Her mother was Anaxo, daughter of Alcaeus and Astydamia. Mythology Background Īccording to the Bibliotheca, Alcmene was born to Electryon, the son of Perseus and Andromeda, and king of Tiryns and Mycenae or Medea in Argolis. Alcmene was also referred to as Electryone ( Ἠλεκτρυώνη, Elektryṓnē), a patronymic name as a daughter of Electryon. She is best known as the mother of Heracles, whose father was the god Zeus. In Greek mythology, Alcmene ( / æ l k ˈ m iː n iː/ alk- MEE-nee Attic Greek: Ἀλκμήνη, romanized: Alkmḗnē) or Alcmena ( / æ l k ˈ m iː n ə/ alk- MEE-nə Doric Greek: Ἀλκμάνα, romanized: Alkmána Latin: Alcumena meaning 'strong in wrath' ) was the wife of Amphitryon, by whom she bore two children, Iphicles and Laonome. (1) Zeus, (2) Amphitryon, (3) Rhadamanthus Electryon and Anaxo/ Lysidice/ Eurydice or Amphiaraus and Eriphyle
