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Alcmene

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Alcmene (ălkmē`nē): see Amphitryon Amphitryon (ămfĭ`trēən, –ŏn'), in Greek mythology, son of Alcaeus.
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That bird Heracles, the valiant son of shapely-ankled Alcmene, slew; and delivered the son of Iapetus from the cruel plague, and released him from his affliction -- not without the will of Olympian Zeus who reigns on high, that the glory of Heracles the Theban-born might be yet greater than it was before over the plenteous earth.
 
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