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Leo the Lion, Contstellation Leo
It was the Nemean lion.
There are different stories on this; he either strangled it, or shot it with a specially created arrow.
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The Elephant used to be killed for its tusks, because of how valuable the ivory was.
Leo the Lion, Contstellation Leo
It is called the kneeler because Hercules is kneeling over the dragon he killed.
The ancient Greeks and Romans named the constellation as a representation of the Nemean Lion killed by Heracles (Hercules) as one of his twelve labors.
The ancient Greeks and Romans named the constellation as a representation of the Nemean Lion killed by Heracles (Hercules) as one of his twelve labors.
The constellation of Leo was reminiscent of the Nemean Lion, killed by Hercules as one of his Labors.
He was shot and killed by Hercules with an arrow dipped in Hydra venom. Instead of going to the realm of Hades, Zeus put him in the stars as the constellation "Centaurus" or "Sagittarius".
The story of Leo is that of the Nemean Lion who was killed by the Roman/Greek hero Hercules (Herakles) as one of his 12 labors.
When Hercules was fighting Hydra, the nine headed serpant monster, a crab scurried up and pinched Hercules' toe. This crab was a distraction in the battle, and Hercules killed it. The greek goddes Hera was impressed with the crab, and showed it's picture up in the sky.
He wore the "hide" of the Nemean Lion that he killed as the first of his ten labors.
Hercules killed his first wife, Megara, in a fit of madness sent by Hera.
In the end it was the Hydra that killed Hercules
Baby Hercules killed two snakes that Hera sent to kill him.