Alcmene
mythological figure · 2 works · 2 mentions · 2 anchored passages
in the texts
Protrepticus
Mortal woman with whom Zeus conceived Heracles over an extraordinarily long night.
To what a pitch of wantonness has that Zeus driven — he who took such pleasure in his nights with Alcmene?
Orations
Mortal mother of Heracles.
For he was, as all say, the son of Zeus by Alcmene, and king not only of Argos but of all Hellas.