Alkmene is from the Greek Ἀλκμήνη (Alkmēnē — might of the moon, mighty wrath) — foundational from Greek alkē (might/strength) + mēnē (moon). A modern American baby name in the broader Greek-mythological heritage aesthetic. Alkmene is one of the foundational Greek feminine names — central to traditional Greek heroic-mythological heritage. The foundational name connects to foundational Alcmene — foundational legendary foundational mother of Heracles / Hercules + foundational princess of foundational Mycenae + foundational wife of foundational Amphitryon + foundational central to foundational Zeus disguise narrative (foundational Zeus impersonated Amphitryon while real Amphitryon away at war + foundational night extended threefold + foundational Heracles conceived) + foundational central to foundational *Hesiod's Shield of Heracles + foundational Apollodorus's Bibliotheca 2.4.5-8 + foundational Plautus's comedy Amphitruo (~190 BCE) + foundational central to foundational pan-Greek heroic heritage; foundational also foundational Heracles / Hercules foundational Twelve Labors — foundational central to foundational Greek + Roman + European literary + artistic heritage spanning ~3,000 years + foundational Choice of Hercules foundational central allegorical narrative + foundational Apotheosis of Heracles* foundational ascended to Olympus; foundational also foundational Iphicles foundational mortal twin brother of Heracles foundational born to Alcmene + Amphitryon. Foundational Greek feminine name reflecting Greek heroic heritage.
Featured throughout Greek heritage.
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Alkmene reduces to seven.