Alkmēnē (English spelling) Alkmene

Japanese: Alkmēnē(英語表記)Alkmene
Alkmēnē (English spelling) Alkmene

…Zeus also fathered many children with mortal women, including Dionysus by the Theban princess Semele, Hercules by Alkmene, Perseus by Danae, and Minos by Europa. Stories are told about each case that characterize the details and the people involved.

From "Hercules"

…Hercules is called Hercules in English and Hercules in French. He was the son of Zeus and Amphitryon's wife Alkmēnē (both of whom were grandchildren of the hero Perseus). On the day that he was to be born in Thebes, Zeus told his wife Hera that the descendant of Perseus born that day would become the ruler of Argos. When Hera, who had always been keeping a close eye on her husband's behavior, heard this, she ordered Eileithyia, the goddess of childbirth, to delay the birth of Heracles, while having Eurystheus, the son of Sthenelos, King of Argos and Alcmene's cousin, born first. …

*Some of the terminology explanations that mention "Alkmēnē" are listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…ゼウスは人間の女との間にも多数の子をもうける。主要なものだけを挙げれば,テーバイの王女セメレSemelēによりディオニュソスを,アルクメネAlkmēnēによりヘラクレス,ダナエDanaēによりペルセウス,エウロペによりミノスを得た。それぞれの場合につき細目と関与者を特徴づける物語が語られている。…

【ヘラクレス】より

…そこから英語ではハーキュリーズ,フランス語ではエルキュールという。 ゼウスがアンフィトリュオンAmphitryōnの妻アルクメネAlkmēnē(二人とも英雄ペルセウスの孫)に生ませた子で,彼がテーバイの地で生まれようとした日,ゼウスは妃ヘラに,今日生まれるペルセウスの後裔はアルゴスの支配者となろうと語った。つねづね夫の素行に目を光らせていたヘラはこれを聞くと,お産の女神エイレイテュイアEileithyiaに命じてヘラクレスの誕生を遅れさせる一方,アルクメネの従兄にあたるアルゴス王ステネロスSthenelosの子エウリュステウスEurystheusを先に生まれさせた。…

※「Alkmēnē」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

出典|株式会社平凡社世界大百科事典 第2版について | 情報

<<:  Alkyl halide (English spelling)

>>:  Alkmaion (anatomist)

Recommend

Prison - keimusho

A penal institution that houses those who have be...

Tomochika Ozuki

963-1025 * A government official in the mid-Heian...

Acanthaster planci (English spelling) Acanthaster planci

...The large Japanese starfish Distolasterias nip...

Kubu people - Kubu tribe (English spelling)

A Bedda ethnic group found scattered throughout th...

Forsythia intermedia (English spelling)

… [Mitsuru Hotta]... *Some of the terminology tha...

Boots - Chouka

〘 noun 〙 Leather boots. Military shoes used for ho...

Sphericity deviation

The deviation of a ball from being a perfect spher...

Crabgrass - Crabgrass

An annual grass of the Gramineae family. The culm...

Systematic taxonomy

A science that classifies and arranges living org...

Space Telescope

A 2.4m orbital telescope launched aboard the Space...

Manase Dosan

A doctor in the Warring States period. Born in Ky...

Chikanagakyouki - Chikanagakyouki

This is the diary of Kanroji Chikanaga, a nobleman...

"Otsue Sugata Hana" - Otsue Sugata Hana

…In many cases, the figures and animals in the pa...

stracittà (English spelling) stracitta

...From the late 1920s, the government strengthen...

Mandrill - Mandrill (English spelling)

A member of the Primates order, Cercopithecidae f...