Since the Earth was young, there have been (and still are!) all kinds of jobs to be done, all kinds of dangers to avoid, and all kinds of tasks to accomplish. But the most terrible dangers, the most difficult adventures and the most impossible tasks often await the hero in his own land, in his own neighbourhood - even in his own home. Stories included: -The Nemean Lion -The Lernaean Hydra -The Erymanthian Boar -The Ceryneian Hind -The Stymphalian Birds -The Stables of Augeas