Hercules the Hero

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Publisher: BLOOMSBURY PUBLISHING PLC

Pub. date: 1 September, 2008

Pages: 48

Description: Tony Bradman’s masterful retelling of the classic Greek legend. Hercules was famous throughout Greece for his strength and courage, which made the Goddess Hera cross. Why should a human enjoy such fame and success? She wants to see him suffer. So she makes him the servant of cruel King Eurystheus, who sets him a few small tasks to carry out…

Synopsis: Hercules was famous throughout Greece for his strength and courage, which made the Goddess Hera cross. Why should a human enjoy such fame and success? She wants to see him suffer. So she makes him the servant of cruel King Eurystheus, who sets him a few small tasks to carry out…Hercules the Hero is a modern retelling of the classic Greek legend.