- Information
- mother of Heracles
- Sometimes conflated with
- 👤 Danae
- Daughter of
- 👤 Amphiaraos 👤 Anaxo (Mycenaean) 👤 Electryon (s. of Perseus)👤 Eriphyle 👤 Lysidice (d. of Pelops)
- Mother of
- 👤 Heracles 👤 Iphicles 👤 Laonome (d. of Amphitryon)
- Wife of
- 👤 Amphitryon 👤 Rhadamanthys
- Has children with
- 👤 Amphitryon 👤 Zeus
- Dies at
- 🌍 Megara (Argolid)
- Buried at
- 🏛️ the Tomb of Alcmene (Megara)
- Buried by
- 👥 the Sons of Heracles
- Has post-mortem existence at
- 🌍 the Underworld
- Cult sites
- 🌍 Thebes (Boiotia) 🏛️ the Temple of Heracles (Cynosarges)
- Dwelling
- 🏛️ the Chamber of Alcmene (Thebes)
- Depictions
- 🌍 Olympia (Elis) 🌍 the Sanctuary of Zeus (Olympia) 🏛️ the Temple of Hera (Olympia) 🏺 the Tapestry of Arachne 💠 the Chest of Cypselos (Olympia) 🖌️ Campanian Red-Figure Neck Amphora attributed to the Painter of the Louvre K491 (BM 1873,0820.341; Beazley 425139; LIMC Alkmene 6)🖌️ Wall paintings from Pompeii (P-LOD r1-i6-p11-space-b)
- Related Entities
- 🌍 Argos (city) 🌍 Boiotia 🌍 Megara (Argolid) 🌍 Mount Olympos (N. Greece) 🌍 Mount Phicion (Boiotia) 🌍 Mycenae (Argolid) 🌍 Opountian Locris 🌍 Phocis 🌍 Sparta (Laconia) 🌍 Thebes (Boiotia) 🌍 Tiryns (Argolid) 🌍 Typhaonion 🌍 the Oracle of Apollo (Delphi)🌍 the Rocks of Sceiron (Megarid)🌍 the Sanctuary of Heracles (Thebes)🌍 the Taphian Islands 🌍 the Underworld 🏛️ the Chamber of Alcmene (Thebes) 🏛️ the House of Amphitryon (Thebes) 🏛️ the Temple of Heracles (Cynosarges) 🏛️ the Tomb of Alcmene (Megara) 🏺 the Tapestry of Arachne 👤 Adrastos (Argive I) 👤 Agamedes (architect) 👤 Amphiaraos 👤 Amphimachos (s. of Electryon)👤 Amphitryon 👤 Anactor 👤 Anaxo (Mycenaean) 👤 Antenor (Theban) 👤 Archelaos (Mycenaean) 👤 Ate 👤 Celaineus 👤 Cephalos (h. of Procris) 👤 Cheirimachos 👤 Comaitho (d. of Pterelaos) 👤 Creon (Theban) 👤 Danae 👤 Deimachos (Mycenaean) 👤 Diomedes (Argive) 👤 Eileithyia 👤 Electryon (s. of Perseus)👤 Epaphos (s. of Io) 👤 Epilaos (Mycenaean) 👤 Eriphyle 👤 Eurybios (Mycenaean) 👤 Eurydice (Theban) 👤 Eurystheus 👤 Gorgophonos (Mycenaean I) 👤 Hebe 👤 Heleios 👤 Helios 👤 Henioche (Theban) 👤 Hera 👤 Heracles 👤 Hermes 👤 Historis 👤 Hyllos (s. of Deianeira) 👤 Hypermnestra (Danaid) 👤 Hypnos 👤 Ino 👤 Iolaos 👤 Iphicles 👤 Laonome (d. of Amphitryon)👤 Licymnios 👤 Lynceus (Aigyptid) 👤 Lysidice (d. of Pelops) 👤 Lysinomos 👤 Megara 👤 Melia (Theban) 👤 Mycene (eponym) 👤 Nomios (Mycenaean) 👤 Odysseus 👤 Panopeus (eponym) 👤 Peri[...] (s. of Electryon)👤 Perseus (Argive) 👤 Phylonomos 👤 Procles (Heraclid) 👤 Rhadamanthys 👤 Selene 👤 Semele 👤 Sthenelos (Mycenaean) 👤 Stratobates 👤 Teiresias 👤 Trophonios 👤 Tyro 👤 Zeus 👥 the Cattle of Electryon👥 the Pharmacidai 👥 the Serpents of Hera 👥 the Sons of Heracles 👥 the Teleboans 💠 the Chest of Cypselos (Olympia)
- Appears in
- 📜 Homeric Hymn 15 to Heracles 1-9📜 Apollodoros, Library 2.4.11📜 Apollodoros, Library 2.4.5📜 Apollodoros, Library 2.4.6📜 Apollodoros, Library 2.4.6-2.4.8📜 Apollodoros, Library 2.4.8📜 Apollodoros, Library 2.8.1📜 Apollodoros, Library 3.1.2📜 Asios fr. 4 West📜 Bacchylides, Odes 5📜 Bacchylides fr. 4📜 Bacchylides fr. 64📜 D-Scholia, Iliad 14.323b📜 D-Scholia, Iliad 19.119📜 D-Scholia, Iliad 2.662📜 Euripides, Alcestis 476-506📜 Euripides, Alcestis 805-860📜 Euripides, Hippolytos 507-560📜 Euripides, Trojan Women 799-819📜 Hesiod, Ehoiai fr. 136 Most📜 Hesiod, Ehoiai fr. 138 Most📜 Hesiod, Great Ehoiai fr. 187a, b Most📜 Hesiod, Great Ehoiai fr. 191a, b, c Most📜 Hesiod, Shield of Heracles 1-27📜 Hesiod, Shield of Heracles 27-56📜 Hesiod, Shield of Heracles 77-93📜 Hesiod, Theogony 507-544📜 Hesiod, Theogony 943-944📜 Homer, Iliad 14.312-14.328📜 Homer, Iliad 19.95-19.124📜 Homer, Odyssey 11.266-11.270📜 Homer, Odyssey 2.84-2.128📜 Ion, Elegiacs fr. 27📜 Lucian, Dialogues of the Dead 11.3-11.4 MacLeod📜 Lucian, Dialogues of the Gods 14.1-2 MacLeod📜 Lucian, Dialogues of the Gods 4.2 MacLeod📜 Lucian, Essays in Portraiture Defended 19📜 Ovid, Metamorphoses 6.104-6.128📜 Pausanias 1.19.3📜 Pausanias 1.41.1📜 Pausanias 2.25.9📜 Pausanias 5.17.7-5.17.8📜 Pausanias 5.18.1-5.18.3📜 Pausanias 8.2.4-8.2.5📜 Pausanias 8.32.4📜 Pausanias 9.11.1📜 Pausanias 9.11.3📜 Pausanias 9.16.7📜 Pindar, Isthmian 1 1-40📜 Pindar, Isthmian 4 43-72📜 Pindar, Isthmian 6 19-56📜 Pindar, Isthmian 7 1-19📜 Pindar, Nemean 10 1-18📜 Pindar, Nemean 1 31-72📜 Pindar, Olympian 7 27-53📜 Pindar, Pythian 11 1-37📜 Pindar, Pythian 4 169-202📜 Pindar, Pythian 9 76-103📜 Pindar fr. 172 Snell-Maehler📜 Pindar fr. 52u Snell-Maehler📜 Plutarch, Theseus 7.1📜 Ps-Lucian, Charidemos 7
- Mentioned in Text
- Homeric Hymn 15 to HeraclesApollodoros, LibraryAsiosBacchylides, OdesBacchylidesD-Scholia, IliadEuripides, AlcestisEuripides, HippolytosEuripides, Trojan WomenHesiod, EhoiaiHesiod, Great EhoiaiHesiod, Shield of HeraclesHesiod, TheogonyHomer, IliadHomer, OdysseyIon, ElegiacsLucian, Dialogues of the DeadLucian, Dialogues of the GodsLucian, Essays in Portraiture DefendedOvid, MetamorphosesPausaniasPindar, Isthmian 1Pindar, Isthmian 4Pindar, Isthmian 6Pindar, Isthmian 7Pindar, Nemean 10Pindar, Nemean 1Pindar, Olympian 7Pindar, Pythian 11Pindar, Pythian 4Pindar, Pythian 9PindarPlutarch, TheseusPs-Lucian, Charidemos