Why did Eurystheus make Heracles perform the 12 Labors?

Question

because Hera did not like Heracles

because Hera was in love with Heracles

because Heracles gave the gift of fire to the mortals

because Heracles turned Hera to stone

Answer 1

Eurystheus made Heracles perform the 12 Labors primarily because Hera did not like Heracles. Hera, the goddess of marriage and the wife of Zeus, held a grudge against Heracles because he was the son of her husband Zeus and a mortal woman, Alcmene. To punish and humiliate Heracles, she influenced Eurystheus, Heracles' cousin, to assign him these difficult and dangerous tasks. Thus, the correct answer is:

because Hera did not like Heracles.