Alcmena

Alcmene, Alkmene

Daughter of Electryon and Anaxo.

Genealogy

Anaxo

Electryon

Amphimachus, Anactor, Archelaus, Celaeneus, Chirimachus, Gorgophonus, Licymnius, Lysinomus, Phylonomus, Stratobates

Amphitryon, Rhadamanthys

Hercules, Iphicles

Places
  1. Boeotia
  2. Mycenae
  3. Ocalea
  4. Thebes
  5. Tiryns
  6. Unknown
Events
  1. Electryon entrusts Mycenae and his daughter Alcmena to Amphitryon
  2. Amphitryon, Alcmena and Licymnius are purified by Creon
  3. Alcmena agrees to marry Amphitryon if he will avenge her brothers’ deaths
  4. Zeus, disguised as Amphitryon, has sex with Alcmena
  5. Hercules and Iphicles born
  6. Two snakes sent by Hera attack Hercules and Iphicles in their crib
  7. Rhadamanthys and Alcmena get married
  8. Rhadamanthys and Alcmena live in Ocaleae
  9. Hyllus gives Eurystheus’ severed head to Alcmena
  10. Rhadamanthys marries Alcmena
  11. Hera delays Alcmena’s labour
Citations
  1. Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Library, Section 4.5
  2. Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Library, Section 4.6
  3. Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Library, Section 4.8
  4. Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Library, Section 4.11
  5. Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Library, Section 8.1
  6. Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Library, Section 1.2
  7. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 14, Section 312
  8. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 19, Section 95
  9. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 19, Section 112
  10. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 1, Section 19.3
  11. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 1, Section 41.1
  12. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 2, Section 16.4
  13. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 2, Section 25.9
  14. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 5, Section 14.1
  15. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 5, Section 14.9
  16. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 5, Section 17.8
  17. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 5, Section 18.3
  18. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 8, Section 2.4
  19. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 9, Section 11.1
  20. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 9, Section 11.3
  21. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 9, Section 16.7
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