# Eurystheus — Discourses character guide

> Eurystheus in Discourses by Epictetus.

**Role:** minor

**First appearance:** 0004-i-of-the-things-which-are-in-our-power-and-not-in-our-power

## Who they are

King who imposed the Twelve Labors on Hercules.

## Relationships

### [Hercules](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/discourses_se/characters/hercules)

_rivalry_

Eurystheus, as Hercules' taskmaster, imposes impossible labors out of jealousy and enmity.

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