Question

Heracles' twelve tasks are the result of

A. Hera's jealous punishment of Zeus.

B. Apollo's decree that he must atone for murdering his wife and children.

C. the rule of King Eurystheus.

D. his boast that he was the greatest hero.

Answer 1

B. Apollo's decree that he must atone for murdering his wife and children.

Step-by-step explanation:

Heracles, pronounced in Greek as Herakles, and in Roman as Hercules, he was one of the most well-known Greco-Roman legendary heroes. Conventionally, Heracles was the son of Zeus and Alcmene which is the granddaughter of Perseus. Zeus vowed that the next son born of the Perseid house will be the next ruler of Greece, but, due to Hera’s trick, who happen to be Zeus’s jealous wife, another child, the not so healthy Eurystheus, was born first and was later crowned king.