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The Twelve Labours of Hercules is a 1855 novel that retells the epic Greek myth of the 12 near-impossible tasks assigned to Hercules by King Eurystheus as punishment. The first labor involves Hercules killing the Nemean Lion with his bare hands, which he achieves with perseverance after initially struggling to pierce its thick skin. He then brings the lion's skin back to Eurystheus to complete the first task.

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The Twelve Labours of Hercules is a 1855 novel that retells the epic Greek myth of the 12 near-impossible tasks assigned to Hercules by King Eurystheus as punishment. The first labor involves Hercules killing the Nemean Lion with his bare hands, which he achieves with perseverance after initially struggling to pierce its thick skin. He then brings the lion's skin back to Eurystheus to complete the first task.

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full title · The Twelve Labours of Hercules

author · Thomas Bulfinch

type of work · Novel

genre · Epic, Adventure, Mythological literature, Folklore

language · English

time and place written · 1796-1855, America

date of first publication · 1855

publisher · Grosset and Dunlap

narrator · unknown

point of view · third person

tone · condescension and sincere

tense · Past

setting (time) · unknown

settings (place) · Nemea

protagonist · Hercules

major conflict · Hercules was sent to complete all these hard tasks or labors
by Eurystheus

rising action · Hercules realizes that its impossible to pierce through the skin
of the lion.

climax · The climax in the first labor is when Hercules finally kills the lion
with nothing but his hands.

falling action · Hercules brings the skin of the lion back to Eurystheus.

topics · Perseverance
motifs · unknown

symbols · Lion

foreshadowing · Eurystheus dreams about the lion.

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