Read this excerpt from “the myth of hercules.” hercules was the son of the great god zeus and a human woman named alcmene. the goddess hera did not like alcmene and vowed to destroy hercules when he was born. hera sent two snakes to kill the baby as he lay in his crib, but hercules was strong and strangled the snakes with his tiny hands before they could bite him with their sharp fangs. the excerpt shows evidence that it is from a greek myth because all the characters are gods. the main characters are humans. the gods interact with humans. there are animals in the story.