A partial list of the Children of Heracles and their mothers. Often the authors disagree on the names and numbers.

Children (mother)

• Thattalus (Chalciope, daughter of Eurypylus) Apollodorus 2.7.8
• Thestalus (Epicaste, daughter of Augeas) Apollodorus 2.7.8
• Everes (Parthenope daughter of Stymphalus) Apollodorus 2.7.8
• Telephus (Auge, daughter of Aleus) Apollodorus 2.7.4, 3.9.1
  
• Tlepolemus (Astyoche, daughter of Phylas) Apollodorus, Epitome III.13
  
• Thessalus (?) Homer, Iliad 2.678
• Hyllus, Ctesippus, Glenus, and Odites ( Deianira, daughter of Oeneus) Catalogues of Women frag. 98
• Therimachus, Deicoon, and Creonitiades, ( Megara, daughter of Creon)
• Agelaus according to Apollodorus (2.7.8) or Lamos according to Diod. Siculus 4.31.8 and Ovid Heroides 9.54 (Omphale)
• Ctesippus (Astydameia, daughter of Amyntor) Diodorus Siculus 4.37.4
• Palaemon (Autonoe, daughter of Pireus) Apollodorus 2.7.8
• Hyllus (Melite) according to Apollonius Rhodius, Argonautica 4.538
• Echephron and Promachus (Psophis, daughter of Eryx) Pausanias 8.24.2, 8.27.2
• Aechmagoras (Phialo, daughter of Alcimedon) Pausanias 8.12.2

Children in Olympus after his "death"

• Alexiares and Anicetus (Hebe, daughter of Hera) (Apollodorus 2.7.7)

Children with the daughters of Thespius (Apollodorus 2.7.8)

• Antiades (Aglaia)
• ? (Anthea)
• Cleolaus (Argele)
• Hippodromus (Anthippe)
• Astyanax (Epilais)
• Eurypylus (Eubote)
• Iobes (Certhe)
• Onesippus (Chryseis)
• Eurycapys (Clytippe)
• Polylaus (Eurybia)
• Eumedes (Lyse)
• Teles (Lysidice)
• Laomedon (Meline)
• Entelides (Menippis)
• Laomenes (Oria)
• Threpsippas (Panope)
• Archemachus (Patro)
• The Twins Antileon and Hippeus (Procris)
• Creon (?)
• Teleutagoras (?)
• Capylus (Hippo)
• Olympus (Euboea)
• Nicodromus (Nice)
• Eurythras ( Exole)
• Homolippus ( Xanthis)
• Atromus (Stratonice)
• Celeustanor (Iphis)
• Antiphus (Laothoe)
• Alopius (Antiope)
• Astybies (Calametis)
• Tigasis (Phyleis)
• Leucones (Aeschreis)
• Archedicus ( Eurypyle)
• Dynastes (Erato)
• Mentor ( Asopis)
• Amestrius (Eone)
• Lyncaeus (Tiphyse)
• Halocrates (Olympusa)
• Phalias (Heliconis)
• Oestrobles (Hesychia)
• Euryopes (Terpsicrate)
• Buleus (Elachia)
• Antimachus (Nicippe
• Patroclus (Pyrippe)
• Nephus (Praxithea)
• Erasippus (Lysippe)
• Lycurgus (Toxicrate)
• Bucolus (Marse)
• Leucippus (Eurytele)
• Hippozygus (Hippocrate).

Tlepolemus, son of Hercules, a huge brave man, 
led nine ships of courageous troops, men from Rhodes,   
split into three divisions: from Lindus, Ialysus,   
and chalky Cameirus—all led by Tlepolemus,    
famous spearman, born to Astyocheia , Iliad Book 2  

And he had sons by the daughters of Thespius, to wit: by Procris he had Antileon and Hippeus( for the eldest daughter bore twins); by Panope he had Threpsippas; by Lyse he had Eumedes; ... he had Creon; by Epilais he had Astyanax; by Certhe he had Iobes; by Eurybia he had Polylaus; by Patro he had Archemachus; by Meline he had Laomedon; by Clytippe he had Eurycapys; by Eubote he had Eurypylus; by Aglaia he had Antiades; by Chryseis he had Onesippus; by Oriahe had Laomenes; by Lysidice he had Teles; by Menippis he had Entelides; by Anthippe he had Hippodromus; by Eury ... he had Teleutagoras; by Hippo he had Capylus; by Euboea he had Olympus; by Nice he had Nicodromus; by Argele he had Cleolaus; by Exole he had Erythras; by Xanthis he had Homolippus; by Stratonice he had Atromus; by Iphis he had Celeustanor; by Laothoe he had Antiphus; by Antiope he had Alopius; by Calametis he had Astybies; by Phyleis he had Tigasis, by Aeschreis he had Leucones; by Anthea ... ; by Eurypyle he had Archedicus; by Erato he had Dynastes; by Asopis he had Mentor; by Eone he had Amestrius; by Tiphyse he had Lyncaeus; by Olympusa he had Halocrates; by Heliconis he had Phalias; by Hesychia he had Oestrobles; by Terpsicrate he had Euryopes; by Elachia he had Buleus; by Nicippe he had Antimachus; by Pyrippehe had Patroclus; by Praxithea he had Nephus; by Lysippe he had Erasippus; by Toxicrate he had Lycurgus; by Marse he had Bucolus; by Eurytele he had Leucippus; by Hippocrate he had Hippozygus. These he had by the daughters of Thespius. And he had sons by other women: by Deianira, daughter of Oeneus, he had Hyllus, Ctesippus, Glenus and Onites; by Megara, daughter of Creon, he had Therimachus, Deicoon, and Creontiades;3 by Omphale he had Agelaus, from whom the family of Croesus was descended, by Chalciope, daughter of Eurypylus, he had Thettalus; by Epicaste, daughter of Augeas, he had Thestalus; by Parthenope, daughter of Stymphalus, he had Everes; by Auge, daughter of Aleus, he had Telephus; by Astyoche, daughter of Phylas, he had Tlepolemus; by Astydamia, daughter of Amyntor, he had Ctesippus; by Autonoe, daughter of Pireus, he had Palaemon.

Apollodorus, Library and Epitome 2.7.8

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