Hemphta (Hemph′ta). The Egyptian god Jupiter.
Hephaestus (Hephaes′tus). The Greek Vulcan, the smith of the gods.
Hera (He′ra). The Greek name of Juno.
Heracles (Her′acles) is the same as Hercules.
Hercules (Her′cules) was the son of Jupiter and Alcmena. The goddess Juno hated him from his birth, and sent two serpents to kill him, but though only eight months old he strangled them. As he got older he was set by his master Eurystheus what were thought to be twelve impossible tasks which have long been known as the “Twelve Labors of Hercules.” They were:
First, To slay the Nemean Lion.
Second, To destroy the Hydra which infested the marshes of Lerna.
Third, To bring to Eurystheus the Arcadian Stag with the golden horns and brazen hoofs.
Fourth, To bring to his master the Boar of Erymanthus.
Fifth, To cleanse the stable of King Augeas, in which 3,000 oxen had been kept for thirty years, but had never been cleaned out.