Legend Of Hercules

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You thought you knew all about Hercules From the Disney story books? The legend of
Hercules is different from the story books. Zeus, Hercules father, did not have Hercules by his own wife. He actually impregnated Alcmene, the wife of Amphitryon ("The Life and Times of
Hercules"). When Zeus' wife Hera found out about this, she was very angry. She vowed to take revenge on the child. So Hera tries to kill the child by sending snakes into his crib. But being a god, Hercules survived by strangling the snakes one in each hand. Hera knew she couldn't win in a fight but she vowed to make the rest of Hercules' life a miserable one. When Hercules grew up, he married Megara and had two children with her. But one day Hera took her revenge and gave
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