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There are many tales in the ancient world that are similar to Moses' early adventure in the reed basket. Greek mythology, for instance, tells the tale of Heracles, the son of Zeus and Alcmene. Zeus' wife Hera despised Alcmene and was extremely jealous of Alcmene's son, Heracles, for whom Zeus had predicted a glorious future.
Knowing that Heracles was unsafe with her, Alcmene took her son and laid him in a field. The child would have perished in the field had not Hera and Athene happened by. Athene was struck by the beauty of the unknown child and urged Hera, the mother of the gods, to nurse him. Hera consented and Heracles nursed with such vigor that Hera thrust him away. Athene took Heracles to the nearby city and found a nursemaid for him, none other than Heracles' mother, Alcmene.
But Hera soon discovered that the child that she nursed in the field was Alcmene's child, and in an attempt to kill the child, had two poisonous snakes released in his bedroom. The snakes coiled around Heracles' neck. He awakened with a scream, grabbed each snake in his hands and strangled them. Thus the start of the mighty man, Heracles.
Moses was removed from his house for safety, saved by his enemy's daughter, and nursed by his own mother. The difference is that Heracles was a myth; Moses was a real person, proving once again that life is at least as strange as if not stranger than fiction.
Knowing that Heracles was unsafe with her, Alcmene took her son and laid him in a field. The child would have perished in the field had not Hera and Athene happened by. Athene was struck by the beauty of the unknown child and urged Hera, the mother of the gods, to nurse him. Hera consented and Heracles nursed with such vigor that Hera thrust him away. Athene took Heracles to the nearby city and found a nursemaid for him, none other than Heracles' mother, Alcmene.
But Hera soon discovered that the child that she nursed in the field was Alcmene's child, and in an attempt to kill the child, had two poisonous snakes released in his bedroom. The snakes coiled around Heracles' neck. He awakened with a scream, grabbed each snake in his hands and strangled them. Thus the start of the mighty man, Heracles.
Moses was removed from his house for safety, saved by his enemy's daughter, and nursed by his own mother. The difference is that Heracles was a myth; Moses was a real person, proving once again that life is at least as strange as if not stranger than fiction.
