Hercules' Family Tree


 * Main article: Hercules

Hercules, as a demi-god, had a family tree comprising both the Olympian and mortal realms.

Family Tree
Hercules was the son of Zeus, king of the Gods and the mortal Alcmene. Alcmene had been married to Amphitryon, who Zeus impersonated to consort with Alcmene. Amphitryon died while Zeus and Alemene coupled, leading villagers to assume Alcmene was a "harlot". Hercules would grow up claiming Amphitryon was his father, before revealing his real father was Zeus around his eighteenth year. Later in life, Alcmene would marry Jason, the son of King Aeson. Jason had been previously married to Glauce

Zeus was married to Hera, the Queen of the Gods. Hera was called "the daughter of nudeness". Zeus had many consorts, including: Zeus and Hera's offspring included Ares, Hephaestus, Discord, Aphrodite, Artemis, Apollo, as well as numerous others.
 * Demeter (mother of Persephone)
 * Iambe
 * Leda
 * Leucosia
 * Lysia

Athena was of Zeus's body, jumping out of his skull when he complained of a headache.

Aphrodite was born of the ocean's foam.

There is a legend that Zeus, Posideon and Hades were brothers. When dividing up the spoils of war, Zeus claimed leadership, as he had been the one to slay Kronos. Posideon choose the trident and became god of the sea, while Hades the youngest chose a helmet of invisibility and became god of the underworld.

Through Zeus, Hercules was the grandson of Kronos and Rhea. Zeus was able to defeat Kronos before he would eat all his children.

Siblings
Hercules had one mortal half-brother, Iphicles, the son of Amphitryon and Alcmene. He was born a number of years before Hercules

Through Zeus, Hercules had several godly half-siblings, including:
 * Apollo, god of light (son of Zeus and Leto)
 * Ares, god of war (son of Hera)
 * Artemis, goddess of nature (twin sister of Apollo)
 * Aphrodite, goddess of love (daughter of Zeus and Hera)
 * Athena, goddess of wisdom, warfare and weaving ("sprang forth from the brow of Zeus")
 * Bacchus, god of "the good times" and wine
 * Celesta, goddess of death (sister of Hades)
 * Discord, goddess of retribution (twin sister of Ares)
 * Hephaestus, god of arts and crafts (son of Hera and Zeus)

Zeus also conceived several demi-god children:
 * Castor, son of L7eda
 * Castor, conjoined twin
 * Gryphus, a Minotaur
 * Lucius, son of Iambe]]
 * Pollux, son of Leda
 * Pollux, conjoined twin

Hercules also had several step-siblings. Through his stepfather Jason, he was the stepbrother of Seska and several stepsiblings killed by Medea Through Hera, he was the stepbrother of the Fates: Atropos, Clotho and Lachesis

Rena, wife of Iphicles, was Hercules' sister-in-law His wife, Deianeira, was the sister of Althea. Additionally, his half-brother Ares was once engaged to Xena and his half-brother Bacchus was engaged to Eurydice, although both their weddings did not end in marriage.

Wife and children
Hercules' first marriage was to Deianeira. He had three children with her: Aeson, Klonus, as well as Ilea. They were killed by Hera.

Hercules' second marriage was to Serena. She was killed by Strife, although time was later rewritten

Hercules was briefly engaged to Lucretiana, although he had no intention of marrying her and she ended up breaking it off after seeing how dangerous a life he leads

Other relations
Hercules had at least one mortal uncle or aunt, the parent of Iloran.

Another first cousin of Hercules' was Triton, son of Poseidon. Triton was the father of Nautica.

Hercules' Olympian aunts and uncles included:
 * Atlas, one of the Titans
 * Celesta
 * Crius, one of the Titans
 * Hades, god the underworld (brother of Zeus)
 * Hecate, sister of Hera
 * Helios, one of the Titans
 * Hyperion, one of the Titans
 * Mnemosyne, one of the Titans
 * Oceanus, one of the Titans
 * Porphyrion, one of the Titans
 * Poseidon, god the sea (brother of Zeus)
 * Prometheus, one of the Titans
 * Tethys, one of the Titans
 * Thea, one of the Titans

Hercules was the uncle of:
 * Bellerophon, son of Artemis
 * Cupid, son of Aphrodite
 * Bliss, Cupid's son, was Hercules' great nephew
 * Deimos, son of Ares
 * Deon, son of Aphrodite
 * The Destroyer, son of Ares
 * Evander, son of Ares
 * Strife, son of Discord

Through marriage, Hercules was related to:
 * Persephone, wife of Hades
 * Note: Persephone's mother, Demeter, mentions "our family" to Hercules in "The Other Side" - although she doesn't go into details on how Persephone and Demeter are related to Hercules.


 * Psyche, wife of Cupid