Some say his 12 labors were penance for killing his wife Megara & their children
In a fit of 
madness, induced by Hera, Herakles slew his wife and children, and as penance 
as... [DOC] [TLE] Media, Myth, and Society - Palgrave Connect [PAR] upon his 12 labors, I offer some psychoanalytic theories about his temperament.