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==List of the labours==
==List of the labours==
*Slay the [[Nemean Lion]]<ref name="Nemean" /> <ref>''Assassin's Creed: Odyssey'' – [[The Nemean Lion]]</ref> <ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Pirates]]''</ref>
 
*Slay the [[Lernaean Hydra]]<ref>''Assassin's Creed: Odyssey'' – [[Discovery Tour: Ancient Greece#Argolis|Argolis: The Hydra]]</ref> <ref>''Assassin's Creed: Odyssey'' – [[Historical Locations#Argolis|Argolis: Learna Swamp]]</ref>
#Slay the [[Nemean Lion]]<ref name="Nemean" /><ref>''Assassin's Creed: Odyssey'' – [[The Nemean Lion]]</ref><ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Pirates]]''</ref>
*Capture the [[Hind of Keryneia]]<ref>''Assassin's Creed: Odyssey'' – [[Discovery Tour: Ancient Greece#Euboea|Euboea: The Keryneian Hind]]</ref>
#Slay the [[Lernaean Hydra]]<ref>''Assassin's Creed: Odyssey'' – [[Discovery Tour: Ancient Greece#Argolis|Argolis: The Hydra]]</ref><ref>''Assassin's Creed: Odyssey'' – [[Historical Locations#Argolis|Argolis: Learna Swamp]]</ref>
*Capture the [[Erymanthian Boar]]<ref>''Assassin's Creed: Odyssey'' – [[Discovery Tour: Ancient Greece#Elis|Elis: The Erymanthian Boar]]</ref>
#Capture the [[Hind of Keryneia]]<ref>''Assassin's Creed: Odyssey'' – [[Discovery Tour: Ancient Greece#Euboea|Euboea: The Keryneian Hind]]</ref>
*Clean the [[Stable of Augeias]]<ref>''Assassin's Creed: Odyssey'' – [[Discovery Tour: Ancient Greece#Elis|Elis: The Augean Stables]]</ref>
#Capture the [[Erymanthian Boar]]<ref>''Assassin's Creed: Odyssey'' – [[Discovery Tour: Ancient Greece#Elis|Elis: The Erymanthian Boar]]</ref>
*Slay the [[Stymphalian birds]]<ref>''Assassin's Creed: Odyssey'' – [[Discovery Tour: Ancient Greece#Arkadia|Arkadia: The Stymphalian Birds]]</ref> <ref>''Assassin's Creed: Odyssey'' – [[Historical Locations#Arkadia|Arkadia: Stymphalos]]</ref>
#Clean the [[Stable of Augeias]]<ref>''Assassin's Creed: Odyssey'' – [[Discovery Tour: Ancient Greece#Elis|Elis: The Augean Stables]]</ref>
*Capture the [[Kretan Bull]]<ref>''Assassin's Creed: Odyssey'' – [[Discovery Tour: Ancient Greece#Messara|Messara: The Kretan Bull]]</ref>
#Slay the [[Stymphalian birds]]<ref>''Assassin's Creed: Odyssey'' – [[Discovery Tour: Ancient Greece#Arkadia|Arkadia: The Stymphalian Birds]]</ref><ref>''Assassin's Creed: Odyssey'' – [[Historical Locations#Arkadia|Arkadia: Stymphalos]]</ref>
*Steal the [[Mares of Diomedes|mares]] of [[Diomedes]]<ref>''Assassin's Creed: Odyssey'' – [[Discovery Tour: Ancient Greece#Makedonia|Makedonia: The Mares of Diomedes]]</ref>
#Capture the [[Kretan Bull]]<ref>''Assassin's Creed: Odyssey'' – [[Discovery Tour: Ancient Greece#Messara|Messara: The Kretan Bull]]</ref>
*Obtain the [[Hippolyta's Belt|girdle]] of [[Hippolyta]]<ref>''Assassin's Creed: Odyssey'' – [[Discovery Tour: Ancient Greece#Korinthia|Korinthia: The Belt of Hippolyta]]</ref>
#Steal the [[Mares of Diomedes|mares]] of [[Diomedes]]<ref>''Assassin's Creed: Odyssey'' – [[Discovery Tour: Ancient Greece#Makedonia|Makedonia: The Mares of Diomedes]]</ref>
*Obtain the [[Cattle of Geryon|cattle]] of [[Geryon]]<ref>''Assassin's Creed: Odyssey'' – [[Discovery Tour: Ancient Greece#Arkadia|Arkadia: The Cattle of Geryon]]</ref>
#Obtain the [[Hippolyta's Belt|girdle]] of [[Hippolyta]]<ref>''Assassin's Creed: Odyssey'' – [[Discovery Tour: Ancient Greece#Korinthia|Korinthia: The Belt of Hippolyta]]</ref>
*Steal the [[Apples of Eden|apples]] of [[Hesperides]]<ref>''Assassin's Creed: Odyssey'' – [[Discovery Tour: Ancient Greece#Hydrea|Hydrea: The Golden Apples of the Hesperides]]</ref> <ref name="Glyph 1">''[[Assassin's Creed II]]'' – [[Glyphs|Glyph]]: [[Glyphs#1|In the Beginning]]</ref>
#Obtain the [[Cattle of Geryon|cattle]] of [[Geryon]]<ref>''Assassin's Creed: Odyssey'' – [[Discovery Tour: Ancient Greece#Arkadia|Arkadia: The Cattle of Geryon]]</ref>
*Subdue and take back [[Cerberos]] from the [[underworld]]<ref>''Assassin's Creed: Odyssey'' – [[Discovery Tour: Ancient Greece#Elis|Elis: Cerberos]]</ref>
#Steal the [[Apples of Eden|apples]] of [[Hesperides]]<ref>''Assassin's Creed: Odyssey'' – [[Discovery Tour: Ancient Greece#Hydrea|Hydrea: The Golden Apples of the Hesperides]]</ref><ref name="Glyph 1">''[[Assassin's Creed II]]'' – [[Glyphs|Glyph]]: [[Glyphs#1|In the Beginning]]</ref>
#Subdue and take back [[Cerberos]] from the [[underworld]]<ref>''Assassin's Creed: Odyssey'' – [[Discovery Tour: Ancient Greece#Elis|Elis: Cerberos]]</ref>


==Behind the scenes==
==Behind the scenes==

Revision as of 18:36, 2 January 2021


In Greek mythology, the Twelve Labours of Hercules were a series of legendary feats performed by the hero Herakles, whose name was later Romanised as Hercules.

Context

Driven mad by Hera, Herakles slew his wife Megara and their children. After recovering his sanity, he traveled to the Sanctuary of Delphi to inquire how he could atone for his actions; he was instructed by the Pythia to go to Tiryns [citation needed] and serve his cousin, King Eurystheas of Mycenae, for twelve years. Therefore, Eurystheus set twelve tasks for Herakles.[1]

List of the labours

  1. Slay the Nemean Lion[1][2][3]
  2. Slay the Lernaean Hydra[4][5]
  3. Capture the Hind of Keryneia[6]
  4. Capture the Erymanthian Boar[7]
  5. Clean the Stable of Augeias[8]
  6. Slay the Stymphalian birds[9][10]
  7. Capture the Kretan Bull[11]
  8. Steal the mares of Diomedes[12]
  9. Obtain the girdle of Hippolyta[13]
  10. Obtain the cattle of Geryon[14]
  11. Steal the apples of Hesperides[15][16]
  12. Subdue and take back Cerberos from the underworld[17]

Behind the scenes

Seven of the actual metopes of the Temple of Zeus in Olympia which depict Herakles' labours are faithfully recreated in Assassin's Creed: Odyssey. However, they can also be found inaccurately decorating numerous other temples and even the Parthenon.

While unconnected to his atonement there is an event jokingly and informally referred to as the Thirteenth Labor where Herakles impregnated the fifty daughters of Thespius, king of Thespiae, in a single night. Many dynastic lines trace their lineage back to this event, including the Agiads and Eurypontids of Sparta, and the Argeads of Makedonia.

Gallery

  • A relief depicting the second labour
    A relief depicting the second labour
  • A relief depicting the third labour
    A relief depicting the third labour
  • A relief depicting the fourth labour
    A relief depicting the fourth labour
  • A relief depicting the fifth labour
    A relief depicting the fifth labour
  • A relief depicting the seventh labour
    A relief depicting the seventh labour
  • A relief depicting the eighth labour
    A relief depicting the eighth labour
  • A relief depicting the eleventh labour
    A relief depicting the eleventh labour

Appearances

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Assassin's Creed: Odyssey – Argolis: The Nemean Lion
  2. ↑ Assassin's Creed: Odyssey – The Nemean Lion
  3. ↑ Assassin's Creed: Pirates
  4. ↑ Assassin's Creed: Odyssey – Argolis: The Hydra
  5. ↑ Assassin's Creed: Odyssey – Argolis: Learna Swamp
  6. ↑ Assassin's Creed: Odyssey – Euboea: The Keryneian Hind
  7. ↑ Assassin's Creed: Odyssey – Elis: The Erymanthian Boar
  8. ↑ Assassin's Creed: Odyssey – Elis: The Augean Stables
  9. ↑ Assassin's Creed: Odyssey – Arkadia: The Stymphalian Birds
  10. ↑ Assassin's Creed: Odyssey – Arkadia: Stymphalos
  11. ↑ Assassin's Creed: Odyssey – Messara: The Kretan Bull
  12. ↑ Assassin's Creed: Odyssey – Makedonia: The Mares of Diomedes
  13. ↑ Assassin's Creed: Odyssey – Korinthia: The Belt of Hippolyta
  14. ↑ Assassin's Creed: Odyssey – Arkadia: The Cattle of Geryon
  15. ↑ Assassin's Creed: Odyssey – Hydrea: The Golden Apples of the Hesperides
  16. ↑ Assassin's Creed II – Glyph: In the Beginning
  17. ↑ Assassin's Creed: Odyssey – Elis: Cerberos
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