Nemean Lion

Term Paper Title	Nemean Lion
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Nemean Lion
The story of the Nemean Lion was the first of the twelve labors of Hercules. King Eurystheus chose this as the first labor. Hercules was supposed to bring the king the skin of the lion that lived around Nemea, near the scared grove of Zeus. The lion happened to be a monster that no weapons could kill. With him he took a bow that only he could bend and from an olive tree he took a club. Before Hercules got to Nemea he went to a town called Cleonae where he stay at the house of Molorchus. Arrows didn�t work when shot at the lion Hercules soon discovered. Hercules ended up trapping the lion in a cave with two entrances, one entrance he blocked and then other he stood in. He first hit him with the club and the lion became dazed. Then Hercules jumped on the lion and wrapped his arms around its neck. He squeezed the lion to tightly that it was strangled and it died. Hercules returned to Molorchus and they sacrificed together to Zeus. He skinned the lion and wore the skin as a cape and the head as a hat or mask. When he returned to Mycenae, the king Eurystheus was startled that the hero survived against the fierce lion. Hercules was forbidden to enter the city from then on because the king was so afraid of him. The king even had a large jay hidden away in the earth where he could hide Hercules if needed. He also refused to see the hero face to face so they communicated through a herald.

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