She placed two serpents in his cradle. Even though he was just a baby, he was able to strangle and kill them.
snakes
A snake.
snake, snakes
lion
Heracles.
When Heracles was but a baby Hera may have sent serpents to kill him; he strangled these.
Hera sent the serpents with poison fangs to kill baby Heracles.
she sent snakes
Serpents or snakes.
When Hercules was a baby, he killed two snakes that Hera sent to kill him. He killed the Nemean lion, the hydra, and many other monsters. He also killed his wife and children because Hera made him go crazy.
The simplest answer is jealousy. There was a time when Zeus declared that the next child born of his blood would rule Mykenai. He intended it to be Heracles. Hera put a lot of time and effort into trying to kill both Alcmene (Heracles mortal mother) and the infant, but when she failed she tormented Heracles until he went mad, killing his own children. Heracles was then forced to complete the 12 labours, with Hera opposing him at every turn.
Two snakes sent by jealous Hera.
Two snakes....which he strangled instead of him getting strangled by them.
Baby Hercules killed two snakes that Hera sent to kill him.
A pair of snakes.
Actually, his Greek name is Heracles, Hercules is Roman. Heracles means "glory of Hera". Zeus named him this in honor of Hera to pacify her because she became extremely angry when she learned that Zeus cheated on her. Even so, Hera drove Heracles into mad rages, causing him to kill his wife and children. He was not known to have many friends as he had killed his family previously so many people stood their distance.