Hercules
Also known as: Alcides / Aleides / Heracles / mighty Hercules / son of Zeus · Family: The Greeks · Role: hero · First appears: Book IV · Part 3
In Book VI, Auge secretly bore Hercules’ child, Telephus. By Book X, long before the events at Troy, Hercules had given arms wrought by Hephaestus to his close friend Philoctetes, son of Poeas, to bear.
Relationship record
Life events
- Auge secretly bears Telephus, the child of Hercules.(Book VI · Part 1)
- Long before the events at Troy, Hercules gave the arms to Poeas’ son Philoctetes, his close friend, to bear.(Book X · Part 2)
- With: Poeas Philoctetes
- “All these Hephaestus' cunning hands had wrought For Hercules; and these to Poeas' son, Most near of friends and dear, he gave to bear.”
Book IV · Part 3
- with Antaeus (Heracles overcame Antaeus.) “Even this Antaeus' might was wont to hurl Erstwhile, ere the strong hands of Hercules O'ermastered him.”
Book VI · Part 1
- child: Telephus “Telephus, whom to aweless Hercules Auge the bright-haired bare in secret love.”
Book VI · Part 2
- parent: Zeus “And shrank the Maids aghast from Zeus' bold son.”
Book VI · Part 3
- patron: Zeus (Zeus lends Eurypylus might as a grace to Hercules.) “measureless might was lent to him By Zeus, for a grace to glorious Hercules.”
Book VII · Part 1
- younger kin: Eurypylus son of Telephus “for Hercules, To crown with glory his son's stalwart son, Thrilled them with panic.”
Book IX · Part 3
- with Philoctetes (Hercules made the bow that lay beside Philoctetes.) “Wrought by the mighty hands of Hercules.”
Book X · Part 2
- friends with Philoctetes “Most near of friends and dear, he gave to bear.”
- with Hephaestus (interaction) “All these Hephaestus' cunning hands had wrought For Hercules;”
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Extracted from the original text of The Fall of Troy. Made with Rho MD.