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238 – The Labors of Hercules

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Hercules and Eurystheus

Hercules chased the great boar up to the deep snow in the passes of the mountains. The animal's short legs soon grew weary of plowing through the stiff snow. When Hercules caught it up when it was exhausted and panting, he bound it firmly and slung the great body over his back. They say that when he brought it to mycenae, Eurystheus was so frightened at the sight of the huge tusks and flashing eyes that he hid for two days in the brass hiding place that he had built for him.

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