 A
fire- breathing monster, the Cretan Bull raged a region of Crete along the
river Tethris. Heracles captured the beast, he brought it to Mycenae as his
seventh task. Mycenae gave the bull to Eurystheus, who dedicated it to Hera. She hated Heracles and anything to do
with him. Hera drove the Bull to Sparta. Then back through Arcadia to
Marathon. Theseus finally dragged it to Athens, where it was
sacrificed in Athene's honor.
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Cretan Bull Facts
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| Known
for |
being Heracles' seventh labor
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| Features |
fire-breathing monster
in the shape of a bull
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| Perhaps
you have heard of |
Heracles capturing the
beast as one of his tasks.
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