Hercules is mixed between mortal and god, he is the son of Zeus/Jupiter (God) and Alcmene (Mortal).
Hercules is mixed between mortal and god, he is the son of Zeus/Jupiter (God) and Alcmene (Mortal).
he was half mortal and half god
A child of a god and a mortal is called a demigod. Hercules is an example of one.
He wasn't a god, but a demi-god (= half god), because he was the son of a god and a mortal. Hercules was a demigod because his father was Zeus. Zeus is god of Olympus or powerful. But his mother is mortal. He became a god when he died and Zeus turned him into a god. He was born a demigod.
Hades Hades-God of The Underworld A different answer: Hercules's mother was a mortal, so Hercules was a mortal demi-god. This did not please his father Zeus, who tried to make Hercules immortal by letting him drink Hera's milk, but the plan failed.
Hercules is a demigod (which means 'half-god') as his father (Zeus) was a god and his mother (Alcmene) was mortal.
No. He is the son of Iphicles, Hercules's mortal half brother.
Hercules was, but he was made a god when he died.
Hercules has no weakness because he is mortal with the god like strengths and the only way to kill him is if he gives up his strength
Hercules (originally Herakles, in Greek) was the son of a human woman, Alcmene, and the Greek god, Zeus. He was born mortal, but was allowed to live among the gods after he died.There's a great summary of the myth of Hercules called "Hercules, The Mortal Who Became a God" at eZine, which you can access via Related Links, below.
Hercules was actually a demigod meaning that he had an immortal father (Zeus) and a mortal mother (Alcmena). It was only after Hercules had been poisoned by his wife that Zeus turned him into a god.
His father was the Greek god Zeus and his mother was a mortal named Alcmene.