Heracles is a demigod, the son of Zeus and Alceme. Alceme is the last mortal Zeus slept with. Zeus had the power to appear to women as whatever they loved the most. Alceme was devoted to her husband and while he was away at war Zeus took advantage and went to visit Alceme in her husbands absence. Zeus made the night last 36 hours, and by the time it ended Alceme was pregnant with Heracles. Heracles was named after Zeus' wife Hera, obviously because he was conceived from Zeus cheated Hera had a immediate hatred for Heracles. Shortly after Heracles was born Hera sent 2 snakes to kill him, but he grabbed both snakes by the neck and strangled them both.
As Heracles got older he had the same sexual stamina that his father had. On his 18th he went hunting to kill the lion that was killing king Thespius's flocks. Heracles then got with 49 out of 50 of the kings daughters in one night, in some tales he got all 49 pregnant.
Heracles trained, armed, and led the Theban army to victory against Orchomenus forcing them to pay back twice the tribute. He had 12 labors. The first one was the Nemean lion. It was a monstrous animal that neither bronze or iron could wound. Heracles strangles the lion then skinned it with its own claws. The second Labor was the Lenora Hydra, which is a monster that lives in the swamps of Hydra. It had a dog like body and many snake like heads, whenever one head was chopped off two more would grow in its place. The third labor was The Cerynean hind, Hercules was given orders to bring it back to Eurystheus. The Cerynean Hind was a harmless deer which had golden horns. The Erymanthian Boar was Heracles fourth labor, just like the Cerynean Hind Heracles also had to bring back the Boar to Eurystheus. The fifth labor was The Augean stables. Heracles was ordered to clean out the stables of king Augeas of Elis, where dung of vast herds of cattle had accumulated over many years. Getting rid of the Stymphalian birds was Heracles' sixth labor. These birds were like geese, except they had bronze beaks, wings and claws, and sought both animals and humans as their prey. The Cretan bull was the seventh labor, and the mares of Diomedes was the eighth. The Diomedes were accustomed to eat human flesh. The ninth labor was the Girdle of Hippolyte. This was a magical belt given to her by her father, Ares, the god of war. The tenth labor was the cattle of Geryon, were Heracles had to travel to the end of the world to steal these beautiful red Cattle from Geryon, the son of Chrysoar and Callirrhoe. The eleventh labor was the golden apples of the Hesperides, Eurystheus demanded Heracles to bring him back these apples. Heracles last labor was the capture of Cerberus. This was the hardest Labor Heracles faced. Cerberus was three headed dog that guarded the entrance to the underworld.
