Alcmene

Reading notes

• The Homeric Hymns §15.1 Alcmene

  Mortal woman of Thebes who bore Heracles to Zeus.

• The Odyssey §2.103 Alcmene

  Mother of Heracles by Zeus, named among the famed women of the past whom Penelope is said to outdo in cunning.

• The Odyssey §11.253 Alcmene, the wife of Amphitryon

  Bore Heracles to Zeus while married to Amphitryon.