![]() Hercules uses his gods-given name to conceal his identity as the prince. Alcmene tells him of his true lineage and that his name is Hercules, not Alcides.Īlcides joins the command of Captain Sotiris in the Egyptian desert their small company faces an ambush by Amphitryon meant to eliminate Hercules, and only Alcides and Sotiris survive. At the banquet Amphitryon announces the engagement of Hebe and Iphicles, while Hercules is sent away to a military campaign in Egypt. Iphicles takes the credit at a royal banquet, but Hebe sees right through this lie. Hercules and his older brother, Prince Iphicles, are attacked by a unusually strong Nemean lion, which Hercules strangles to death. Twenty years later, Prince Alcides (Hercules) is the lover of Princess Hebe of Crete. Amphitryon names his new "son" Alcides, though Alcmene secretly acknowledges his true name as Hercules. ![]() She prays to Hera for guidance, and Hera's husband Zeus impregnates Alcmene with the savior of her people, a demi-god son to be named Hercules. ![]() In 1200 BC ancient Greece, King Amphitryon of Tiryns is conquering kingdoms in his thirst for more power, which disgusts his wife, Queen Alcmene.
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