[4] The son of Zeus hunted it for fifty days and finally slayed the beast.
The Thespian king entertained him as a guest in a brilliant fashion during that span of time, making Heracles drunk and slept unwittingly with each of his fifty daughters, including Heliconis.
[5] In another version of the myth, the latter had an intercourse with Heliconis and her siblings for one week,[6] seven laid with Heracles each night.
[7] In some accounts, Heracles bedded in a single night[8] with Heliconis and her sisters, except for one who refused to have a connection with him.
The hero, thinking that he had been insulted, condemned her to remain a virgin all her life, serving him as his priest.