| It was a representation of Heracles in the act of tearing the jaws of the nemean Lion. |
| In this Philoctetes there is no chorus, no deus ex machina, no sudden appearance of Heracles that would make a happy ending possible. |
| Heracles contends that the capitalisation of its debts does not constitute aid, but that even if it did it ought to be approved in its entirety. |
| Hera hurried up to help the giant, but Heracles wounded her and she had to flee. |
| Heracles jumped immediately into the monster's mouth and chocked its entrails into pieces until the beast was dead. |
| As Heracles severed each mortal head, Iolaus was set to the task of cauterizing the fresh wounds so that no new heads would emerge. |
