Alcmene
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Alcmene
Alcmena
is the name of a spider genus.;
82 Alkmene
is an
asteroid
. In
Greek mythology
Alcmene (
Greek
) was the mother of
Heracles
. She was the daughter of
Electryon
, king of
Mycenae
and a son of
Perseus
. Her mother was either
Anaxo
, sister of
Amphitryon
, and thus Electryon's niece, or a daughter of
Pelops
, either
Eurydice
or
Lysidice
. Alcmena was the wife of Amphitryon in his exile, though he had accidentally killed her father.
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Alcmene
[Greek heroic] The wife of Amphitryon. While he was away, Zeus appeared before her in Amphitryon's guise, and seduced her. She became by him the mother of Heracles.
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