Heracles of Greek Myth [60650]

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In Greek mythology , Heracles or Herakles (pronounced /'h?r?kli?z/ HER-?-kleez ; + a compound of the goddess 'Hera ' [ and the Greek word 'kleos ' [ meaning "glory of Hera", or "glorious through Hera"), Alcides[2] or Alcaeus (original name), was a divine hero , the son of Zeus and Alcmene , foster son of Amphitryon and great-grandson (and half-brother) of Perseus . He was the greatest of the Greek heroes, a paragon of masculinity, the ancestor of royal clans who claimed to be Heracleidae and a champion of the Olympian order against chthonic monsters. In Rome and the modern West , he is known as Hercules , with whom the later Roman Emperors , in particular Commodus and Maximian , often identified themselves. The Romans adopted the Greek version of his life and works essentially unchanged, but added anecdotal detail of their own, some of it linking the hero with the geography of the Central Mediterranean. Details of his cult were adapted to Rome as well.
Extraordinary strength, courage , ingenuity, and sexual prowess with both males and females were among his characteristic attributes. Although he was not as clever as the likes of Odysseus or Nestor , Heracles used his wits on several occasions when his strength did not suffice, such as when laboring for the king Augeas </wiki/Augeas> of Elis ,

Heracles married Deianeira of Greek Myth [60651] [MRIN: 551617056].