Associations to the word «Alcmene»

Wiktionary

ALCMENE, proper noun. (Greek mythology) Descendent of Perseus and Andromeda, the wife of Amphitryon, and mother, by Zeus, of Heracles/Hercules.
ALCMENE, proper noun. (astronomy) Short for 82 Alkmene, a main belt asteroid.

Wise words

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Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.