Heracles (Hercules), Zero to Hero, Just Like That (Heracles Part One)
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Heracles, Zero to Hero, Just Like That
Heracles was born to Zeus and Alkamini, granddaughter of the brilliant and wonderful hero Perseus. This made him both great grandson and half-brother of the hero Perseus,. Because Zeus is gross and so things like that just happen. But on top of that, there was another weird and patriarchy-centric trick. See, Emphytrian had to leave alkamini a virgin while Electrion was away.
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