person
Alcmene
also: Tirynthia
Wife of Amphitryon of Tiryns; Jupiter took her husband's form to father Hercules, hence she is called the Tirynthian.
Reading notes
- Metamorphoses §6.129 Tirynthian one
Wife of Amphitryon; Jupiter wore her husband's shape to beget Hercules. Called 'the Tirynthian' for Tiryns.
- Metamorphoses §8.217 noble Alcmena
Alcmena, mother of Hercules.