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Alcmene
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Greek Mythology (Latinized)
Meaning & History:
From Greek
Αλκμηνη
(Alkmene)
, derived from
αλκη
(
alke
)
"strength" and
μηνη
(
mene
)
"moon". In Greek mythology Alcmene was the wife of Amphitryon. She was the mother of
Herakles
by
Zeus
, who bedded her by disguising himself as her absent husband.
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Alkmene
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