From Wiki- In Roman mythology, although Hercules was seen as the champion of the
weak and a great protector, his personal problems started at birth. Juno sent two witches to prevent the birth, but they were tricked by one of Alcmene's servants and sent to another room. Juno then sent serpents
to kill him in his cradle, but Hercules strangled them both. In one
version of the myth, Alcmene abandoned her baby in the woods in order to
protect him from Juno's wrath, but he was found by the goddess Minerva
who brought him to Juno, claiming he was an orphan child left in the
woods who needed nourishment. Juno suckled Hercules at her own breast
until the infant bit her nipple, at which point she pushed him away,
spilling her milk across the night sky and so forming the Milky Way.
She then gave the infant back to Minerva and told her to take care of
the baby herself. In feeding the child from her own breast, the goddess
inadvertently imbued him with further strength and power. Back to me:
Every comic book universe has a Hercules/Heracles. Hercules is the far more known name, so we use that most of the time. There are tons of movies, series, and cartoons about him. His original story is pretty tragic, so that does get glossed over a lot.
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