When Hercules performed many tasks as punishment for killing his family. This took place around the time of the 1st olympic stadim. They were:
- The Nemean Lion- had an unpeircable hide
- The Lernean Hydra- if you cut one head off, 2 would grow back
- the Erymanthian Boar- in Artemis' sacred land
- The Ceryneian Hind- a deer
- The stymphalian birds- man eating birds with bronze claws, beaks, and wings; has poisonous excrement; afraid of loud noises
- the augean stables- not been cleaned for 30 years and housed 1000 cows
- the Cretan Bull- firebreathing bull
- The Diomedean Mares- man eating horses owned by Diomedes
- The Golden girdle of Hippolyta- a belt that holds weapons
- the red cattle of Geryon- very beautiful; owned by a monster of 3 upper bodies
- The golden apples of the Hesperides- daughters of Atlas
- Cerebus- a 3 headed dog guarding the underworld