Mythology

Hercules is 16 years old Greek God born to Zeus and mortal mother. He is a born a demi-god since his father Zeus is a God and his mother is a human but later on becomes a God. Hercules is very strong and when he was a baby his step-mother Hera placed two snakes in his crib which he quickly strangled. As he grew older Hercules got married and had children. Hera always drove Hercules crazy but eventually he ended up killing his children and wife because of Hera. To be purified for the crime he committed he had to go through 12 different tasks, all which are very hard hand dangerous in order to be forgiven for the crimes buthe succeeded in finishing them all and was given immortality. Hercules is a Greek God known for his great strength and the strongest god of them all. Hercules was very tall and is able to perform very hard tasks. His twelfthtask was very hard since the creature he had to capture had three heads, teeth of razor and a venomous snake as a tail. In task three he had to be very patient so He haunted a deer for one whole year in order for him to capture the deer. Herculess twelve tasks:
1) Kill the Nemean Lion 2) Kill the Lernean Hydra 3)Capture the Ceryneian Hind 4)Capture the Erymanthian Boar 5)Clean the Augean Stables 6)Kill the Stymphalian Birds 7)Capture the Cretan Bull 8)Capture the Horses of Diomedes 9)Take the Girdle of the Amazon Queen Hippolyte 10)Capture the Cattle of Geryon 11)Take the Golden Apples of the Hesperides 12)Capture Cerberus

Herculess Description:
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Very Strong Tall Brave Intelligent Quick learner Son of Zeus Born a demi-God later turned into a God Courageous Patient

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