Iolaus

Character · slug: iolaus

Madness of Heracles: Murder of the Children (Apollodorean, before the Labors)
Heroes — Heracles · Apollodorean (Hera-sent madness in Thebes *before* service to Eurystheus; Megara’s sons killed; purification then Delphi)
Second Labor: The Lernaean Hydra
Heroes — Heracles · Apollodorean (many-headed Hydra; Iolaus’s firebrands; Hera’s crab; arrows poisoned in the gall)
Cycnus Son of Ares: Combat on the Way to the Hesperides (or at Itonus)
Heroes — Heracles · Hesiodic *Shield* / Apollodorean (Cycnus waylays pilgrims; Heracles kills him; Ares engages and is wounded or parted by Zeus)
Return of the Heraclidae (Heraclids)
Heroes — Heracles aftermath / Dorian foundation · Apollodorean (failed attempts; Temenus; Tisamenus; lots for the Peloponnese)
Heraclidae at Athens: Death of Eurystheus
Heroes — Heraclidae / Attic asylum · Apollodorean / Euripidean (*Heraclidae*) — Attic refuge and Eurystheus’s end
Heracles and the Fifty Daughters of Thespius
Heroes — Heracles / youth; Thespian progeny · Apollodorean / Pausanian — fifty nights; Thespiades as mothers of Heracles’ sons
Macaria’s Sacrifice (*Heraclidae*)
Heroes — Heraclidae / Attic tragic asylum · Attic tragic — Euripides *Heraclidae*; voluntary maiden sacrifice for victory
Iolaus Rejuvenated by Hebe
Heroes — Heraclidae / Euripidean miracle · Euripidean *Heraclidae* — aged Iolaus prays; Hebe and Zeus restore his youth for battle

Mnemosyne — Classical Greek Myth Library