Maps of the labors of Hercules

As the story goes, Hercules had been instructed by the Oracle of Delphi to perform twelve very difficult tasks (better known as labors), in order to redeem himself from all the evil deeds he had done.Click here to learn more about the hero's life.

In the two maps below, you can see the geographic areas and the locations (numbered from 1 to 12), where the twelve impossible feats took place. To get additional information about each labor, you can click on the number to be directed to the relevant location of the page.

Below the two maps, you can see a table with a brief description of each labor.

Number	Labor	Location
1	Hide of Nemean Lion	Nemea (argolid)
2	Lerna Hydra	Lerna (argolid)
3	Cerynitian Hind	Keryneia (behind Argolid and Achaia)
4	Erymanthian Boar	Mt Erymanthos(Arcadia)
5	Augeian Stables	Elis (West Peloponnese)
6	Stymphalian Birds	Lake Stymphalis (Arcadia)
7	Cretan Bull	Crete
8	Diomedes' Mares	Thrace
9	Belt of Amazon Hippolyte	North Asia Minor
10	The Cattle of Geryon	Near straits of Gibraltar
11	Apples of Hesperides	Somewhere in Libya
12	Capture of Cerberus	Hades, near Cape Tainaron in Peloponnese

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