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Perseus [61418]
Andromeda [61439]
Electryon king of Mycenae [61417]

Alcmene [61416]

 

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Alcmene [61416]

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alcmene

In Greek mythology , Alcmene or Alcmena (Greek : A was the mother of Heracles .
Background
Alcmene was born to Electryon , king of Mycenae and a son of Perseus . Her mother was either Anaxo , daughter of Alcaeus and Astydamia , or Lysidice , daughter of Pelops and Hippodameia . Hesiod describes Alcmene as the tallest, most beautiful woman with wisdom surpassed by no person born of mortal parents. It is said that her face and dark eyes were as charming as Aphrodite's , and that she honoured her husband like no woman before her.


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Alcmene married.




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