. The golden fleece and the heroes who lived before Achilles. nd into the outer world. Then Heracles went downinto the dungeon. He found the two heroes in the great chairs,of stone. But one of them, Peirithous, no longer took the great chair of stone that Theseus was seatedin, and he carried it up, up, from the dungeon and out into theworld. It was a heavy task even for Heracles. He broke thechair in pieces, and Theseus stood up, released. Thereafter the world was before Theseus. He went with Her-acles, and in the deeds that Heracles was afterward to accom-plish Theseus share
. The golden fleece and the heroes who lived before Achilles. nd into the outer world. Then Heracles went downinto the dungeon. He found the two heroes in the great chairs,of stone. But one of them, Peirithous, no longer took the great chair of stone that Theseus was seatedin, and he carried it up, up, from the dungeon and out into theworld. It was a heavy task even for Heracles. He broke thechair in pieces, and Theseus stood up, released. Thereafter the world was before Theseus. He went with Her-acles, and in the deeds that Heracles was afterward to accom-plish Theseus shared. IV. THE LIFE AND LABORS OF HERACLES ERACLES was the son of Zeus, but hewas born into the family of a mortal he was still a youth, being over-whelmed by a madness sent upon him byone of the goddesses, he slew the childrenof his brother Iphicles. Then, coming toknow what he had done, sleep and rest went from him: he went to Delphi, to the shrine of Apollo, to be purified of his Delphi, at the shrine of Apollo, the priestess purified him,. 224 THE GOLDEN FLEECE and when she had purified him she uttered this prophecy: Fromthis day forth thy name shall be, not Alcides, but shalt go to Eurystheus, thy cousin, in Mycenae, andserve him in all things. When the labors he shall lay uponthee are accomplished, and when the rest of thy life is livedout, thou shalt become one of the immortals. Heracles, onhearing these words, set out for Mycenae. He stood before his cousin who hated him; he, a toweringman, stood before a king who sat there weak and Heracles said, I have come to take up the labors thatyou will lay upon me; speak now, Eurystheus, and tell me whatyou would have me do. Eurystheus, that weak king, looking on the young man whostood as tall and as firm as one of the immortals, had a heartthat was filled with hatred. He lifted up his head and he saidwith a frown: There is a Hon in Nemea that is stronger and more fiercethan any lion kn
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