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===The Twelfth Labor of Heracles===

Killing Ceberus, without using weapons, was the final labour assigned to [[Heracles]] (Hercules) by [[Eurystheus|King Eurystheus]], in recompense for the killing of his own children by [[Megara (mythology)|Megara]] after he was driven insane by [[Hera]], and therefore was the most dangerous and difficult. In the traditional version, Heracles would not have been required to capture Cerberus, however Eurystheus discounted the completion of two of the tasks as Heracles had received assistance.<ref name="perseus-cerberustask"/>