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It wasn't just when he was insane that Herakles actions were less than heroic.
Here's an example from Sir J. G. Frazer's notes on Apollodorus Library II.4:
On a visit to Delphi, king Aleus of Tegea was warned by the oracle that his daughter would
bear a son who would kill his maternal uncles, the sons of Aleus. To
guard against this catastrophe, Aleus hurried home and appointed his daughter priestess of Athena,
declaring that, should she prove unchaste, he would put her to
death. As chance would have it, Hercules arrived at Tegea on his way
to Elis, where he purposed to make war on Augeas. The king entertained
him hospitably in the sanctuary of Athena, and there the hero, flushed with wine, violated
the maiden priestess....Aleus sent for the experienced ferryman Nauplius...and entrusted his daughter to him to take and drown her.
MISTRESS/WIFE: SONS
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Procris-Antileon & Hippeus
Panope-Threpsippas
Lyse-Eumedes
?-Creon
Epilais-Astyanax
Certhe-Iobes
Eurybia-Polylaus
Patro-Archemachus
Meline-Laomedon
Clytippe-Eurycapys
Eubote-Eurypylus
Aglaia-Antiades
Chryseis-Onesippus
Oriahe-Laomenes
Lysidice-Teles
Menippis-Entelides
Anthippe-Hippodromus
Eury ... -Teleutagoras
Hippo-Capylus
Euboea-Olympus
Nice-Nicodromus
Argele-Cleolaus
Exole-Erythras
Xanthis-Homolippus
Stratonice-Atromus
Iphis-Celeustanor
Laothoe-Antiphus
Antiope-Alopius
Calametis-Astybies
Phyleis-Tigasis
Aeschreis-Leucones
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Anthea-...
Eurypyle-Archedicus
Erato-Dynastes
Asopis-Mentor
Eone-Amestrius
Tiphyse-Lyncaeus
Olympusa-Halocrates
Heliconis-Phalias
Hesychia-Oestrobles
Terpsicrate-Euryopes
Elachia-Buleus
Nicippe-Antimachus
Pyrippehe-Patroclus
Praxithea-Nephus
Lysippe-Erasippus
Toxicrate-Lycurgus
Marse-Bucolus
Eurytele-Leucippus
Hippocrate-Hippozygus
Deianira-Hyllus, Ctesippus, Glenus and Onites
Megara-Therimachus, Deicoon, and Creontiades
Omphale-Agelaus
Chalciope-Thettalus
Epicaste-Thestalus
Parthenope-Everes
Auge-Telephus
Astyoche-Tlepolemus
Astydamia-Ctesippus
Autonoe-Palaemon
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