The Birth of Hercules
Do you know how the hero of prophecy, Hercules, was born?
As time passed and the awaited great hero did not appear, Zeus grew anxious and thought of a way.
"Unlike Perseus or Cadmus, what if I raise a great hero from childhood with determination?"
Instead of merely watching the journey of the one destined to be a hero, if he receives the full power and blessings of the gods...
A hero with the blood of divinity mixed in is born with a strength that is inherently different from that of mere mortals.
Thus, one of the parents must be a divine hero, that is, a demigod.
The stronger the demigod born from a high deity, the greater the power.
Therefore, a demigod born from Zeus himself would surely be the strongest.
The earth goddess Gaia might have suspected that the hero was related to the Gigantes.
The hero must be raised in a realm of the gods where they cannot be seen by the eyes of the earth.
Such places include Olympia, where Zeus himself has his sanctuary, Delphi, the domain of Apollo, and Athens, the city of Athena.
The demigod must not die as soon as they are born.
They should be born to someone with a certain level of wealth.
They must also not be too far from Thebes, where heroes are raised.
Otherwise, the demigod might die before reaching Thebes.