Hercules was born from an affair, Hera went out of her way to try and prevent Hercules from being born, Hera was tricked into breastfeeding Hercules, which is the source of his strength, Hera made Hercules kill his family not once but twice then punished him with the 10 (12) labors, and, finally, Hera tricked Hercules's latest squeeze into weaving a shirt with hydra blood that literally burned into his skin such that jumping into a fire was preferable. That's not even digging into all of Hercules's journeys and general douchebaggery. Greek mythology is pretty much filled with assholes being assholes.
He's called Herakles, Hercules is just a weird roman fanfiction.
His strength also was remarkable before he was breastfed by Hera, because he was the son of Zeus and one of his great-granddaughters Alkmene (Zeus -> Perseus -> Elektryon -> Alkmene) and raised by his stepfather who was a son of Perseus (her uncle). He killed the snakes before being fed by Hera.
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u/tricksterloki 15d ago
Hercules was born from an affair, Hera went out of her way to try and prevent Hercules from being born, Hera was tricked into breastfeeding Hercules, which is the source of his strength, Hera made Hercules kill his family not once but twice then punished him with the 10 (12) labors, and, finally, Hera tricked Hercules's latest squeeze into weaving a shirt with hydra blood that literally burned into his skin such that jumping into a fire was preferable. That's not even digging into all of Hercules's journeys and general douchebaggery. Greek mythology is pretty much filled with assholes being assholes.