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23 June 2002
Next on the agenda of the gods were the 12 works of Hercules, tasks of tremendous danger that would test their many strengths and intellectual skills.... First they arrived in Olympia, birthplace to the Olympic Games. Their task was to rebuild one pillar in less than 4 years.... With so many pieces around and all the Lego practice, it was piece of cake....

23 June 2002
The following job was the 5000 metre run, which consisted in running from shade to shade before anyone else got there. Bonus points were earned if a group of tourists came to share the same shade, enabling the gods to listen to the guide's explanations....

23 June 2002
The next work would be the deadliest of them all; the gods had to enter the castle of Acrocorynth, climb to the highest tower, kill the Minotaur, and leave the gates by 5 o'clock, or risk being locked inside together with all the other monsters....

23 June 2002
But the task turned out to be much more demanding than expected: there was not only one Minotaur, but dozens of them, all heading towards the gods, could this be their end?

23 June 2002
The gods Viktor, Ruben, and Anne, run for their lives, escaping the castle, and leaving the brave FRiEnD to fight every Minotaur by himself... he wasn't sure he would win, but after taking Anne's magic potion, the powerful ouzo-flavoured sweets, he turned all the Minotaurs into mixed grill souvlaki.

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