As Alcmene (Elizabeth Perkins, Finding Nemo), Princess of Thebes, awaits the return of her husband Amphitryon (Timothy Dalton, The Living Daylights) from war, the virtuous bride falls victim to the licentious Zeus and finds herself carrying the great god’s child. Born Hercules (Paul Telfer, Spartacus), the strapping lad is rejected by his mother, envied by his brother Iphicles (Luke Ford, The Junction Boys), and loathed by Zeus’s wife Hera. Seething with rage from the heavens, she abhors Hercules as damnable evidence of her husband’s infidelities—yet the demigod has his allies: his foster-father Amphitryon, who exalts in the boy’s potential; his faithful companion Linus (Oscar nominee Sean Astin, The Lord of the Rings trilogy), who promises to sing of his deeds far and wide; the blind oracle Tiresias, who foresees an extraordinary future; the beautiful nymph Deianeira (Emmy and Golden Globe nominee Leelee Sobieski, Joan of Arc), who secretly loves him…and the priestess Megara, who becomes his wife.