Genealogy of Hercules and Eurystheus

By N.S. Gill, About.com Guide

Genealogy of Eurystheus and Hercules (Herakles) Based on Apollodorus 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, a 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, another daughter of Pelops, had daughters named Alcyone and Medusa, and later a son named Eurystheus. Amphitryon married his 1st cousin and niece Alcmene. Together they had a son named Iphicles. Zeus also mated with Alcmene and through their union Alcmene gave birth to Hercules.

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Hercules and Eurystheus genealogy is based on Apollodorus.