Secondly, Megara and Heracles did not have a happily ever after. To start, Megara was a princess, and she did not work for Hades, the lord of the underworld. He fought at his brother’s side during battle, and eventually died in combat.Ī Not-So Happily Ever After For Hercules and Meg

Iphicles is the son of Alcmene and Amphitryon, and was never as brave or as strong as his brother Heracles. In the Greek myths, Heracles has a brother named Iphicles, but in the movie he is nowhere to be seen. But Hera was not Heracles’ biological mother Alcmene was. This is half true, as Zeus was Heracles’ dad, and Amphitryon was his adoptive father. In the Disney movie, Hercules biological parents are Zeus and Hera, and his adoptive parents are Amphitryon and Alcmene. Hera also helped Heracles’ cousin Eurystheus come up with the idea to assign Heracles his twelve labors. Hera was the goddess of marriage, so it made her really angry when Zeus was not faithful to her. Hera hated Heracles because he was the illegitimate son of Zeus, her husband. But in the Greek myths, Hera hated Heracles and tried to kill him when he was a toddler, and she continued to make Heracles’ life miserable.

In the movie, Hera is Hercules’ loving mother. In the Greek myths, Heracles’ mom is in fact Alcmene, not Hera. His Greek name, which means “Glory from Hera,” he received when he killed the two snakes that Hera had sent to kill him when he was a toddler, also giving him fame all over Greece. With that said, it’s presumable that they should have used his Greek name, Heracles. The movie is set in ancient Greece, and all of the gods’ Greek names are used. In the movie the main character’s name is Hercules, which is his Roman name.

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