Alcmena
Roman · mortal · heroic age · Recorded classification
In Ovid, Hercules’s mother recounts her obstructed labour and Galanthis’s intervention.
Children
Names and tradition associations
- Alcmene Apollodorus, Library 2.4.8–12; 2.7.7 (primary)
Relations
- counterpart of: AlcmeneOvid, Metamorphoses 9.211–323 (primary)
Sources
- In Ovid, Hercules’s mother recounts her obstructed labour and Galanthis’s intervention.: Ovid, Metamorphoses 9.211–323 (primary)