Here is a list of some of the Son of Zeus’ contradictions:

[G. S.] Kirk provides a useful summary list of some important contradictions:

humane [<–>] bestial
serious [<–>] burlesque
sane [<–>] mad
salutary [<–>] destructive
free [<–>] slave
human [<–>] divine

(to which Nicole Loraux adds

virile [<–>] feminine) (Lawson, 1993, 116-117)

Bibliography:

Lawson, Pamela Jane. “The Iconography of Herakles and the ‘Other’ in Archaic Greek Vase Painting.” PhD diss. Harvard University, 1993.