The Labours of Hercules 1

9 could count on the fingers of one hand the people who dared to fight wolves or boars or snakes or un- tamed bulls. Hardly anyone could trap bears, eagles, tigers or horses, and even fewer could fight drag- ons, monsters, serpents and sphinxes. Only the real heroes clenched their teeth and fought the wildest, the most fearsome, the most terrifying beasts: lions.