Topic > Analysis of Hercules - 795

“Now it came to pass that, after the battle with the Minians, Hercules went mad from the jealousy of Hera and threw his sons, by Megara, and two sons of Iphicles into the fire; Therefore he condemned himself to exile, was purified by Thespius and, having taken refuge in Delphi, asked the god where he would live.97 The Pythian priestess then first called him Hercules, since until then his name was Alcides.98 And she told him to live in Tiryns, serving Eurystheus for twelve years and fulfilling the ten labors that had been imposed on him, and thus, he said, once the deeds were fulfilled, he would be immortal. (Apollodorus