Alcmene

Alcmene
Princess of Mycenae
Member of the Mycenaean Royal House
Birth of Heracles by Jean-Jacques-François Le Barbier
Other names	Electryone
Abode	Mycenae, later Thebes
Genealogy
Born	Mycenae
Parents	Electryon and Anaxo/ Lysidice/ Eurydice or Amphiaraus and Eriphyle
Consort	Amphitryon, Rhadamanthus
Children	Heracles, Iphicles and Laonome

In Greek mythology, Alcmene (/ælkˈmiːniː/ alk-MEE-nee; Attic Greek: Ἀλκμήνη, romanized: Alkmḗnē) or Alcmena (/ælkˈmiːnə/ alk-MEE-nə; Doric Greek: Ἀλκμάνα, romanized: Alkmána; Latin: Alcumena; meaning "strong in wrath"^[1]) was the wife of Amphitryon, by whom she bore two children, Iphicles and Laonome. She is best known as the mother of Heracles, whose father was the god Zeus.^[2] Alcmene was also referred to as Electryone (Ἠλεκτρυώνη, Elektryṓnē), a patronymic name as a daughter of Electryon.^[3]