Chapter 13: Herakles

Table of Contents

Herakles battling the Hydra, Malibu, J. Paul Getty Museum 83.AE.346

Alkmene and Amphitryon (page 374)

Theban Exploits (page 378 lower)

The Twelve Labors: Evolution (page 381 lower, with art)

Labor I: The Nemean Lion (page 383 lower, with art)

Labor II: The Lernaian Hydra (page 384 lower, with art)

Labor III: The Keryneian/Kerynitian Hind (page 386 lower, with art)

Labor IV: The Erymanthian Boar (page 389 lower, with art)

Pholos (page 390 lower, with art)

Labor V: The Stables of Augeias (page 392 lower)

Labor VI: The Stymphalian Birds (page 393 lower)

Labor VII: The Kretan Bull (page 394 lower, with art)

Labor VIII: The Mares of Diomedes (page 395 lower, with art)

Labor IX: The Belt of Hippolyte (page 397 lower, with art)

Laomedon, Hesione, and Troy (page 400 lower, with art)

Labor X: The Cattle of Geryoneus (page 402 lower, with art)

The Journey Back from Tartessos (page 408)

Labor XI: The Garden of the Hesperides (page 410)

Labor XII: Kerberos (page 413 lower, with art)

Antaios, Bousiris, Emathion (page 416 lower, with art)

Alkyoneus (page 419 lower) 

Kyknos (page 421 lower)

Eurytion (page 423 lower, with art)

Augeias and the Moliones (page 424 lower)

Neleus and Hippokoon (page 426 lower)

Auge and Telephos (page 428 lower)

Deianeira, Acheloos, and Nessos (page 431 lower)

Eurytos, Iphitos, and Iole (page 434 lower)

Delphi and the Tripod (page 437 lower)

Omphale and the Kerkopes (page 439 lower, with art)

The Return to Troy and the Detour to Kos (page 442 lower, with art)

The Battle of the Gods and the Gigantes (page 445 lower)

Herakles and the Gods: Minor Tales (page 454 lower)

The Sack of Oichalia an d Herakles’ Death (page 457 lower, with art)

The Apotheosis (page 460)

Eurystheus and the Herakleidai (page 463 lower)

MEDIA ATTRIBUTIONS

Caeretan black-figure hydria by Eagle Painter, photo from J. Paul Getty Museum

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