Nemean Lion was a large lion whose hide was impervious to weapons. It plagued the district of Nemea in the Argolis. King Eurystheus commanded ____________to destroy the beast as the first of his twelve Labours. A: Midas B: Atalanta C: Heracles D: Endymion

Zeus persuaded Hera to agree that， after performing the twelve labors， his son Heracles should become a god。（ ）

After his death, Heracles was transformed into an immortal and welcomed to Olympus, where he became formally adopted by Hera and married （ ）.

The child was named Heracles in honor of Hera because he had been fed with Hera’s milk.

Zeus boasted that he had fathered a son who would be called Heracles, which means “the glory of Hera,” or “hated by Hera,”