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==Mythology==

===Birth and early life===
In Roman mythology, although Hercules was seen as the champion of the weak and a great protector, his personal problems started at birth. [[Juno (mythology)|Juno]] sent two witches to prevent the birth, but they were tricked by one of [[Alcmene]]'s servants and sent to another room. Juno then sent [[Snake|serpents]] to kill him in his cradle, but Hercules strangled them both. In one version of the myth, Alcmene abandoned her baby in the woods in order to protect him from Juno's wrath, but he was found by the goddess [[Minerva]] who brought him to Juno, claiming he was an orphan child left in the woods who needed nourishment. Juno suckled Hercules at her own breast until the infant bit her nipple, at which point she pushed him away, spilling her milk across the night sky and so forming the [[Milky Way]]. She then gave the infant back to Minerva and told her to take care of the baby herself. In feeding the child from her own breast, the goddess inadvertently imbued him with further strength and power.

===Death===
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