Amphitryon

Greek Grandson of the Greek hero Perseus; husband of Alcmene; father of Iphicles and foster father of the hero Heracles, who was the son of Alcmene and the supreme god Zeus. His brother, Electryon, was the father of Alcmene, and king of Mycenae. The brothers quarreled and Amphitryon accidentally killed Electryon. Amphitryon and Alcmene fled to Thebes and were given refuge by King Creon. In gratitude, Amphitryon helped to rid Thebes of a monster known as the Teumessian vixen, a fox that had terrorized the country by demanding the sacrifice of a child every month. With the help of Zeus and the marvelous hound Laelaps, which could catch anything it hunted, Amphitryon rid the country of the dreaded fox.