Alcmene

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figure in Greek mythology mortal woman

Alcmene is a mortal woman in Greek mythology, best known as the mother of the hero Heracles.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form Occurrences
Ἀλκμήνη 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf figure in Greek mythology ⓘ
mortal woman ⓘ
associatedDeity Hera ⓘ
Zeus ⓘ
associatedWithCity Thebes ⓘ
associatedWithRegion Mycenae and Tiryns ⓘ
surface form: Mycenae
associatedWithTheme divine seduction ⓘ
heroic birth ⓘ
identity deception ⓘ
associatedWithVirtue fidelity ⓘ
piety ⓘ
category Heracleidae ⓘ
causeOfConflict jealousy of Hera ⓘ
childrenWithAmphitryon Iphicles ⓘ
childrenWithZeus Heracles ⓘ
consort Zeus ⓘ
culture Greek Antiquity ⓘ
surface form: Ancient Greece
deceivedBy Zeus ⓘ
deceptionFormOfZeus Amphitryon ⓘ
ethnicity Greek ⓘ
etymology possibly from Greek elements meaning "strength" and "wrath" ⓘ
father Electryon ⓘ
gender female ⓘ
grandfather Perseus ⓘ
grandmotherOf Hyllus ⓘ
house House of Perseus ⓘ
husbandOccupation warrior ⓘ
impregnatedBy Amphitryon ⓘ
Zeus ⓘ
languageOfName Ancient Greek ⓘ
literaryCharacterType noble woman ⓘ
maritalStatus married ⓘ
mentionedIn Alcestis by Euripides ⓘ
Ovid’s Metamorphoses ⓘ
surface form: Metamorphoses by Ovid

Apollodorus' Bibliotheca ⓘ
surface form: The Library by Apollodorus

Hesiod's Works and Days ⓘ
surface form: Works and Days by Hesiod
mother Anaxo ⓘ
motherOf Heracles ⓘ
Iphicles ⓘ
mythologicalTradition Greek mythology ⓘ
mythType heroic myth ⓘ
nameInAncientGreek Alcmene self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Ἀλκμήνη
notableFor being the mother of Heracles ⓘ
notableRelative Eurystheus ⓘ
relatedMythCycle Heracles cycle ⓘ
surface form: Labors of Heracles
roleInMyths mother of a demigod hero ⓘ
sibling Gorgophone ⓘ
spouse Amphitryon ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Zeus → consort → Alcmene ⓘ
Heracles → mother → Alcmene ⓘ
Alcmene → nameInAncientGreek → Alcmene self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ἀλκμήνη