Alcaeus

Quartigod Perseid prince, son of Perseus and Andromeda and brother of Sthenelus and Electryon; father of Amphitryon and grandfather (the eponymous Alcaeus) from whom Heracles took the name Alcides. Distinct from Alcaeus the Lydian Heraclid and others.

Parentage

• Perseus
• Andromeda

Children

• Amphitryon

Domains

• kingship

Relations

• father: Perseus
• mother: Andromeda
• sibling: Electryon
• sibling: Sthenelus
• father of: Amphitryon

Sources

• Apollodorus 2.4.5-6; Hesiod Shield of Heracles 1-56; Paus. 8.14.2; Hom. Il. (Alcides patronymic context)
• Apollod. 2.4.5 (son of Perseus and Andromeda)