![]() ![]() There he met a boy who said that if Hercules slew the Nemean lion and returned alive within thirty days, the town would sacrifice a lion to Zeus, but if he did not return within thirty days or he died, the boy would sacrifice himself to Zeus. Hercules wandered the area until he came to the town of Cleonae. Once he was close, the woman would turn into a lion and kill the warrior, devouring his remains and giving the bones to Hades. After entering the cave, the warrior would see the woman (usually feigning injury) and rush to her side. The first labour was to slay the Nemean lion.Īccording to one version of the myth, the Nemean lion took women as hostages to its lair in a cave near Nemea, luring warriors from nearby towns to save the damsel in distress. Hercules and the Nemean lion ( oinochoe, 520–500 BC, from Vulci, Etruria, Italy)
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