#labour 7

[actualheroheracles]

Boring Bulls

Hey guys, Heracles here

So my labour this time is to capture this huge bull that’s been causing some havoc for King Minos in Crete, but from what I heard he brought this on himself for not sacrificing the damn thing like Poseidon told him to. Ever since he didn’t sacrifice it apparently it managed to both seduce his wife (lol how embarrassing for Minos), which resulted in the bastard Minotaur child which is a monster in its own right, and has also been levelling people’s houses and rampaging through the countryside ever since. How pleasant.

  When I arrived Minos attempted to offer me assistance in my quest but I quickly denied; A) I’m freaking Hercules I don’t need your help to catch a bull, I don’t care how big or strong it is, I’m stronger and better, and B) I don’t want to repeat the whole, you got help so your labour is invalid crap again. So I set out after where the bull was last seen uprooting peoples things, I sneaked up on the great beast before, similar to the Lion, I began to strangle it, not with the intention to kill this time merely to subdue. What a piece of cake, hardly worth all the effort to sail out here. I shipped its sorry hide back to Eurystheus with me, that’s where the trouble started. Eurystheus lost it again being the mouse-heart that he is, hid in his palace again at the first sight of the creature, what a surprise. After he calmed down a tad though he immediately wanted to sacrifice the bull in all of its splendour to Hera due to her hate of me in the hopes that she would take kindly to the offering and try to impede my success in the labours even more then she’s already tried. Apparently however she didn't take to kindly to this and refused the sacrifice on the grounds that, while a fine specimen, the bull reflected my glory and success and she wanted nothing to do with that. SYKE, nice to know that I’ve angered Hera even more and that she snubbed Eurystheus.

Eventually the beast was released into the wilderness whereupon it has rumoured to have begun wandering Marathon, but that’s no longer my concern nor my problem. My next labour sounds far more interesting than this simple task was; I have to bring back the man-eating mares belonging to Diomedes. This could prove both an interesting and difficult task but I’m sure I’ll figure out some brilliant plan like always.

Here’s a fine depiction of my wrestling the Cretan Bull into submission:

  Be back soon, Heracles.

[my-name-is-heracles-blog]

Well, that was not too difficult. I have returned to Mycenae with the bull for King Eurystheus, who was frightened as ever when I went to visit him.

[my-name-is-heracles-blog]

I am currently travelling to Crete, where I am to capture the bull that has been terrorizing the island as of late.

One of my companions advised that I learn about the particular circumstance surrounding this bull. A short while ago, King Minos angered the god Poseidon because he did not sacrifice a bull to the sea god, as he had promised. Understandably, Poseidon was enraged and he caused the bull to go mad.

Apparently, the Cretian King's wife, Pasiphae, slept with this bull after Poseidon enchanted her.  Now there are rumours that she has given birth to a half-man, half-bull creature. At least, that is what the Cretan Enquirer is reporting.

Whatever the case may be, my task is to capture this bull and return it to King Eurystheus. I've almost arrived in the city, so the task should be completed in a short time.