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	Heracles
		The fourth labour, Heracles needed to fetch Erymanthian Boar.
		The seventh labour, Heracles needed to fetch the Cretan Bull, the bull that belonged to Minos, king of Crete.
		The eighth labour was to fetch flesh-eating mares of Diomedes.
	www.timelessmyths.com /classical/heracles.html (8675 words)

	The Twelve Labours: (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The Twelve Labours (Greek: dodekathlos) of Heracles (Latin: Hercules) are a series of archaic episodes connected by a later continuous narrative, concerning a penance carried out by Heracles, the greatest of the Greek heroes.
		The establishment of a fixed cycle of twelve labours was attributed by the Greeks to an epic poem, now lost, written by Peisandros of Rhodes, dated about 600 BC (Burkert).
		Agatha Christie used the twelve labours as allegories for the last twelve cases that her detective Hercule Poirot would solve before his retirement in the 1947 short story collection The Labours of Hercules.
	www.winelib.com /wiki/The_Twelve_Labours (1117 words)

	Science Fair Projects - The Twelve Labours
		The Twelve Labours of Herakles are a series of stories connected by a continuous narrative, concerning a penance carried out by Herakles.
		In his labours, Herakles was often accompanied by his boyfriend (an eromenos), according to some, Licymnius, or by others Iolaus, his nephew.
		The labours also have a strong connection to the constellations encountered by the transit of the sun through the year, many being connected to the zodiac.
	www.all-science-fair-projects.com /science_fair_projects_encyclopedia/The_Twelve_Labours (2134 words)

	St. Peter, Prince of the Apostles - Ökumenisches Heiligenlexikon (Site not responding. Last check: )
		It is also probable that Peter pursued his Apostolic labours in various districts of Asia Minor for it can scarcely be supposed that the entire period between his liberation from prison and the Council of the Apostles was spent uninterruptedly in one city, whether Antioch, Rome, or elsewhere.
		As to the duration of his Apostolic activity in the Roman capital, the continuity or otherwise of his residence there, the details and success of his labours, and the chronology of his arrival and death, all these questions are uncertain, and can be solved only on hypotheses more or less well-founded.
		The essential fact is that Peter died at Rome: this constitutes the historical foundation of the claim of the Bishops of Rome to the Apostolic Primacy of Peter.
	www.heiligenlexikon.de /CatholicEncyclopedia/Petrus.html (7718 words)

	AbeBooks: Search Results - Alice A Bailey and The Labours Of Hercules
		The labours that Hercules is required to perform symbolise the specific challenges that face all disciples as they seek to equip themselves to better serve their fellow human beings.
		Labour 5 - The Slaying of the Nemean Lion.
		Labour 10 - The Slaying of Cerberus, Guardian of Hades.
	www.abebooks.co.uk /search/sortby/3/an/Alice+A+Bailey+/tn/+The+Labours+Of+Hercules (1071 words)

	CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Capuchin Friars Minor
		This congregation was instituted by Gregory XV, in 1622, at the suggestion of Father Girolamo da Narni, Vicar-General of the Reform.
		Under St. Laurence of Brindisi twelve Capuchins were sent, in 1599, to combat the influence of Protestantism in Germany, where by their public controversies with Protestants, as well as by their preaching, they did much to win back many to the Faith.
		Amongst the special marks of favour shown them by the Holy See must be mentioned their custody of the Holy House of Loreto, given to them in 1608, and the fact that since 1596 they have had the privilege of supplying the Apostolic preacher at the Roman court.
	www.newadvent.org /cathen/03320b.htm (8511 words)

	The Twelve Labours at AllExperts
		The Twelve Labours (Greek: dodekathlos) of Heracles (Latin: Hercules) are a series of archaic episodes connected by a later continuous narrative, concerning a penance carried out by Heracles, the greatest of the Greek heroes.
		The establishment of a fixed cycle of twelve labours was attributed by the Greeks to an epic poem (now lost) written by a certain Peisandros of Rhodes, perhaps to be dated about 600 BC (Burkert).
		Agatha Christie used the twelve labours as allegories for the last twelve cases that her detective Hercule Poirot would solve before his retirement in the 1947 short story collection The Labours of Hercules.
	en.allexperts.com /e/t/th/the_twelve_labours.htm (898 words)

	The mythology of Kos Island
		Long before the twelve gods of Olympus came to power, people worshipped and were ruled by the sons of Gaia (Earth) and Ouranos (Heaven).
		Zeus was the head of the twelve gods of Olympus and his weapon was the terrifying lightning bolt which he hurled at his enemies.
		Having accomplished all twelve labours, Hercules was made to undertake others of lesser importance but none the less, just a perilous.
	www.kosinfo.gr /mythology.asp?id=1 (880 words)

	The Twelve Labours of Hercules (Herakles)
		In his labours, Herakles was often accompanied by his boyfriend (an eromenos), according to some, Licymnius, or by others Iolaus, his nephew.
		The labours also have a strong connection to the constellations encountered by the transit of the sun through the year, many being connected to the zodiac.
		Heracles and the Twelve Labours in the Olympia Zeus Temple
	www.mlahanas.de /Greeks/Mythology/HeraclesLabours.html (2057 words)

	The Twelve Labors of Hercules - Crystalinks
		The Twelve Labors are a series of archaic episodes connected by a later continuous narrative, concerning a penance carried out by Hercules, the greatest of the Greek heroes.
		He prayed to the god Apollo for guidance, and the god's oracle told him he would have to serve Eurystheus, the king of Tiryns and Mycenae, for twelve years, in punishment for the murders.
		But Eurystheus said that this labour didn't count, because Hercules was paid for having done the work.
	www.crystalinks.com /12laborshercules.html (4937 words)

	Full Moon Meditation
		At the completion of this last of his labours Hercules is told, "by these twelve labours have you overcome the human, and put on the divine".1 Thus shall we put on the divine.
		The preparation for this final task had grown in intensity through all the labours that Hercules accomplished but was especially focussed at the completion of his eleventh task, that of Aquarius, during which he became the true world server.
		These twelve labours represent the significant stages in the growth of human consciousness for all of us; they lead to our transition into the world of spiritual or divine consciousness.
	www.worldservicegroup.com /archives/tl-pisces-2006.html (1805 words)

	CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: St. Andrew
		Finally Andrew was chosen to be one of the Twelve; and in the various lists of Apostles given in the New Testament (Matthew 10:2-4); Mark, iii, 16-19; Luke, vi, 14-16; Acts, i, 13) he is always numbered among the first four.
		Like the majority of the Twelve, Andrew is not named in the Acts except in the list of the Apostles, where the order of the first four is Peter, John, James, Andrew; nor have the Epistles or the Apocalypse any mention of him.
		As one of the Twelve, Andrew was admitted to the closest familiarity with Our Lord during His public life; he was present at the Last Supper; beheld the risen Lord; witnessed the Ascension; shared in the graces and gifts of the first Pentecost, and helped, amid threats and persecution, to establish the Faith in Palestine.
	www.newadvent.org /cathen/01471a.htm (619 words)

	Padre Pio The Franciscan - Order of Friars Minor
		In 1228 and the succeeding years, Elias of Cortona laboured zealously at the construction of a church to be dedicated to Francis of Assisi, who was canonized by Gregory IX on 16 July, 1228.
		At first his term of office was indefinite, that is, it was for life; in 1517 it was fixed at six years; in 1571, at eight; in 1587, again at six; and finally the twelve-year period of office was settled on by Pius IX in 1862.
		In Oran, Libya, Tunis, Algiers, as well as throughout Egypt, Franciscans have laboured since the thirteenth century, and signalized their exertions by a glorious array of martyrs in 1288, 1345, 1358, 1370, 1373, etc. this mission was under the jurisdiction of that in the Holy Land.
	www.ewtn.com /PadrePio/franciscan/ofm.htm (16074 words)

	§4. The Works of Aelfric. VII. From Alfred to the Conquest. Vol. 1. From the Beginnings to the Cycles of Romance. ...
		For Aelfric had now spent the best years of his life in the service of the church and education, bringing nearer to his people the truths and sources of their religion and morality.
		He was now in advanced middle life, and felt keenly that these labours withdrew him from further study and from the contemplation of the supernatural, towards which his age, profession and, above all, the grievous state of earthly affairs, that seemed indeed to foretoken the end of the world, now drew him.
		At the same time, he had a mass of homiletic material ready, and, at a time when scarce anyone could read, he felt that the living voice of the preacher should be mainly used with the people.
	www.bartleby.com /211/0704.html (4221 words)

	Our First Thanksgiving \| The Foundation for Economic Education: The Freeman, Ideas on Liberty
		Twelve years earlier, in 1608, they had fled from religious persecution in England and established a new home in Holland.
		For ye yong-men that were most able and fitte for labour and service did repine that they should spend their time and streingth to worke for other mens wives and children, with out any recompence.
		The aged and graver men to be ranked and equalised in labours, and victails, cloaths, andc., with ye meaner and yonger sorte, thought it some indignite and disrespect unto them.
	www.fee.org /publications/the-freeman/article.asp?aid=55 (2604 words)

	Chapter Chapter XVI, "The Life of John Linnell" by A. T. Story
		The effect of these labours on his constitution was very beneficial, and he gradually increased both in health and strength.
		It may be imagined that he sunk them at considerable monetary cost; but such was ever his 'rage' for the real, unadulterated thing, whether in art or religion, in comestibles or the raw material of his craft, that he never spared either trouble or cost in striving towards his end.
		On one occasion they were caught prowling about by some labourers, who, taking them to be boys who ought to be in bed, laid hold of them, thinking, perhaps, they might get a reward for conducting them home.
	www.victorianweb.org /victorian/painting/linnell/story/16.html (2853 words)

	Malthus' Essay on Population (Site not responding. Last check: )
		It would be observed, that while they lived in the midst of plenty, it was of little consequence who laboured the least, or who possessed the least, as every man was perfectly willing and ready to supply the wants of his neighbour.
		The fund appropriated to the maintenance of labour would be the aggregate quantity of food possessed by the owners of land beyond their own consumption.
		Labourers would live in ease and comfort, and would consequently be able to rear a numerous and vigorous offspring.
	www.ac.wwu.edu /~stephan/malthus/malthus.10.html (3575 words)

	The Norton Anthology of English Literature: The Romantic Age: Topic 3: Texts and Contexts
		And the city lieth foursquare, and the length is as large as the breadth: and he measured the city with the reed, twelve thousand furlongs.
		And the twelve gates were twelve pearls: every several gate was of one pearl: and the street of the city was pure gold, as it were transparent glass.
		In the midst of the street of it, and on either side of the river, was there the tree of life, which bare twelve manner of fruits, and yielded her fruit every month: and the leaves of the tree were for the healing of the nations.
	www.wwnorton.com /NAEL/romantic/topic_3/revel.htm (2465 words)

	The Avalon Project : The Dialogue Concerning the Exchequer. circa 1180
		The care, the labour, the zeal of the remaining scribe sitting at his side consists chiefly in this, namely, that he shall take down from the other roll word for word; as we said before, the same order being observed.
		The sheriffs too, although they are not counted under the barons of the exchequer, are quit of this for their domains on account of the labour of collecting the tax.
		Likewise it is said by those to whom the ancient dignity of the exchequer was known from what they had seen with their own eyes, that its barons are free, for their domains, of essarts (clearance-fines) of the forests.
	www.yale.edu /lawweb/avalon/medieval/excheq.htm (15650 words)

	The Suicide's Grave
		At twelve years of age, she became her father’s housekeeper; and conducted herself in that capacity with surprising sense and prudence.
		In the meantime, she had had several offers of marraige; but refused them all, as she could not think of leaving her poor blind parent alone and helpless, and none of her lovers were rich enough to present a home to a supernumerary inmate.
		One evening, whilst, after a severe day’s labour, she was sitting with old Poodle (her constant companion, but now likewise blind) by the fire, Mr John Murdoch made his appearance.
	www.electricscotland.com /bordertales/vol1story110.htm (3291 words)

	Medieval Sourcebook: Rimbert: Life of Anskar, Apostle of the Nth
		For whilst the Missions which lie planted in Denmark and Sweden during the thirty-three years of his episcopate were interrupted after his death by the desolating raids of the Northmen, those by whom the work was restarted gratefully recognised him as their pioneer.
		The twelve boys with which the school opened were either purchased by Anskar or presented to him by the king.
		He laboured there as a missionary for several years, but in 845 was attacked and driven out of the country by the heathen.
	www.fordham.edu /halsall/basis/anskar.html (16525 words)

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		This priestess told him to serve Eurystheus for twelve years, and to perform the LABOURS imposed on him; and when the tasks were accomplished, he would become immortal.
		Amphitryon was married with Alcmena, and during his absence Zeus took his form and lay with her.
		The tree became sacred to him, showing that he had laboured in both the worlds of the living and the dead.
	www.lycos.com /info/heracles--twelve-labours.html (477 words)

	Biography of William Shakespeare
		The characters of Love’s Labour’s Lost are evidently suggested by Henry of Navarre, his followers Biron and Longaville, and the Catholic League leader, the duc de Maine.
		A period of absence (xxvi.-xxxii.) follows, in which the thought of friendship comes to remedy the daily labour of travel and the sorrows of a life that is “in disgrace with fortune and men’s eyes” and filled with melancholy broodings over the past.
		It is also the period of the sonnets, which have their echoes both in the phrasing and in the themes of the plays; in the fl-browed Rosaline of Love’s Labour’s Lost, and in the issue between friendship and love which is variously set in The Two Gentlemen of Verona and in The Merchant of Venice.
	www.shakespeare-literature.com /l_biography.html (15100 words)

	AbeBooks: Suchergebnisse - Agatha Christie und The Labours Of Hercules
		AbeBooks: Suchergebnisse - Agatha Christie und The Labours Of Hercules
		MwSt-Nachweis.; Erscheinungsjahr: 11/01; Titel:The Labours of Hercules; Autoren: Agatha Christie; Verlag: Harper Collins Publ.
		Labours of Hercules WE ARE A UK BASED SELLER.
	www.abebooks.de /search/sortby/3/an/Agatha+Christie+/tn/+The+Labours+Of+Hercules (1094 words)

	Greece On Show - The Twelve Labours of Hercules (Heracles)
		The next labour for Hercules set by Eurystheus was to be sent to the end of the known world to capture the cattle of the monster Geryon and bring them back to Mycenae.
		Hercules had thought that he had finished his 10 labours set by Eurystheus as demanded by the God Apollo but the King told Hercules that because he had help with the hydra and got paid for cleaning the stables they did not count.
		Hercules brought Cerberus to Mycenae and once Eurystheus had seen Cerberus it was free to return to the underworld and Hercules was free of all labours.
	www.greeceonshow.com /the_twelve_labours_of_hercules.php (1447 words)

	Thelemapedia: The Encyclopedia of Thelema & Magick \| Twelve Labors
		In his labours, Herakles was often accompanied by an eromenos.
		The labours also have a strong connection to the constellations encountered by the transit of the sun through the year, many being connected to the zodiac.
		Since Herakles is said to wear the Nemean Lion's skin after his defeat, thus in most of the labours, depictions of him carrying out the labours mostly featured him in the skin, leading to a common idea of this as the starting point.
	www.thelemapedia.org /index.php/Twelve_Labors (2039 words)

	Victorian London - Publications - Social Investigation/Journalism - The Great Metropolis, by James Grant, 1837 - ...
		Hence, about ten or twelve years since, when the mania for works of fiction was at its height, it was calculated that from two to three hundred appeared in the course of a year.
		Anything in the shape of scandal or abuse, is sure to be read with avidity; so also are those works which, though there be nothing ill-natured or vituperative in them, make us acquainted with the habits and peculiarities of persons who fill a large space in the public eye, provided the works be cleverly written.
		These last sizes are undoubtedly best adapted for the boudoir or the drawing-room table, and they display the graphic embellishments to the greatest advantage; but their want of portability is a very great objection to them; they are not nearly so well suited for presents as the smaller size.
	www.victorianlondon.org /publications/thegreatmetropolis3.htm (7017 words)

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