Eurystheus was furious that Heracles had accomplished something that Eurystheus thought could not possibly be done. The Hesperides were nymphs who lived in Libya near the mountains. According to an alternative version, Heracles slew Ladon, the dragon who guarded the apples instead. Nearly done with his labors, Heracles now went to retrieve the apples of the Hesperides. When Atlas returned, he decided that he did not want to take the heavens back, and instead offered to deliver the apples himself, but Heracles tricked him by agreeing to remain in place of Atlas on the condition that Atlas relieve him temporarily while Heracles adjusted his cloak.Ītlas agreed, but Heracles reneged and walked away with the apples. This would have made the labour – like the Hydra and the Augean stables – void because Heracles had received help. Heracles persuaded Atlas to get the three golden Apples for him by offering to hold up the heavens in his place for a little while.Ītlas could get the apples because, in this version, he was the father or otherwise related to the Hesperides. This giant poisonous snake is an animal companion of the three Hesperides and will generally lurk in or around whatever tree their magical apples manifest in. Heracles finally made his way to the garden of the Hesperides, where he encountered Atlas holding up the heavens on his shoulders. Labours of Heracles depicted in the Roman mosaic dated from the 3rd century AD from Llíria (Valencia Province, Spain) on display in the National Archaeological Museum (Museo Arqueológico Nacional) in Madrid, Spain. Herodotus claims that Heracles stopped in Egypt, where King Busiris decided to make him the yearly sacrifice, but Heracles burst out of his chains. RM P58YE8 Heracles stealing the golden apples from the Garden of the Hesperides. Heracles killed Antaeus by holding him aloft and crushing him in a bear hug. This feat was to steal the apples of Hesperides. In some variations, Heracles, either at the start or at the end of this task, meets Antaeus, who was invincible as long as he touched his mother, Gaia, the Earth. After many years of suffering the first 10 labors, he came to the 11th Labor of his journey. Heracles first caught the Old Man of the Sea, the shapeshifting sea god, to learn where the Garden of the Hesperides was located. The first additional labour was to steal three of the golden apples from the garden of the Hesperides. After Heracles completed the first ten labours, Eurystheus gave him two more, claiming that slaying the Hydra did not count (because Iolaus helped Heracles), neither did cleaning the Augean Stables (either because he was paid for the job or because the rivers did the work).
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