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Eurystheus ordered Hercules to bring him the Hind of Ceryneian. A hind is a red deer (sacred to the goddess Diana). Hercules chased the deer for a whole year. When the deer really became tired, she went on the mountain Artemisius to take a rest. Hercules shot her and caught her. On the way back to Eurystheus, he saw Diana and Apollo. Diana was upset to see the deer hurt but when Hercules explained to her why he had to capture the deer, she understood and healed the deer. Hercules took the deer alive to Eurystheus.

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- King Minos promised Poseidon to sacrifice whatever animal he wanted
- Poseidon sends a beautiful Ox to rise out of the sea
- King Minos didn’t want to kill it so he switched It with one of his cattle
- this made Poseidon mad so he caused the animal to go crazy and run around and destroy the island
- so Hercules 7th labor is to capture the bull, master it and bring it to Eurystheus
- Hercules approaches the bull and masters him and rides him all the way to Eurystheus

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- Eurystheus ordered Hercules to clean King Augeas stables. To make it worse, Hercules had to clean them in one day.
- Hercules went to King Augeas, and without telling anything about Eurystheus, said that he would clean out the stables in one day, if Augeas would give him a tenth of his fine cattle.
- Hercules brought Augeas's son along to watch. First the hero tore a big opening in the wall of the cattle-yard where the stables were. Then he made another opening in the wall on the opposite side of the yard.
- Next, he dug wide trenches to two rivers which flowed nearby. He turned the course of the rivers into the yard. The rivers rushed through the stables, flushing them out, and all the mess flowed out the hole in the wall on other side of the yard.
- When Augeas learned that Eurystheus was behind all this, he would not pay Hercules his reward. Not only that, he denied that he had even promised to pay a reward. Augeas said that if Hercules didn't like it, he could take the matter to a judge to decide.
- The judge ruled that Hercules would have to be paid. In a rage, Augeas ordered both his own son and Hercules to leave his kingdom at once. So the boy went to the north country to live with his aunts, and Hercules headed back to Mycenae. But Eurystheus said that this labour didn't count, because Hercules was paid for having done the work.

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Hippolyte- queen of the amazons

She had received a leather belt from Ares for being the beat warrior of the Amazon’s, but Eurystheus wanted to give it to his daughter

Hercules and his friends went to go do the task, as they knew the Amazon’s were strong and that he was going to need help

They were greeted by the queen upon arrival

Hera told the Amazons that their queen was going to be kidnapped and they prepared for battle

As they get attacked, Hercules goes on to kill Hippolyte and they proceed to battle

Once the Amazons were driven away, Hercules returns to give the belt to Eurystheus

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SeeThe Lernean Hydra

-Hercules was tasked with killing a monstrous serpent with nine heads that lurked in the swamps of Lerna
-The Hydra had poisonous venom and 9 heads of which one was immortal
-His Nephew, Iolaus, accompanied him to slay the Hydra
-First Hercules lured the creature out of its den by shooting flaming arrows at it
-When the Hydra came out of its den Hercules grabbed it, but the Hydra wound one of its coils around his foot, not letting him escape
-With his club, he smashed one of its heads and two more would burst out of the stump
- The hydra also had a companion, a huge crab that started to bite his trapped foot
-Hercules quickly dispatched the crab
-Iolaus began to hold his torch to the heads Hercules would bash in and that would stop it from regenerating heads
- once he removed and destroyed the 8 mortal heads he chopped off the 9th immortal head and buried it at the side of the road leading from Lerna to Elaeus
- He buried it and covered it with a heavy rock
- He went back to Eurystheus and told him of his deed but he told him it did not count because his nephew helped him

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The most dangerous labor of all was the twelfth and final one. Eurystheus ordered Hercules to go to the Underworld and kidnap the beast called Cerberus. Cerberus was a vicious beast that guarded the entrance to Hades and kept the living from entering the world of the dead. Hercules set off to find Cerberus with no weapons on him. Near the gates of Acheron, one of the five rivers of the Underworld, Hercules encountered Cerberus. Hercules threw his strong arms around the beast, perhaps grabbing all three heads at once, and wrestled Cerberus into submission. The dragon in the tail of the fierce flesh-eating guard dog bit Hercules, but that did not stop him. Cerberus had to submit to the force of the hero, and Hercules brought Cerberus to Eurystheus. Unlike other monsters that crossed the path of the legendary hero, Cerberus was returned safely to Hades, where he resumed guarding the gateway to the Underworld. Presumably, Hercules inflicted no lasting damage on Cerberus.

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The Stymphalian Birds

For his sixth task, Hercules was to drive a flock of birds that had gathered near the city Stymphalos.

These vicious birds were said to eat men who would come near them.

Athena gave him clappers to aid him in this task that were made by Hephaestus.

Hercules climbed up a mountain and sounded the clappers and as the flock of birds flew away, he shot them down with a slingshot.

Hercules shoots down the birds with a slingshot.

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The Golden Apple

After eight years and one month, Eurystheus commanded him to bring golden apples which belonged to Zeus. The golden apples were a wedding gift from Hera so they were almost impossible to steal. The apples were kept in a garden at the northern edge of the world, and were guarded not only by a hundred-headed dragon, named Ladon, but also by the Hesperides, nymphs who were daughters of Atlas. Hercules' first problem was that he didn't know where the garden was, so he searched all over the world. While Hercules searched Illyria,  he seized the sea-god Nereus, who knew the garden's secret location. Nereus transformed himself into all kinds of shapes, trying to escape, but Hercules held tight and didn't release Nereus until he got the information he needed. He found his way to Prometheus, where he killed the eagle that pecked at his liver for 30 years. In gratitude, Prometheus told Hercules the secret to getting the apples. He would have to send Atlas after them, instead of going himself. Atlas hated holding up the sky and the earth so much that he would agree to the task of fetching the apples, in order to pass his burden over to Hercules. Everything happened as Prometheus had predicted, and Atlas went to get the apples while Hercules was stuck in Atlas's place. When Atlas returned with the golden apples, he told Hercules he would take them to Eurystheus himself, but Heracles agreed but tricked Atlas into giving the golden apples to Heracles so  he could bring them back to Eurystheus. Because they belonged to the gods, the apples could not remain with Eurystheus, so all that time wasted.

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-Eurystheus sent Hercules to get the man-eating hordes of Diomedes (king of the Bistones). He was to bring them back to Mycenae
-Hercules sailed with volunteers across the Aegean to Bistonia and was able to capture the mares. However, the Bistones realized and sent soldiers to recapture them.
-Hercules had to entrust in Abderos to take over the mares in order for him to freely fight.
- Abderos is killed by being dragged around.
- Hercules successfully fought the Bistones, killed Diomedes, and made the rest flee.
-Hercules founded the city of Abderos in honor of his friend.
-Hercules completed his task and brought the mares back to Eurystheus.
-Eurystheus sets the mares free—> they wandered to mount Olympus—>they were eaten and killed by wild beasts.

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Hercules was ordered by Eurystheus to journey to the end of the world to bring him the cattle of the monster Geryon. Geryon had three heads and three set of legs that were all joined at the waist, he lived on the island of Erythia. On the island there was a herd of red cattle guarded by Cerberus brother, Orthus which was a two-headed hound and the herdsman Eurytion. When Hercules finally reached where Libya met Europe, Apollodorus tells us that Hercules built two massive mountains that became known as the two pillars of Hercules. Hercules finally reached the island of Erythia. Orthus the two-headed dog attacked Hercules, and Hercules bashed him with a club. Eurytion also attacked Hercules and was also clubbed. Just as Hercules was trying to escape with the cattle, he was attacked by Geryon. Hercules shot him dead with his arrows.

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The Nemean Lion

- First task was to bring King Eurystheus the skin of an invulnerable lion which terrorized the hills around Nemea.

-Setting out, Hercules came to Cleonae, where he stayed at the house of a poor Workman named  Molorchus.

-Molorchus offered to make a sacrifice to pray for a safe hunt, but Hercules asked him to wait 30 days. If Hercules returned with the lion’s skin, they would sacrifice to Zeus together. If Hercules died trying, Molorchus would sacrifice to him in his honor.

-Hercules quickly discovered that his arrows were useless against the impenetrable skin of the beast.

-Hercules tracked the beast to a cave with two entrances. He blocked off one end, then approached the lion through the other. Managing to evade the beast’s powerful claws, he choked the beast to death with his mighty arms.

-Hercules returned to Molorchus with the skin of the lion, so they both sacrificed to Zeus.

-When Hercules returned to Eurystheus victorious, Eurystheus was amazed and terrified of the hero. The king forbade Hercules from entering through the city gates and continued sending his commands to Hercules through a herald.

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Ordered by Eurystheus to bring him a boar alive.

The boar had to come from the Erymanthian Mountains.

Hercules stopped by to visit Pholus a sinotaur, and as they’re eating Hercules opened a bottle of wine which belonged to all sinotaurs which angered them.

The sinotaurs and Hercules got in a fight and Pholus ended up dying as a result.

Hercules chased the boar on the mountain and trapped the boar in a net and then carried it to Mycenae, where he gave it to Eurystheus.