- Wrestling with and killing by strangulation the invulnerable Nemean lion.
- Destruction of the Lernean hydra.
- Capture of the Arcadian or Cerynean hind - or stag.
- Capture of the boar of Erymanthus, when he fought the Centaurs, killing two friends, Chiron and Pholus. v.
Demeter's mysteries (not in this dictionary!) - Cleansing the stables of Augeas.
- Killing of the man-eating Stymphalean birds.
- Capture of the Cretan bull - afterwards killed by Theseus.
- Capture of the man-eating mares of the Thracian Diomedes.
- Seizure of the girdle of Hippolyte, queen of the Amazons.
- Bringing the oxen of Geryones from Erythria in the Far West. On this adventure he set up the Pillars of
Hercules at the Straits of Gibraltar. - Bringing the golden apples from the garden of the Hesperides.
- Carrying Cerberus from Hades to the upper world.
Sign, Aries.
The Ram. The first sign of the zodiac. Its symbol represents the head and horns of the ram. It is a symbol of
offensive power - a weapon of the gods, hence an implement of the will. The Babylonians sacrificed rams
during the period when the Sun occupied this sign, which occurs annually from March 21 to April 20.
Astrologically and astronomically it is the first thirty-degree arc beginning at the point of the Spring Equinox.
It is the Leading quality of the Fire element: positive, diurnal, movable, dry, hot, fiery, choleric and violent.
Ruler: Mars. Exaltation: Sun. Detriment: Venus. Fall: Saturn.
Temperamental Aries
...Who works from morn to set of Sun,
...And never likes to be outdone?
...Whose walk is almost like a run?
......Who? Aries.
Symbolic interpretation: Sprouting seed; fire in eruption; a fountain of water; a ram's horns.