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

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats