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accomplished。;
;How拭─said Heracles。 ;Have I not performed two of the labors拭Have
I not slain the lion of Nemea and the great water snake of Lerna拭─
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;In the killing of the water snake you were helped by Iolaus察─said the
king察snapping out his words and looking at Heracles with shifting eyes。
;That labor cannot be allowed you。;
Heracles would have struck him to the ground。 But then he
remembered that the crime that he had committed in his madness would
have to be expiated by labors performed at the order of this man。 He
looked full upon Eurystheus and he said察 Tell me of the other labors察and
I will go forth from Mycenx and accomplish them。;
Then Eurystheus bade him go and make clean the stables of King
Augeias。 Heracles came into that king's country。 The smell from the
stables was felt for miles around。 Countless herds of cattle and goats had
been in the stables for years察and because of the uncleanness and the smell
that came from it the crops were withered all around。 Heracles told the
king that he would clean the stables if he were given one tenth of the cattle
and the goats for a reward。
The king agreed to this reward。 Then Heracles drove the cattle and the
goats out of the stables察 he broke through the foundations and he made
channels for the two rivers Alpheus and Peneius。 The waters flowed
through the stables察 and in a day all the uncleanness was washed away。
Then Heracles turned the rivers back into their own courses。
He was not given the reward he had bargained for察however。
He went back to Mycenae with the tale of how he had cleaned the
stables。 ;Ten labors remain for me to do now察─he said。
;Eleven察─ said Eurystheus。 ;How can I allow the cleaning of King
Augeias's stables to you when you bargained for a reward for doing it拭─
Then while Heracles stood still察 holding himself back from striking
him察Eurystheus ran away and hid himself in the jar。 Through his heralds
he sent word to Heracles察telling him what the other labors would be。
He was to clear the marshes of Stymphalus of the maneating birds that
gathered there察he was to capture and bring to the king the golden´horned
deer of Coryneia察he was also to capture and bring alive to Mycenae the
boar of Erymanthus。
Heracles came to the marshes of Stymphalus。 The growth of jungle
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was so dense that he could not cut his way through to where the man´
eating birds were察 they sat upon low bushes within the jungle察 gorging
themselves upon the flesh they had carried there。
For days Heracles tried to hack his way through。 He could not get to
where the birds were。 Then察thinking he might not be able to accomplish
this labor察he sat upon the ground in despair。
It was then that one of the immortals appeared to him察for the first and
only time he was given help from the gods。
It was Athena who came to him。 She stood apart from Heracles察
holding in her hands brazen cymbals。 These she clashed together。 At the
sound of this clashing the Stymphalean birds rose up from the low bushes
behind the jungle。 Heracles shot at them with those unerring arrows of his。
The maneating birds fell察one after the other察into the marsh。
Then Heracles went north to where the Coryneian deer took her
pasture。 So swift of foot was she that no hound nor hunter had ever been
able to overtake her。 For the whole of a year Heracles kept Golden Horns
in chase察and at last察on the side of the Mountain Artemision察he caught her。
Artemis察the goddess of the wild things察would have punished Heracles for
capturing the deer察 but the hero pleaded with her察 and she relented and
agreed to let him bring the deer to Mycenm and show her to King
Eurystheus。 And Artemis took charge of Golden Horns while Heracles
went off to capture the Erymanthean boar。
He came to the city of Psophis察 the inhabitants of which were in
deadly fear because of the ravages of the boar。 Heracles made his way up
the mountain to hunt it。 Now on this mountain a band of centaurs lived察
and they察 knowing him since the time he had been fostered by Chiron察
welcomed Heracles。 One of them察Pholus察took Heracles to the great house
where the centaurs had their wine stored。
Seldom did the centaurs drink wine察a draft of it made them wild察and
so they stored it away察 leaving it in the charge of one of their band。
Heracles begged Pholus to give him a draft of wine察after he had begged
again and again the centaur opened one of his great jars。
Heracles drank wine and spilled it。 Then the centaurs that were without
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smelt the wine and came hammering at the door察demanding the drafts that
would make them wild。 Heracles came forth to drive them away。 They
attacked him。 Then he shot at them with his unerring arrows and he drove
them away。 Up the mountain and away to far rivers the centaurs raced察
pursued by Heracles with his bow。
One was slain察 Pholus察 the centaur who had entertained him。 By
accident Heracles dropped a poisoned arrow on his foot。 He took the body
of Pholus up to the top of the mountain and buried the centaur there。
Afterward察on the snows of Erymanthus察he set a snare for the boar and
caught him there。
Upon his shoulders he carried the boar to Mycenae and he led the deer
by her golden horns。 When Eurystheus bad looked upon them the boar
was slain察 but the deer was loosed and she fled back to the Mountain
Artemision。
King Eurystheus sat hidden in the great jar察 and he thought of more
terrible labors he would make Heracles engage in。 Now he would send
him oversea and make him strive with fierce tribes and more dread
monsters。 When he had it all thought out he had Heracles brought before
him and he told him of these other labors。
He was to go to savage Thrace and there destroy the man´eating horses
of King Diomedes察afterward he was to go amongst the dread women察the
Amazons察daughters of Ares察the god of war察and take from their queen察
Hippolyte察the girdle that Ares had given her察then he was to go to Crete
and take from the keeping of King Minos the beautiful bull that Poseidon
had given him察afterward he was to go to the Island of Erytheia and take
away from Geryoneus察the monster that had three bodies instead of one察
the herd of red cattle that the two´headed hound Orthus kept guard over察
then he was to go to the Garden of the Hesperides察and from that garden he
was to take the golden apples that Zeus had given to Hera for a marriage
giftwhere the Garden of the Hesperides was no mortal knew。
So Heracles set out on a long and perilous quest。 First he went to
Thrace察that savage land that was ruled over by Diomedes察son of Ares察the
war god。 Heracles broke into the stable where the horses were察he caught
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three of them by their heads察 and although they kicked and bit and
trampled he forced them out of the stable and down to the seashore察where
his companion察Abderus察waited for him。 The screams of the fierce horses
were heard by the men of Thrace察 and they察 with their king察 came after
Heracles。 He left the horses in charge of Abderus while he fought the
Thracians and their savage king。
Heracles shot his deadly arrows amongst them察 and then he fought
with their king。 He drove them from the seashore察and then he came back
to where he had left Abderus with the fierce horses。
They had thrown Abderus upon the ground察and they were trampling
upon