The Heracles of Thebes (3)

Heracles questioned me.

"What do you mean by ‘about me’?"

"First of all, you are aware that your father is Zeus, aren’t you?"

"Yes. My foster father told me, as did my mother and Chiron…"

Given his extraordinary abilities from a young age, it would have been impossible to keep it a secret.

"You have incurred Hera’s wrath since birth."

"Well, that’s because I’m illegitimate…"

"Not only that, but you were held in Zeus’s arms as you drank from Hera’s breast. Because of this, I was compelled to submerge you in the River Styx, …