![]() The king became afraid of Hercules, and forbade him from entering through the gates of the city. When Hercules made it back to Mycenae, Eurystheus was amazed that the hero had managed such an impossible task. Instead of sacrificing to Hercules as a dead man, Molorchus and Hercules were able to sacrifice together, to Zeus. Hercules returned to Cleonae, carrying the dead lion, and found Molorchus on the 30th day after he'd left for the hunt. Photograph by Maria Daniels, courtesy of the University Museums, University of Mississippi Mississippi 1977.3.62, Attic black figure neck amphora, ca. Grasping the lion in his mighty arms, and ignoring its powerful claws, he held it tightly until he'd choked it to death. Following it to a cave which had two entrances, Hercules blocked one of the doorways, then approached the fierce lion through the other. Hercules picked up his club and went after the lion. When Hercules got to Nemea and began tracking the terrible lion, he soon discovered his arrows were useless against the beast. Photograph by Maria Daniels, courtesy of the University of Pennsylvania Museum Philadelphia L-64-185, Attic red figure stamnos, ca. If Hercules died trying to kill the lion, Molorchus agreed to sacrifice instead to Hercules, as a hero. If the hero returned with the lion's skin, they would sacrifice to Zeus, king of the gods. When his host offered to sacrifice an animal to pray for a safe lion hunt, Hercules asked him to wait 30 days. ![]() Setting out on such a seemingly impossible labor, Hercules came to a town called Cleonae, where he stayed at the house of a poor workman-for-hire, Molorchus. Photograph courtesy of the Department of Archaeology, Boston University, Saul S. King Eurystheus decided Hercules' first task would be to bring him the skin of an invulnerable lion which terrorized the hills around Nemea. Initially, Hercules was required to complete ten labors, not twelve.
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