Alcmene
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Alcmene Greek Daughter of Electryon, king of
Mycenae; granddaughter of the hero Perseus; wife
and cousin of Amphitryon; mother of Heracles (by
Zeus) and of Iphicles (by her husband).
While her husband was at war, the god Zeus
disguised as Amphitryon, visited Alcmene. According
to Hesiod, Alcmene was a most virtuous woman and
would not have entertained Zeus had he appeared
as himself. Zeus realized this, and wanting to sire
a champion for both gods and humans, he wooed
Alcmene as if he were her husband. It is said that the
experience was so enjoyable that Zeus, with his magic,
made one night last the length of three. The next
morning, Amphitryon returned from war and mated
with his wife, who then also conceived a mortal son,
Iphicles. Alcmene bore the hero Heracles, son of
Zeus on one day and his twin brother the next day.
When Alcmene died, many years later, Zeus had
her taken to the Islands of the Blessed, where she
married Rhadamanthus.
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- Iphicles Greek Halfbrother of the hero Heracles; son of Amphitryon, a prince of Tiryns, and his wife, Alcmene, who was a daughter of the king of Mycenae; husband to Automedusa, and later, to the youngest daughter of King Creon of Thebes.
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