As soon as Hercules freed himself from slavery to Omphale, he immediately gathered a large army of heroes and set off on eighteen ships to Troy to take revenge on King Laomedont, who had deceived him. Arriving at Troy, he entrusted the guard of the ships to Oicles with a small detachment, while he himself with the entire army moved to the walls of Troy. As soon as Hercules left the ships with his army, Laomedon attacked Oicles, killed Oicles and killed almost his entire detachment. Hearing the noise of the battle near the ships, Hercules returned, put Laomedon to flight and drove him to Troy. The siege of Troy did not last long. The heroes burst into the city, climbing the high walls. The hero Telamon was the first to enter the city. Hercules, the greatest of heroes, could not bear for anyone to surpass him. Drawing his sword, he rushed at Telamon, who had preceded him. Seeing that imminent death threatened him, Telamon quickly bent down and began to collect stones. Hercules was surprised and asked:
- What are you doing, Telamon?
- Oh, greatest son of Zeus, I erect an altar to Hercules the victor! - answered the cunning Telamon and with his answer pacified the anger of the son of Zeus.
During the capture of the city, Hercules killed Laomedon and all his sons with his arrows; only the youngest of them, Podar, was spared by the hero. Hercules gave the beautiful daughter of Laomedon Hesion as a wife to Telamon, who distinguished himself by his courage, and allowed her to choose one of the prisoners and set him free. Hesione chose her brother Podarcus.
- He must become a slave before all prisoners! - Hercules exclaimed, - only if you give a ransom for him, will he be released.
Hesione took the veil from her head and gave it as a ransom for her brother. Since then they began to call Gift - Priam (i.e. bought). Hercules gave him power over Troy, and he himself set off with his army for new exploits.
When Hercules sailed across the sea with his army, returning from Troy, the goddess Hera, wanting to destroy the hated son of Zeus, sent a great storm. And so that Zeus would not see the danger that threatened his son, Hera begged the god of sleep Hypnos to put the aegis-powerful Zeus to sleep. The storm brought Hercules to the island of Kos.
The inhabitants of Kos mistook the ship of Hercules for a robber and, throwing stones at it, did not allow it to land on the shore. At night, Hercules landed on the island, defeated the inhabitants of Kos, killed their king, the son of Poseidon Eurypylus, and devastated the entire island.
Zeus was terribly angry when he woke up and found out what danger his son Hercules was in danger of. In anger, he shackled Hera in golden, indestructible shackles and hung her between earth and sky, tying two heavy anvils to her feet. Each of the Olympians who wanted to come to the aid of Hera was overthrown from high Olympus by the formidable and angry Zeus. For a long time he searched for Hypnos; the ruler of gods and mortals would have overthrown him from Olympus if the goddess Night had not sheltered the god of sleep.
Translated from Russian · original on wisdomlib.ru