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===Seventh: Cretan Bull=== [[File:Mosaico Trabajos Hércules (M.A.N. Madrid) 07.jpg|thumb|Heracles capturing the Cretan Bull]] The seventh labour, also categorised as the first of the non-Peloponneisan labours,<ref>{{Cite book |last=Morford, Mark P. O., 1929- |title=Classical mythology |date=2003 |publisher=Oxford University Press |others=Lenardon, Robert J., 1928- |isbn=0-19-515344-8 |edition=7th |location=New York |oclc=49421755}}</ref> was to capture the [[Cretan Bull]], father of the [[Minotaur]]. According to Apollodorus, Heracles sailed to [[Crete]], asked King [[Minos]] for help, but Minos told Heracles to capture the bull himself, which he did. After showing the bull to Eurystheus, Heracles released the bull which ended up at [[Marathon, Greece|Marathon]].<ref>Hard, [https://books.google.com/books?id=r1Y3xZWVlnIC&pg=PA261 p. 261]; [[Bibliotheca (Pseudo-Apollodorus)|Apollodorus]] [http://data.perseus.org/citations/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0548.tlg001.perseus-eng1:2.5.7 2.5.7].</ref>
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