Translations:CP 05409/13/en
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- ↑ Heracles (Hercules, in Latin), son of Zeus and a mortal woman (Alcmene), is most famous for his "Twelve Labors" and a varying number of other adventures and exploits. As for his "Eternal Youth", in some versions of the myth he is married to the Olympian Hebe, the goddess of youth (see notably Hesiod, Theogony, v. 950-955: "The noble son of the beautiful Alcmene, Heracles [...], is united on the snowy summit of Olympus with a modest wife, Hebe, daughter of the great Zeus and of Hera of the golden sandals; a fortunate mortal who, after having accomplished great works on earth, dwells eternally among the gods, without ever knowing pain or old age.").[FL, AE, FP]