Eurystheus

The King Behind the Labours

Eurystheus is king of Mycenae and Heracles's cousin. Hera delays Heracles's birth so Eurystheus can be born first and inherit the kingship Zeus had promised to the next descendant of Perseus.

Appears in

• Cerberus Brought into Daylight
• The Augean Stables
• The Cretan Bull
• The Erymanthian Boar
• The Mares of Diomedes
• The Oracle Orders Heracles to Serve Eurystheus