Electryon

Also known as: Electyron · Role: father of Alcmena · First appears: The Catalogues of Women and Eoiae · Fragments 81–100

In The Shield of Heracles, Amphitryon slew Electryon over his oxen, killing Alcmena’s father. In The Catalogues of Women and Eoiae, Alcmena is described as the daughter who “alone was left to delight her parents”.

Relationship record

Life events

• Amphitryon slew Electyron over his oxen.(The Shield of Heracles · Part 1)
  • With: Amphitryon
  • “Verily he had slain her noble father violently when he was angry about oxen;”

The Catalogues of Women and Eoiae · Fragments 81–100

• child: Alcmena “So Alcmena alone was left to delight her parents........and the daughter of Electryon....”

The Shield of Heracles · Part 1

• child: Alcmena “even Alcmena, the daughter of Electyron,”

Also listed in Other Figures — Minor Figures

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Extracted from the original text of Hesiod and Homerica. Made with Rho MD.