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Marcia Dorothy Williams

Mini Greek Myths (Series): The Twelve Tasks of Heracles & Arion and the Dolphins

The main body of this short book is taken up with the labours of Heracles. Williams starts off with his origins as the child of Alcmene and Zeus, and the jealousy of Zeus’s wife, Hera, at her husband’s infidelity. Williams tells how, having failed to kill the baby Heracles by sending snakes to his cot, she turns the adult Heracles mad so that he kills his many children by an unnamed wife. After his wife sends him away due to his actions, he consults with a priestess who tells him tha(...)

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COUNTRY: United Kingdom

TAGS: Arion Cerberus Corinth Crete’ Dolphins Erymanthean Boar Eurystheus Hera Heracles / Herakles Hydra Mycenae Nemean lion Periander Snakes Twelve Labours of Heracles Zeus