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In ___MASK81___ , Alcmene or Alcmena ( or  [ Doric ]) was the wife of Amphitryon by whom she bore two children , Iphicles and Laonome . She is , however , better known as the mother of Heracles whose father was the god Zeus . Aramazd was the chief and creator god in pre - Christian ___MASK92___ . The deity and his name were derived from the Zoroastrian deity Ahura Mazda after the Median conquest of Armenia in the 6th century BCE . Aramazd was regarded as a generous god of fertility , rain , and abundance , as well as the father of the other gods , including Anahit , Mihr , and Nane . Like Ahura Mazda , Aramazd was seen as the father of the other gods , rarely with a wife , though sometimes husband to Anahit or Spandaramet . Aramazd was the Parthian form of Ahura Mazda . Hera (, Greek , " Hr ", equivalently , " Hr ", in Ionic and Homer ) is the goddess of women and marriage in ___MASK81___ and religion . She is the daughter of the Titans Cronus and Rhea . Hera is married to her brother Zeus and is titled as the Queen of Heaven . Some of her characteristics include her jealous and vengeful nature against Zeus ' s other lovers and offspring and against the mortals who cross her . Heracles ( " Hrakls ", from " Hra ", " Hera "), born Alcaeus (" Alkaios ") or Alcides (" Alkeids "), was a divine hero in ___MASK81___ , the son of Zeus and Alcmene , foster son of Amphitryon and great - grandson and half - brother ( as they are both sired by the god Zeus ) of Perseus . He was the greatest of the Greek heroes , a paragon of masculinity , the ancestor of royal clans who claimed to be Heracleidae and a champion of the Olympian order against chthonic monsters . In Rome and the modern West , he is known as Hercules , with whom the later Roman emperors , in particular Commodus and Maximian , often identified themselves . The Romans adopted the Greek version of his life and works essentially unchanged , but added anecdotal detail of their own , some of it linking the hero with the geography of the Central Mediterranean . Details of his cult were adapted to Rome as well . Vahagn Vishapakagh ( Vahagn the Dragon Reaper ) or Vahakn ( Armenian :  ) was a god of fire and war worshiped anciently and historically in Armenia . Some time during Ancient history , he formed a `` triad '' with Aramazd and Anahit . Vahagn was identified with the Greek deity Heracles . The priests of Vahévahian temple , who claimed Vahagn as their own ancestor , placed a statue of the Greek hero in their sanctuary . In the Armenian translation of the Bible , `` Heracles , worshipped at Tyr '' is renamed `` Vahagn '' . All the gods , according to the Euhemerist belief , had been living men ; Vahagn likewise , was introduced within the ranks of the Armenian kings , as a son of the Orontid Dynasty ( or Yervanduni dynasty , 6th century B . C . ) , together with his brothers -- Bab and Tiran . Historian Khorenatsi ' s report of an ancient song gives a clue to his nature and origin : Ancient Armenian origin of Vahagn ' s birth song In travail were heaven and earth , In travail , too , the purple sea ! The travail held in the sea the small red reed . Through the hollow of the stalk came forth smoke , Through the hollow of the stalk came forth flame , And out of the flame a youth ran ! Fiery hair had he , Ay , too , he had flaming beard , And his eyes , they were as suns ! Other parts of the song , now lost , said that Vahagn fought and conquered dragons , hence his title Vishabakagh , `` dragon reaper '' , where dragons in Armenian lore are identified as `` Vishaps '' . He was invoked as a god of courage , later identified with Heracles . He was also a sun - god , rival of Baal - shamin and Mihr . The Vahagnian song was sung to the accompaniment of the lyre by the bards of Goghten ( modern Akulis ) , long after the conversion of Armenia to ___MASK25___ . The stalk or reed , key to the situation , is an important word in Indo - European mythology , in connection with fire in its three forms . Vahagn was linked to Verethragna , the hypostasis of victory in the texts of the Avesta ; the name turned into Vahagn ( the Avestan `` th '' becoming `` h '' in Arsacid Middle Persian ) , later on to take the form of Vahagn . See  for more on the origin of the name . The Armenian princely house of Vahevunis believed to derive from Vahagn . The Vahevunis were ranked high in the Royal Register of Armenia , recorded by King Valarshak . In the pre - Christian Armenia , the Vahevunis hereditarily possessed the temple town of Ashtishat on the left bank of the Aratzani river and most likelly also held the post of the Sparapet , i . e . the Commander - in - Chief of the Royal Armenian Army . In ___MASK81___ , the Heracleidae or Heraclids were the numerous descendants of Heracles ( Hercules ), especially applied in a narrower sense to the descendants of Hyllus , the eldest of his four sons by Deianira ( Hyllus was also sometimes thought of as Heracles ' son by Melite ) Other Heracleidae included Macaria , Lamos , Manto , Bianor , Tlepolemus , and Telephus . These Heraclids were a group of Dorian kings who conquered the Peloponnesian kingdoms of Mycenae , Sparta and Argos ; according to the literary tradition in ___MASK81___ , they claimed a right to rule through their ancestor . Since Karl Otfried Müller ' s " Die Dorier " ( 1830 , English translation 1839 ), I . ch . 3 , their rise to dominance has been associated with a " Dorian invasion ". Ahura Mazda ( Modern Persian : ( also known as Ohrmazd , Ahuramazda , Hourmazd , Hormazd , Harzoo and Hurmuz , " Lord " or simply as " spirit ") is the Avestan name for the creator and sole God of ___MASK23___ , the old Mede and Persian religion which spread across Asia predating Christianity . Ahura Mazda is described as the highest spirit of worship in ___MASK23___ , along with being the first and most frequently invoked spirit in the " Yasna ". The literal meaning of the word " Ahura " is " mighty " or " lord " and " Mazda " is " wisdom ". Anahit was the goddess of fertility and healing , wisdom and water in ___MASK92___ . In early periods she was the goddess of war . By the 5th century BC she was the main deity in Armenia along with Aramazd . The Armenian goddess Anahit is related to the similar Old Persian goddess Anahita . Anahit ' s worship , most likely borrowed from the Iranians during the Median invasion or the early Achaemenid period , was of paramount significance in Armenia . Unlike Iranians , Armenians incorporated idol - worship into the cult of Anahit . Artaxias I erected statues of Anahit , and promulgated orders to worship them . In ___MASK81___ , Perseus , the legendary founder of Mycenae and of the Perseid dynasty of Danaans , was , alongside Cadmus and Bellerophon , the greatest Greek hero and slayer of monsters before the days of Heracles . Perseus beheaded the Gorgon Medusa and saved Andromeda from the sea monster Cetus . Perseus was the son of the mortal Danaë and the god Zeus . He was also the half - brother and great grandfather of Heracles . ___MASK81___ is the body of myths and teachings that belong to the ancient Greeks , concerning their gods and heroes , the nature of the world , and the origins and significance of their own cult and ritual practices . It was a part of the ___MASK76___ . Modern scholars refer to and study the myths in an attempt to shed light on the religious and political institutions of Ancient Greece and its civilization , and to gain understanding of the nature of myth - making itself . ___MASK92___ began with ancient Indo - European and Urartian origins , gradually incorporating Mesopotamian , Iranian , and Greek ideas and deities . There are signs which indicate that the ancient Armenians were initially nature worshipers and that this faith in time was transformed to the worship of national gods , many of which originated in neighboring cultures . Amphitryon (" gen ".:  ; usually interpreted as " harassing either side "), in ___MASK81___ , was a son of Alcaeus , king of Tiryns in Argolis .