3 Poems
Notes
“First Labor”:
The Labors of Hercules were undertaken at the request of his cousin, Eurystheus. In The Odyssey, Hercules describes Eurystheus as “… a rough master.”
The first labor was to kill the Nemean lion, the half-sister of Cerberus, the watchdog of the gates of the Underworld.
“Third Labor”:
The third labor was capturing the Keryneian hind. Hercules was ordered to bring back the gold-horned deer, sacred to Artemis, alive.