Heracles and the Erymanthian Boar

Heracles’s fourth Labour was to take the wild boar of Mount Erymanthus alive. He succeeded, but only after becoming embroiled in a violent quarrel over some special wine, which resulted in the accidental death of his friend Pholus. On delivering the boar to Eurystheus as requested, Heracles watched that intrepid monarch take refuge once more in his wine-jar.

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