Electryon

Quartigod (¼ divine via Perseus); king of Mycenae after Perseus; father of Alcmene by Anaxo. The Pterelaus war (Apollod. 2.4.6) over the disputed Taphian inheritance led to the deaths of all his sons except Licymnius. Killed accidentally by his son-in-law and nephew Amphitryon during a cattle dispute; Amphitryon and Alcmene fled to Thebes, where Zeus subsequently begot Heracles on Alcmene. Electryon's death is the proximate cause of the Theban exile that produced Heracles.

Parentage

• paternal: Perseus
• maternal: Andromeda

Children

• Alcmene

Powers

• Rule Mycenae and wage the Taphian cattle-war

Relations

• sibling: Alcaeus
• sibling: Alcaeus (son of Perseus, brother of Electryon, paternal grandfather of Heracles) · GreekAlcaeus = father of Amphitryon. Pending entry.Apollod. 2.4.5 (primary)

Sources

• existence: Hes. Sh. 1-56, 79-89; Apollod. 2.4.5-6 (primary)
• parentage: Apollod. 2.4.5 (son of Perseus and Andromeda) (primary)