1. Slaying the Nemean Lion
2. Slaying the Hydra
3. Capturing the Ceryneian Hind
4. Capturing the Erymanthian Boar
5. Cleaning the Augean Stables
6. Slaying the Stymphalian Birds
7. Capturing the Cretan Bull
8. Stealing the Mares of Diomedes
9. Stealing the girdle of Hippolyta, Queen of the Amazons
10. Obtaining the cattle of the three-bodied giant Geryon
11. Stealing three of the Golden Apples of the Hesperides
12. Capturing and bringing back Cerberus
* Hercules is also known as Heracles, the former being the most popular, hence the adjective Herculean. His labours are listed above in order; the best known of them is cleaning the Augean Stables, something he was charged with doing in a single day. This has become a metaphor for rooting out corruption, something which usually takes a lot longer.
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