Chapter 13 The Tale of Hercules - 13

Minos, king of Crete, promised Poseidon, the god of the sea, to sacrifice to him the first animal that appeared in the sea, because Minos believed that there was no animal in his territory worthy of offering to him. great spirit.Poseidon was so moved that he made a strong bull emerge from the waves.When Minos saw the bull, he liked it very much. He was so reluctant to sacrifice it to the god of the sea, so he quietly hid it in his herd, and sacrificed another bull instead. The sea god was very angry, he made the bull from the sea go crazy, and wreaked havoc on Crete. The seventh task Hercules got was to tame the bull on Crete and Bring it back to King Eurystheus.

Hercules came to Crete and met King Minos.Minos was very happy. He had been troubled by the bull, and he wished that someone would get rid of this scourge for him.The king even personally helped Hercules catch the mad bull.Hercules had extraordinary strength. He subdued the raging bull in order, and then rode on the bull's back, as if sailing on a ship, and returned to the Peloponnese from here. King Eurystheus was very pleased with the work he had done, but he let the bull go again after seeing the bull.Once the bull was out of Hercules' control, it went berserk again.It ran through the lands of Laconia and Lacadia, and then across the isthmus to Marathon in Attica, doing as much evil as it did in Crete.It was not subdued by the Greek hero Theseus until much later.