#alcmene

• Alcmene — A heroine in Greek mythology, daughter of King Electryon of Mycenae, wife of Amphitryon, and mother of the legendary demigod Heracles (Hercules). According to legend, Zeus fell in love with her and assumed the form of her husband to seduce her while he was away at war, prolonging their night of love; Alcmena represents the symbol of maternal dignity in the face of Hera's jealousy, her figure being portrayed and adapted in numerous classical plays.
• Alcmene — The original Greek and international form of the name Alcmena (Alkmene); it is also the name of a major main-belt asteroid (82 Alkmene), discovered in 1864 by the German astronomer Robert Luther. In a mythological context, it represents the central figure of works written across various cultural eras focused on the birth of Heracles.
• Alcmene — An archaic or regional phonetic variant used in old Romanian texts for Alcmene, a character in Greek mythology, the wife of Amphitryon and mother of the hero Heracles (Hercules). In an extended or contextual sense, the term may refer to early literary representations or folk names of celestial bodies inspired by ancient legends.
• Amphitryon — The international, etymological, and literary spelling of the name Amfitrion, a famous character from Greek mythology, king of Thebes and son of Alcaeus. In the context of comparative studies and world literature, this graphical form is utilized to designate the mythic character staged by playwrights such as Plautus, Molière, or Heinrich von Kleist, preserving the direct link to the Greek roots of the name.