Amphitryon

<p>Amphitryon , in <a href="/facts/Greek_mythology/M7k4FvW8">Greek mythology</a>, was a son of <a href="/facts/Alcaeus_(mythology)/f0knhgXy">Alcaeus</a>, king of <a href="/facts/Tiryns/xws15PvM">Tiryns</a> in <a href="/facts/Argolis/0MTLu684">Argolis</a>. His mother was named either <a href="/facts/Astydameia/6GvB9rQH">Astydameia</a>, the daughter of <a href="/facts/Pelops/gJbeLxrr">Pelops</a> and <a href="/facts/Hippodamia_(mythology)/RI0Nt06L">Hippodamia</a>, or <a href="/facts/Laonome/bsh5mgBa">Laonome</a>, daughter of <a href="/facts/Guneus/BKClQaSj">Guneus</a>, or else <a href="/facts/Hipponome/96JMAaHf">Hipponome</a>, daughter of <a href="/facts/Menoeceus/L7Ts2zH8">Menoeceus</a>. Amphitryon was the brother of <a href="/facts/Anaxo_(daughter_of_Alcaeus)/4Ug462Lr">Anaxo</a> (wife of <a href="/facts/Electryon/m3uQsclr">Electryon</a>), and <a href="/facts/Perimede_(mythology)/FKI2DxKY">Perimede</a>, wife of <a href="/facts/Licymnius/MMf0vfE1">Licymnius</a>. He was a husband of <a href="/facts/Alcmene/n0J1GpTo">Alcmene</a>, <a href="/facts/Electryon/m3uQsclr">Electryon</a>'s daughter, and stepfather of the Greek hero <a href="/facts/Heracles/CIQWycTu">Heracles</a>.
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Amphitryon