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 Hercules relevance to Amazons occurs in the 9th Labor of Hercules, when he is sent to retrieve Hippolyta's belt. This plays out one of three ways in various myths: the first is that he defeats the Amazons/Hippolyta and takes the belt by force, the second is that Hippolyta was so impressed with Hercules'deeds she just gives it to him, or Hercules kidnaps her sister Melanippe and she trades it to him for her life. In the myth of Theseus, who joins Hercules, Hippolyta is kidnapped, forced in sexual slavery and impregnated, causing the Greeks to invade Attica, starting the Attic Wars.  Hercules relevance to Amazons occurs in the 9th Labor of Hercules, when he is sent to retrieve Hippolyta's belt. This plays out one of three ways in various myths: the first is that he defeats the Amazons/Hippolyta and takes the belt by force, the second is that Hippolyta was so impressed with Hercules'deeds she just gives it to him, or Hercules kidnaps her sister Melanippe and she trades it to him for her life. In the myth of Theseus, who joins Hercules, Hippolyta is kidnapped, forced in sexual slavery and impregnated, causing the Greeks to invade Attica, starting the Attic Wars. 
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 +===== Summary =====
 +The play begins with Heracles family being pursued by Lycus, the ruler of Thebes. Megara, Heracles' wife,is the rightful heir of Thebes as the daughter of Creon. Heracles is off dealing with the 12th labor, so they flee to the altar of Zeus. 
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 +Lycus catches up with them and argues with Heracles' father, Amphitryon. Lycus refuses to let Megara and her children go. So, Megara convinces Lycus to let her dress them in funeral robes. She goes through a long lamentation of the kingdoms they would have inherited, the brides they would have marries, while Amphitryon laments wasting his own life. 
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 +Then, unexpectedly, Heracles returns. He has rescued Theseus and brought back Cerberus. Heracles is very angry when he finds out what is going on. When Lycus returns to kill Megara and the children, Heracles kills him instead. 
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 +Hera sends Iris the messenger goddess and Lyssa the goddess of madness to drive Heracles mad and kill his own children. Hera really hates Heracles. Heracles thinks he has been sent to kill Eurystheus, the king who gave Heracles the 12 Labors. When Heracles finds his own children, he thinks they are Eurystheus' children and slays them. He kills Megara and he would have kill Amphitryon, but Athena intervenes. 
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 +Theseus, king of Athens and recently freed from Hades by Hracles, arrives with an army to battle Lycus. Instead he finds the tragedy of Heracles. After a lot convincing, Thesus talks Heracles in to returning with him to Athens, a broken man. 
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 [[https://www.poetryintranslation.com/PITBR/Greek/EuripidesHerakles.php|Play Link]] [[https://www.poetryintranslation.com/PITBR/Greek/EuripidesHerakles.php|Play Link]]
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 +[[https://ancient-literature.com/greece_euripides_heracles/#:~:text=Introduction,-Back%20to%20Top&text=%E2%80%9CHeracles%E2%80%9D%20or%20%E2%80%9CThe%20Madness,his%20own%20wife%20and%20children.|Summary Link]]
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 +MegaraMy brothers, Herakles and my old father, Creon, are all dead!
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 +HeraklesWhat? Who killed him? What did he do?540
 +MegaraLykos killed him. The new ruler here!
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 +HeraklesBut how? Was it in some battle or other? Was the country suffering from some affliction?
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 +MegaraCivil war. Now he’s the ruler of Thebes, Cadmus’ city of seven gates.
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 +HeraklesBut what was it that terrified you?
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 +MegaraHerakles, he was going to kill your father, me and our sons!
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 +HeraklesBut why? What made him so afraid of orphaned kids?
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 +MegaraHe was afraid that when they grow up they would make him pay for killing Creon.
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 The Lion of Nemea (359-363) The Lion of Nemea (359-363)
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