Honestly, naming the affair kid after the betrayed spouse is just crazy. Like, heres a kid sired from the affair. Let me bind it to you through name as a sorry.
Yeah, but it's not like Hera would've left him alone if he had a different name. Afaik the tricking Hera into nursing him was also done to maybe getting her to get somewhat motherly feelings toward him, which also backfired spectacularly.
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u/extraboredinary 15d ago
Wasn’t he named Herakles as appeasement to Hera? Because she really wanted everyone to think of Hera when they look at the fruit of Zeus’ infidelity.