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How Did Eurystheus Defeat Hercules

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Of all the labours that Eurystheus had thought of, none of them had been able to defeat the mighty hercules. No matter how impossible the task seemed to be, Hercules had concurred all of them. There seemed to be no force in heaven nor earth that could defeat the brute. He could have told Hercules to fight Zeus himself, and still his strength would prevail. After days of pondering what could possibly defeat Hercules, Eurystheus realized that if Hercules was to fail, it could not be due due to a physical task. As everyone knew, Hercules was not the brightest by any means. Eurystheus thought of giving him an intellectual challenge that he could not solve, but while he would not be able to solve it, it would not defeat him. He realized that the

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