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The Labours of Heracles

Twelve labours for the strongest man in the world, in twelve games for one to four players. The English grows with every labour in half-steps, from A1 to C2+, and the map grows with it, from the Peloponnese to the edge of the world.

A1–C2 · 12 lessons and gamebooks · 📱 Phones · All language games

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Labour One A1 · PREMIUM

The Nemean Lion

Grammar: am / is / are; have got / has got; can’t / don’t + verb; there is; in / on; where

A lion that no weapon can hurt, a poor old man with one goat, and a king who hides in a jar.

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Labour Two A1+ · PREMIUM

The Hydra

Grammar: first / second / third; me / him / her / us / them; am / is / are + -ing; some / any / how many

Nine heads, and two grow back for every one you cut. Iolaus brings the fire.

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Labour Three A2 · PREMIUM

The Golden Hind

Grammar: mustn’t; -er than; its / it’s; past simple; did / didn’t; ago; in / on / at

A deer with golden horns that belongs to Artemis. Catch it, but don’t hurt it.

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Labour Four A2+ · PREMIUM

The Erymanthian Boar

Grammar: have you ever…? / never + pp; was / were + -ing; while; too + adj; enough; if + present, will; had to

A giant boar on a snowy mountain, a jar of wine, and a party of centaurs.

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Labour Five B1 · PREMIUM

The Augean Stables

Grammar: have / has been + -ing; do / make; if + past, would + verb; unless; where / whose; both

Thirty years of dirt, one day to clean it, and two rivers.

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Labour Six B1+ · PREMIUM

The Stymphalian Birds

Grammar: had + past participle; must be / can’t be; , which…,; However,; would; could(n’t) be + pp; asked what he needed

Birds with feathers of bronze, a deep marsh, and two rattles from Athena.

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Labour Seven B2 · PREMIUM

The Cretan Bull

Grammar: is believed to have + pp; must have / should have + pp; will have + pp; have + object + pp

A white bull from the sea, the father of the Minotaur, and a ride across the waves.

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Labour Eight B2+ · PREMIUM

The Mares of Diomedes

Grammar: had better + verb; be bound to; provided; in case; might as well; What X needed was…; Not until… did…

Horses that eat people, a queen who died for her husband, and a wrestling match with Death.

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Labour Nine C1 · PREMIUM

The Belt of Hippolyta

Grammar: if… were to + verb; Should you…; so as not to; lest + base verb; albeit; whereby; nor did…; on the grounds that

A mission to the queen of the Amazons, where words matter as much as strength.

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Labour Ten C1+ · PREMIUM

The Cattle of Geryon

Grammar: No sooner had… than; On no account should…; Such was… that; as it were; neither… nor + verb; whatever + noun; despite the fact that; but for + noun

The edge of the world, the Sun’s golden cup, and a giant who hides tracks backwards.

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Labour Eleven C2 · PREMIUM

The Apples of the Hesperides

Grammar: not so much X as Y; be it X or Y; come what may; whereupon; hitherto; a tall order; much as + clause; would that…; beg to differ; the fact remains

A sea god who changes shape, a Titan in chains, and another who holds up the sky.

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Labour Twelve C2+ · PREMIUM

Cerberus

Grammar: fewer / less; whose (things); infer / imply; flout / flaunt; principle / principal; effect / affect; hung / hanged; nonplussed; fortuitous

Down into the Underworld for the three-headed hound, and someone you know in the dark.

Premium games need a password; once it has been entered, all the premium games stay open on that device. Each labour opens when the one before it is finished, or with Sophia’s seal from the end of the last one.