Hercules, Hercules – the most popular of the Greek heroes, the son of Zeus and the mortal woman Alcmene. His mother, the wife of King Amphitryon, was of the Perseus. When King Amphitryon left the house for business, Zeus assumed his appearance and appeared to the king’s wife, Alcmene.
After a long wedding night, Alkmena suffered, and when it was time to give birth, Zeus determined that the boy that appeared on that day would become the ruler of the descendants of Perseus and all other peoples. Zeus’s jealous wife Hera sent two huge snakes to the baby Hercules to kill the babies. However, the baby Hercules himself strangled the snakes.
Related Paintings 
Bebé Hércules estrangula serpiente – Reynolds Joshua 
Hercules, Dejanira and the dead centaur Ness by Bartholomeus Spranger 
Baby Hercules Strangling Serpents by Joshua Reynolds 
Hercules Infant Snake Strangling – Reynolds Joshua 
Bebé Hércules estrangula serpientes – Joshua Reynolds 
Lady Elizabeth Delme and her children by Reynolds Joshua 
Perseus and Andromeda by Karl Bryullov 
Mercury hands the nymphs of the infant Bacchus by Francois Boucher
Bebé Hércules estrangula serpiente – Reynolds Joshua Hercules, Dejanira and the dead centaur Ness by Bartholomeus Spranger Baby Hercules Strangling Serpents by Joshua Reynolds Hercules Infant Snake Strangling – Reynolds Joshua Bebé Hércules estrangula serpientes – Joshua Reynolds Lady Elizabeth Delme and her children by Reynolds Joshua Perseus and Andromeda by Karl Bryullov Mercury hands the nymphs of the infant Bacchus by Francois Boucher