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Amphitryon

also: Ἀμφιτρύων

Alcmene's husband, whose form Zeus took to father Heracles on her; also father of Megara's husband in the sense that Heracles is called 'the son of Amphitryon.'

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The Iliad poem · 1 mention
The Odyssey poem · 1 mention

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