
No Happy-Ever-After For The Doomed Lovers Of Hero Heracles
- 01 Dec, 2023
Heracles, born of the mortal woman Alcmene by Zeus, King of the Gods, is the greatest of the Greek heroes, yet he was not fated to an everlasting happy love life, until after his death.
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