Alcmene

American  

[alk-mee-nee] / ælkˈmi ni /

Or Alkmene,

noun

Classical Mythology.

1. the mother of Hercules by Zeus, who had assumed the form of Amphitryon, her husband.

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Alcmene British  

/ ælkˈmiːnɪ /

noun

1. Greek myth the mother of Hercules by Zeus who visited her in the guise of her husband, Amphitryon

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Example Sentences

Another energy firm, Alcmene, part of the privately owned British energy holding company Liwathon Group, has expressed interest in investing in Schwedt.

From New York Times • May 23, 2022

“We would be able to deliver security of supply and full utilization of the PCK refinery through German ports” without government subsidies, Alcmene said in an emailed statement.

From New York Times • May 23, 2022

He. too, is a composite figure, son of Zeus and the mortal Alcmene, and he is caught in a moment of contradiction: success and exhaustion, accomplishment and depletion.

From Washington Post • Dec. 13, 2015

For this reason also Zeus raised Alcmene from the dead, and conducted her to the islands of the blest as the wife of Rhadamanthus.

From The History and Antiquities of the Doric Race, Vol. 1 of 2 by Müller, Karl Otfried

Heracles, the most renowned hero of antiquity, was the son of Zeus and Alcmene, and the great grandson of Perseus.

From Myths and Legends of Ancient Greece and Rome by Berens, E.M.