(7) Cretan bull

• What was Heracles' seventh labour?

  To bring the Cretan Bull to Mycenae
• Why was King Minos happy to let Heracles remove the bull?

  Because the bull was destroying homes and farmland
• How did Heracles manage to capture the Cretan Bull?

  He crept up behind it and strangled it
• Why did Heracles release his grip before the bull passed out?

  To avoid killing the bull
• How did Heracles transport the bull to Greece?

  He rode the bull across the sea
• What was King Eurystheus' reaction upon seeing the bull?

  He was terrified and hid in his pithos
• What did Heracles do with the bull after returning to Mycenae?

  He let the bull loose
• Where did the bull wander after being released by Heracles?

  It wandered to Marathon
• Who later defeated the Cretan Bull?

  Theseus