CLAS 430 Lecture 14: Heracles continued
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Heracles bargained with augeas that if he cleaned the stables he would get 1/10th of the cattle. He diverted a river to clean the stables. Augeas found out that heracles was under the order of. Heracles kills augeas and his sons later. Cretan bull- animal summoned to the sea by minos. Bull got away later and wandered north where theseus (athenian. Seized bull by its thorns and tossed into the sea hero) killed it. Girdle - belt women wore above hips. Loosening it meant to offer oneself sexually, to take forcibly meant rape. Hippolyta gladly offered his the belt because of his charms. Hera (got angry) disguised herself as an amazon saying heracles abducted the queen. He strangled hippolyta and stole the belt and ran away. Monster with 3 bodies joint at waist. Heracles sets up pillars on either side. He took the cattle and geryon attacked. He shot him with arrows, threw the cattle into helius" cup.
