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... Alkmene , was called triselenos , the child of the triple moon.724 Whether Amphitryon returned that same night , 725 or not till the next , 726 Alkmene conceived twins , one son of Zeus and the other of Amphitryon , named Iphikles ...
... Alkmene , was called triselenos , the child of the triple moon.724 Whether Amphitryon returned that same night , 725 or not till the next , 726 Alkmene conceived twins , one son of Zeus and the other of Amphitryon , named Iphikles ...
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... Alkmene is delivered of a boy , and you have nothing more to do . ' The goddesses , astonished , opened their hands , and in that instant Alkmene bore Herakles . Then the goddesses , who had been thus befooled , changed the cunning girl ...
... Alkmene is delivered of a boy , and you have nothing more to do . ' The goddesses , astonished , opened their hands , and in that instant Alkmene bore Herakles . Then the goddesses , who had been thus befooled , changed the cunning girl ...
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... Alkmene's son allied him closely . She expressed her admiration for the sturdy child and per suaded Hera to offer him her breast . However , he sucked at it so strongly that the goddess could not bear the pain and threw the baby from ...
... Alkmene's son allied him closely . She expressed her admiration for the sturdy child and per suaded Hera to offer him her breast . However , he sucked at it so strongly that the goddess could not bear the pain and threw the baby from ...
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According Achilles Adrastos Agamemnon Aias Aietes Aigeus Akrisios Alkmene allegedly already Amazons Amphitryon Antiope Aphrodite Apollo Argonauts Argos Ariadne Artemis Atalante Athenians Atreus beast Bellerophontes bore brother brought bull called Centaur chariot child cult daughter dead death Deianeira Dionysos Dioskuroi divine Euripides Eurystheus famous father goddess gods golden Greek Hades hand Harmonia Helen Hera Herakles Hermes hero Hesperides Hippodameia honour Iolaos Iolkos island Jason journey Kadmos Kekrops killed king Laios land later marriage Medeia Meleagros Menelaos Minos mother murder Mycenae narrators Odysseus Oidipus Oineus Oinomaos oracle Orpheus palace Pallas Athene Peirithoos Peleus Pelias Pelops Persephone Perseus Phrixos poet Polyneikes Poseidon primaeval Proitos queen sacrifice sent serpent Sisyphos sons story tale Tantalos Telephos temple Theban Thebes Theseus Thetis Thracian Thyestes Tiryns told took tragedy Trojan Troy Tyndareos underworld vase-painting shows wife young Zeus