Due to his Olympian lineage, Hercules was born with the potential for extraordinary superhuman strength. He was born as the result of Zeus seducing Alcmena in the guise of her husband, Amphitryon who was away at war battling the pirates of Taphos. Herakles was the son of Zeus, king of the Olympian gods, and Alcmena of Thebes in Ancient Greece. Lamus, Cleodaius (sons by unnamed mothers, deceased) Gelonus, Scythes, Agathyrus (sons by Echidna, deceased) Hyllus, Ctessipus (sons by Deianira, deceased) Hebe (paternal half-sister / third wife, separated) Īlflyse (ex-fourth wife, marriage annulled, deceased) Persephone (paternal half-sister/cousin/aunt) Ouranos (paternal great-grandfather, deceased)Įlectryon (maternal grandfather, deceased) Īres, Apollo, Dionysus, Hermes, Hephaestus (paternal half-brothers) Īphrodite, Athena, Artemis, Eileithyia, Helen, Discord (paternal half-sisters) Perseus (maternal great-grandfather, deceased)
