Alcmena

Alcmēna or Alcŭmēna, ae, also Alcmēnē, ēs, f. (always Alcumena in Plaut. Am.:

• 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.

Alcmēna, ae, f., u. Alcmēnē, ēs, f., gedehnt Alcumēna, ae, f. (Ἀλκμήνη), Tochter des Eletryon, Gemahlin des Amphitryo in Theben, Mutter des von Jupiter erzeugten Herkules u. seines von Amphitryo erzeugten Zwillingsbruders Iphikles, Plaut. Amph. prol. 99 u. 103 u.a. Lucil. sat. 17, 6. Hyg. fab. 29. Cic. de nat. deor. 3, 42. Ov. met. 9, 275 u. 281 sqq. – ➳ Über die drei Formen s. Neue-Wagener Formenl.³ Bd. 1. S. 68 u. 69 f.u. Georges, Lexik. der lat. Wortform. S. 32.

Alcmēna, (11) æ, f. , Cic. Nat. 3, 42, et Alcmēnē, ēs, f. , Ov. (Ἀλκμήνη) Alcmène, mère dʼHercule : Ov. M. 9, 276, etc.

➳ d. Pl. Alcumena.

Alcmena Alcmena, mother of Herakles

• Hdt. 2.43, Hdt. 2.145
• daughter of Electryon: Apollod. 2.4.5
• daughter of Amphiaraus and Eriphyle: Paus. 5.17.8
• goes to Thebes with Amphitryon: Apollod. 2.4.6
• visited by Zeus in the likeness of Amphitryon: Apollod. 2.4.7, Apollod. 2.4.8, Paus. 5.18.3
• bridal chamber at Thebes: Paus. 9.2.1
• bears Herakles and Iphicles: Apollod. 2.4.8
• her delivery retarded by the Ilithyias: Paus. 9.11.3, Apollod. 2.4.5
• marries Rhadamanthys and dwells at Ocaleae: Apollod. 2.4.11
• gouges out the eyes of Eurystheus: Apollod. 2.8.1
• married to Rhadamanthys: Apollod. 3.1.2
• turned into stone: Paus. 9.16.7
• tomb at Megara: Paus. 1.41.1
• altar: Paus. 1.19.3
• mentioned by Homer: Paus. 2.16.4