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Title: The story of the greatest nations; a comprehensive history, extending from the earliest times to the present, founded on the most modern authorities, and including chronological summaries and pronouncing vocabularies for each nation; and the world's famous events, told in a series of brief sketches forming a single continuous story of history and illumined by a complete series of notable illustrations from the great historic paintings of all lands
Year: 1913 (1910s)
Authors: Ellis, Edward Sylvester, 1840-1916 Horne, Charles F. (Charles Francis), 1870-1942
Subjects: World history
Publisher: New York : Niglutsch
Contributing Library: University of California Libraries
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f Greece—The Labors of Hercules 59 We can scarce pause to tell of all the wonderful deeds of Hercules, but,,briefly stated, his twelve labors were: First, he must kill the lion which hauntedthe forests of Nemea, and could not be hurt by the arrows of a mortal. HerculeSboldly attacked the beast with a club, but his terrific blows produced no elTect,whereupon he flung aside his weapon, and with his naked hands strangled itto death. From that time Hercules wore the skin of the lion as his armor. The second labor was to destroy the Lerna?an hydra, a monster whose many heads immediatel)- grew again when they were cut off. Each head had a mouth which discharged a subtle and deadly venom. This monster was killed by .Hercules with the help of his friend, lolaus, who, with a hot iron, seared each neck as its head was cut. The third labor was to catch the stag of Diana, famous for its fleetness, itsgolden horns, and brazen feet. The fourth was to bring aUve to his cousin awild boar, which rav

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