Heracles broke up with Megara, who was then together with his nephew Jolaos. As we already explained before, Heracles had a broken personality. One day he also threw his best friend Iphitos out of a roof top because of an unimportant discussion. In repentance he sold himself as a slave to the queen of Lydia, Omphale. There he chased all the enemies and the thieves. He wore women’s clothes and told stories about his deeds. After three years he left the queen and decided to get revenge from those who once broke their promises: the king Laomedon from Troy and the king Augias from Elis.

With six ships and a little army they seized Troy and with his bow and arrows he killed the king and all his sons except of Priamos, who stood so long that they kept him alive to sell him as a slave. Later, his sister Hesoine would buy his freedom and he would have two sons: Hector and Paris.

When he was finished with Laomedon, he went to Elis and killed the king Augias and all his sons. Just one of the sons, Phyleus, was not killed because he had helped Heracles, who thanked his honesty giving him the whole reign.