noun

Alcmēna

gen. Alcmēnae · gender feminine · decl. 1st

or , , also , , (always Alcumena in Plaut. Am.:

daughter of Electryon; wife of Amphitryo; and mother of Hercules by Jupiter •

Alcmene, Ov. M. 9, 276; gen., Gr. Dor. Alcumenās, Plaut. Am. Argum.; Alcmenes, Sen. Herc. Oet. 1825), = Ἀλκμήνη, daughter of Electryon, wife of Amphitryo, and mother of Hercules by Jupiter, and of his twin-brother Iphiclus by Amphitryo, Plaut. Am.; Hyg. Fab. 29 al.

Perseus ID: n1770 Key: Alcmena