The Nemean lion was a vicious monster that resides in Nemea. Said to have impenetrable golden fur, the Nemean lion is impervious to attack, with claws sharper than any sword that could cut through any armor. The indestructible lion was thought to have taken women into its lair in order to lure warriors. When whichever brave warrior would attempt to rescue the woman, she would turn into the lion and kill him. When Heracles went to the lair in an attempt to kill the lion by shooting arrows at her, he found that she could not be slain by any weapon. He waiting until she entered the cave through one of its two entrances, closed off one and entered himself through the second. He was then able to kill the lion by strangling her, and after she was dead, he tried to skin her and take her hide. When he was unable to penetrate the skin with his knife, the goddess Athena assisted him by telling him to use the creatures own claws to cut through the
The Nemean lion was a vicious monster that resides in Nemea. Said to have impenetrable golden fur, the Nemean lion is impervious to attack, with claws sharper than any sword that could cut through any armor. The indestructible lion was thought to have taken women into its lair in order to lure warriors. When whichever brave warrior would attempt to rescue the woman, she would turn into the lion and kill him. When Heracles went to the lair in an attempt to kill the lion by shooting arrows at her, he found that she could not be slain by any weapon. He waiting until she entered the cave through one of its two entrances, closed off one and entered himself through the second. He was then able to kill the lion by strangling her, and after she was dead, he tried to skin her and take her hide. When he was unable to penetrate the skin with his knife, the goddess Athena assisted him by telling him to use the creatures own claws to cut through the