Zeus was tricked by Hera into boasting that the next of the line of Perseus would be king of all of Mycenae so Hera delayed Eileithyia, the goddess of childbirth, from Hercules being born until after his cousin Eurystheus was. Hercules' life was always beset with danger. His original Greek counterpart is Heracles (meaning 'Glory of Hera'). Hercules married Hebe, the goddess of youth, after attaining godhood. He was born as the Greek demigod son of Zeus and the mortal Alcmene.
Hercules is regarded as one of the greatest Ancient Greek heroes of all time. –Hercules to Jason Grace on his circumstances in The Mark of Athena. Stuck here as a gatekeeper, a doorman, a… a butler for the Olympians. And my compensation? I got to become a minor god.
My second wife dead, after being tricked into poisoning me and leaving me to a painful demise.
