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Mythological map of Heracles' journeys
Mythological Map of Heracles' Journeys
To find the geographical location of a place or scene in the list below, simply press on the name and a floating window will appear.
- List of places
- Heracles' tasks
Aegean Sea, Asia Minor, Atlas, Caucasus, Cnossus, Crete, Cyprus, Dacia, Delphi, Egypt, Ephesus, Epirus, Eridanus, Etruria, Euxine Sea, Galatia, Great Ocean, Hesperia*, Illyria, Ionia, Istrus (Danube), Land of the Amazons, Land of the Hyperboreans*, Libya, Ligyria, Lycia, Lydia, Media, Mycenae, Mysia, Nile, Olympus, Paphos, Parnassus, Paros, Peloponnese, Phoenicia, Pontus, Rhodes, Rhône, Salamis (in Cyprus), Sardis, Scythia, Sicily (Thrinacia), Sidon, Strymon, Tauris, Thasos, The Garden of the Hesperides*, The Temple of Zeus Ammon, Thebes, Themiscyra, Thessaly, Thrace, Troad, Troy, Tyrrhenian Sea
* Locations marked with an asterisk* are mythical
1. The siege of Paros | 2. The battle against the Bebrycians | 3. The ninth labour - Hippolyta’s belt | 4. The rescue of Hesione - Heracles kills the sea monster | 5. The battle against the Thracians | 6. The pillars of Heracles | 7. In the boat of the Sun | 8. The tenth labour - Geryon’s cattle | 9. The battle in Liguria | 10. The struggle with Cacus | 11. The struggle with Eryx | 12. Hera’s gadfly stungs the cattle | 13. Crossing the river Strymon | 14. The struggle with Cycnus and Ares | 15. The nymphs of the river send Heracles to Nereus | 16. The secret of Nereus | 17. In the Caucasus with Prometheus | 18. Bousiris - Heracles is offered up to Zeus | 19. The struggle with Antaeus | 20. The eleventh labour - The apples of the Hesperides
