Hercules and Geryon
Hercules had to steal the cattle of Geryon. But Geryon had three heads and three bodies, as you can see in the picture. So he was hard to fight.
But this was no problem for Hercules, who just shot one arrow from the side and it went through all three of Geryon's bodies.
To find out more about Hercules, check out these books from Amazon.com or from your library:
Twelve Labors of Hercules (Step into Reading, Step 3), by Marc Cerasini. Very easy, for beginning readers.
The Story of Hercules (Dover Children's Thrift Classics), by Robert Blaisdell (1997). For kids, very cheap.
Hercules, by Nancy Loewen (1999). Still for kids, but more sophisticated, with a look at how the myth was passed on and what it meant to people, as well as the story itself.
D'aulaire's Book of Greek Myths, by Edgar and Ingri D'Aulaire. (Look under Heracles).
The Myths of Herakles in Ancient Greece, by Mark W. Padilla (1998). By a specialist, for adults.
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