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page 1Mythological Tirynthians

Alkmene
In Greek mythology, Alcmene ( ; ) or Alcmena ( ; ; ; meaning "strong in wrath") was the wife of Amphitryon, by whom she bore two children, Iphicles and Laonome. She is best known as the mother of Heracles, whose father was the god Zeus. Alcmene was also referred to as Electryone (), a patronymic name as a daughter of Electryon.

Amphitryon
thumb|Book frontispiece|Frontispiece of the 1682 edition of [[Molière's highly successful comedy Amphitryon, based on a Plautine comic treatment of the myth of the eponymous hero: the gods Jupiter (Zeus), disguised as Amphitryon and mounted upon an eagle, and Mercury (Hermes) descend from Olympus to meddle in the affairs of the play's human characters.]]
Iphicles
thumb|Iphicles and his half-brother Heracles

Stheneboea
thumb|upright=1.2|Bellerophon and Stheneboea detail from the 2nd-century Four Seasons mosaic from Antioch, [[Hatay Archaeological Museum.]]
Licymnius
In Greek mythology, Licymnius (; ) was a good friend of Heracles and an illegitimate son of Electryon, King of Tiryns and Mycenae in the Argolid (which makes him half-brother of Alcmene, mother of Heracles). His mother is given as Mideia, a Phrygian woman. One source mentions Alco (Ἀλκώ) as his sister. Licymnios appears in the Iliad (II, 661–663) as an old uncle of Heracles (without other details than that of being a "spawn of Ares - which can be understood figuratively as "warrior")
Eurypylus
In Greek mythology, Eurypylus (; ) was the name of several different people:
Perseids
mythical descendants of Perseus
Perimedes
Perimedes (Ancient Greek: Περιμήδης) was a name attributed to several characters in Greek mythology.