Brawn and Brains

The 12 Labors of Heracles

The Labor Use of Strength Use of Cunning

1. *get the skin of the lion nemea

Wrestled it an chocked it to death

Trapped the lion in a cave

2*.Kill hydra

Used strength to cut off the heads and move boulders

He sealed the necks with a white hot brand so they wouldnt grow back

3.get the deer with golden horns

He used leg strength to chase Chased the dear until it got the dear exhausted so he didnt harm it

4.capture the erymanthian boar alive

Leg strength to chase deer

Chased it up the mountainside into the snow

5.*clean the stables

Dug a canal like thing in ground

Changed the way the river moved to wash out stables

6. * Chase the stymphalian birds away

Arm strength to use the rattle

Scare the birds away

7.*capture the bull

He had to carry the bull all the way back to eurystheus

He caught the bull

8.capture the mares

He had to kill diomedes

He fed diomedes to the mares so he could control them

9.*get the belt of the amazon queen

He had to kill hippolyte

He got the belt and outsmarted the woman

10. get the red cattle

He had to club the dog to death

He found out how to get out of the cave and herd the cattle

11.*collect the golden apples

He had to carry the sky on his shoulders

He tricked altlas into holding the sky so he could return the apples to eurystheus

12.go to the underworld and get cerberus

He had to capture Cerberus without weapons

He used lion tunic as protection and had to carry it back to eurystheus