Hercules and the Death of Juno

Hercules was the strongest of all the heroes who lived in his time. All through his life he was pursued by the hatred and jealousy of Juno. She sent two great snakes to attack the sleeping baby, but Hercules awoke,. grasped their necks in his hands and strangled them both. When he came to his senses, in horror and shame, he visited the great cliffs of Delphi where Apollo's Oracle is. There he asked how he could be purified of his sin; the Oracle told him that he must obey for twelve years king Eurystharyas' commands.