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🎵 HERCULES | The Weight I Carry | Greek Mythology Told in Old School Rock

Hercules is one of the most enduring figures of Greek mythology, remembered not only for his immense strength but for the trials that defined his life. Born the son of Zeus and the mortal woman Alcmene, Hercules was marked from the beginning by divine conflict. Hera, enraged by Zeus’ infidelity, pursued him with relentless hostility. This divine interference would shape the course of his fate and ultimately lead to the events that defined his legend. In a fit of madness sent by Hera, Hercules committed a terrible crime, killing his own wife and children. Horrified by what he had done, he sought purification and redemption. The oracle at Delphi commanded him to serve King Eurystheus of Mycenae, who imposed a series of seemingly impossible tasks upon him as punishment and atonement. These tasks became known as the Twelve Labours of Hercules. They ranged from slaying monstrous beasts, such as the Nemean Lion and the Lernaean Hydra, to capturing sacred animals like the Ceryneian Hind, cleaning the vast and filthy Augean Stables in a single day, and venturing to the edges of the known world to obtain the Golden Apples of the Hesperides. His final labour took him beyond the realm of the living itself, where he was required to subdue Cerberus, the three-headed guardian of the Underworld, and bring him back alive. The labours were not acts of glory or conquest. They were imposed duties, carried out one by one, often under unfair conditions. Some labours were initially disqualified by Eurystheus, forcing Hercules to complete additional tasks. Each success merely led to the next command. Through these trials, Hercules became a symbol of endurance rather than perfection. His strength was not only physical but rooted in persistence, obedience, and the willingness to carry on despite suffering, humiliation, and exhaustion. After completing the labours, Hercules’ life remained turbulent, marked by further struggles and tragic ends. Yet his deeds secured his place among the greatest heroes of Greek myth. In later tradition, he was granted immortality and taken among the gods, a rare fate earned not through righteousness, but through relentless endurance. The story of Hercules endures because it is not the tale of a flawless hero, but of a man who faced overwhelming burdens and continued forward, task after task, until the count was finally complete.