Heracles when driven mad by the goddess Hera
Murdered
his three children and his wife Megara
The
Delphic oracle punished him for the murders
By
ordering him to perform the Twelve Labors
The
labors were set by his cousin king Eurystheus
Heracles
final labor was the capture of Cerberus
He
was instructed to bring the up the hellhound
From
Hades the kingdom of the dead underground
You
must first cross the river Styx to reach Hades
Which
for the first problem for our hero Heracles
In
order to cross the river, you must first be dead
If
not, have a bribe for Charon the boatman instead
Heracles
met neither condition aggravating Charon
But
He simply glowered fiercely at the ferryman
And
Charon meekly conveyed him across the river
The
greater challenge was yet to come however
Cerberus
had three heads, and all had razor teeth
Covered
with snakes on its back and underneath
It
also had another great venomous snake for a tail
And
over this hellhound Heracles had to prevail
The
venomous snakes lashed out at Heracles wildly
While
Cerberus lunged at the heroes’ throat directly
Fortunately,
he was wearing his lion's skin cape
The
impenetrable hide and helmet with jaws agape
He
eventually choked Cerberus into submission
And
dragged it to Tiryns for his due recognition
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