Figure Greek and Roman
Alkmene
Ἀλκμήνη grc Alcmene la
Mother of Heracles
- Child of Electryon and Eurydice of Mycenae
- Married to Rhadamanthus, Amphitryon
A life on the record,
dated by its sources.
Roles, not beliefs
Family
The family of Alkmene
Parents, consorts and children as the accounts give them. Choose a consort to see the children the stories give the two.
Accounts differ about a god’s family. Where they name different parents, the tree sets them side by side instead of choosing one.
The family as a list · 13
Kinship in an account 4
What this means
Parentage as a named source tells it. Not an independently established biological relationship, and different accounts disagree.
Does not imply an independently established biological relationship · agreement between accounts · marriage as a legal institution · exclusivity, or a single canonical pairing
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Family 9
What this means
A documented human family relationship. Not a succession mechanism, and not religious transmission.
Does not imply a right to an office · transmission of a teaching · a marriage · a shared religious affiliation
Imported from Wikidata unless a tile says otherwise. Nothing here has been read by an editor.
- child of (father) Electryon son of Perseus in Greek mythology
- parent of (child) Erythrus mythical son of Rhadamanthus
- parent of (child) Gortys mythical Cretan, founder of Gortyn
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parent of (child) Heracles divine hero in Greek mythology, son of Zeus and Alcmene -
parent of (mother) Iphicles son of Amphitryon in Greek mythology - parent of (child) Laonome daughter of Amphitryon
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partner of Zeus Greek god of the sky and king of the gods -
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married to Amphitryon figure in Greek mythology, husband of Alcmene -
married to Rhadamanthus Greek mythology character, son of Zeus and Europa
Sources
Sources and evidence
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9 statements on this record
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- 2 Imported Taken from Wikidata as it stands. Nobody here has read it.
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Review
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Disagreements are kept, not resolved, and a count of sources is not a confidence score.
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