Greek mythology
Heracles
The greatest of the Greek heroes
- Mythology
- Greek mythology
- Parents
- Amphitryon · Zeus · Alcmene
- Group
- Heroes · War · Argonauts · Demigods
- Appears in
- Heracles · Alcestis: Death by Choice · Jason and Medea
- Places
- Garden of the Hesperides · Lerna
- Objects
- The Argo · Girdle of Hippolyta
- Family tree
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Heracles is the mightiest of all heroes, a son of Zeus whose strength is matched only by his suffering under Hera's relentless hatred. Driven mad to murder his own family, he atones through the Twelve Labors, slaying the Nemean Lion and the Hydra, capturing Cerberus, and cleansing the world of monsters. Betrayed at last by a poisoned robe, he burns upon his pyre and is raised to Olympus, the only hero to become a god.
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- Who is Heracles?
- Heracles is the mightiest of all heroes, a son of Zeus whose strength is matched only by his suffering under Hera's relentless hatred.
- Which mythology does Heracles belong to?
- Heracles belongs to Greek mythology.
- Which stories does Heracles appear in?
- Heracles appears in Heracles, Alcestis: Death by Choice, Jason and Medea, told as chaptered audio dramas in MythologyNow.
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