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templum ibi erat Apollinis multīs dōnīs ōrnātum. hōc in templō sedēbat fēmina quaedam, nōmine Pythia, et cōnsilium dabat eīs quī ad ōraculum vēnerant. haec autem fēmina ab ipsō Apolline docēbatur, et voluntātem deī hominibus ēnūntiābat. Herculēs igitur, quī Apollinem praecipuē colēbat, hūc vēnit. tum rem tōtam exposuit, neque scelus suum cēlāvit. ubi Herculēs perfēcit, Pythia prīmō tacēbat; tandem tamen iussit eum ad urbem Tīryntha īre, et Eurystheī rēgis omnia imperia facere. Herculēs, ubi haec audīvit, ad urbem illam festīnāvit, et Eurystheō sē in servitūtem trādidit. duodecim annōs crūdēlī Eurystheō servīvit, et duodecim labōrēs, quōs ille imperāverat, cōnfēcit; hōc enim modō scelus expiāre potuit. dē hīs labōribus plūrima ā poētīs scrīpta sunt.

there was a temple of Apollo adorned with many gods. A certain woman by the name of Pythia was sitting in this temple and gave a council to those who had come to the oracle. these are The woman was taught by Apollo himself, and the will of God he used to tell people. Hercules, therefore, who is Apollo he worshiped chiefly, he came hither. Then he explained the whole thing, nor does he conceal his crime. When Hercules performed it, Pythia was silent at first; at length, however, he ordered him to go to the city of Tīryntha, and to execute all the commands of king Eurystheus. Hercules, where is this he heard, hurried to that city, and Eurystheus threw himself into slavery he delivered up. he served twelve years, loyal to Eurystheus, and he did the twelve labors which he commanded; for in this way he could expiate the crime. Most of these work They are written by the poets.