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Genealogy - Eurystheus and Hercules - From Apollod. 2.4.5

Perseus, great-grandfather of Hercules, was the son of Zeus and Danae. Perseus and Andromeda had 5 sons in Greece:
  • Alcaeus
  • Sthenelus
  • Heleus
  • Mestor
  • Electryon
and one daughter, Gorgophone. Alcaeus and Astydamia, daughter of Pelops, had a son named Amphitryon and a daughter named Anaxo. Electryon and Anaxo had a daughter named Alcmene (Alcmena) and sons
  • Stratobates
  • Gorgophonus
  • Phylonomus
  • Celaeneus
  • Amphimachus
  • Lysinomus
  • Chirimachus
  • Anactor
  • Archelaus.
Sthenelus, with Nicippe, daughter of Pelops, had daughters named Alcyone and Medusa, and later a son named Eurystheus. Amphitryon married Alcmene. Together they had a son named Iphicles. Zeus also mated with Alcmene and through their union Alcmene gave birth to Hercules.
Genealogy - Eurystheus & Hercules - Apollod. 2.4.5
Zeus Danae
|
Perseus
Perseus Andromeda
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|
Alcaeus		 |
Sthenelus		 |
Heleus		 |
Mestor		 |
Electryon		 |
( daughter Gorgophone)
Alcaeus
|
|
Amphitryon		 |
( daughter Anaxo)
Electryon Anaxo
|
( daughter Alcmene)		 Sthenelus
|
|
EURYSTHEUS		 |
( daughters, Alcyone, Medusa)
Amphitryon Alcmene Zeus
| |
Iphicles HERCULES

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Hercules and Eurystheus genealogy is based on Apollodorus and © N.S. Gill.
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