Before Heracles, there was Alcmene, and there's so much more to her than just "mother of a hero". Help keep LTAMB going by subscribing to Liv's Patreon for bonus content!

CW/TW: far too many Greek myths involve assault. Given it's fiction, and typically involves gods and/or monsters, I'm not as deferential as I would be were I referencing the real thing.

Sources: Theoi.com entries on Hesiod's Shield of Heracles; Pseudo-Apollodorus' Library of Greek Mythology; Early Greek Myths by Timothy Gantz; The Oxford Handbook of Heracles, edited by Daniel Ogden, chapter by Corinne Pache.

Attributions and licensing information for music used in the podcast can be found here: mythsbaby.com/sources-attributions.

Before Heracles, there was Alcmene, and there's so much more to her than just "mother of a hero". <a href="http://www.patreon.com/mythsbaby">Help keep LTAMB going by subscribing to Liv's Patreon for bonus content!</a>
CW/TW: far too many Greek myths involve assault. Given it's fiction, and typically involves gods and/or monsters, I'm not as deferential as I would be were I referencing the real thing.
Sources: Theoi.com entries on <a href="https://www.theoi.com/Text/HesiodShield.html">Hesiod's Shield of Heracles</a>; <a href="https://www.theoi.com/Text/Apollodorus2.html#Heracles">Pseudo-Apollodorus' Library of Greek Mythology</a>; Early Greek Myths by Timothy Gantz; The Oxford Handbook of Heracles, edited by Daniel Ogden, chapter by Corinne Pache.
Attributions and licensing information for music used in the podcast can be found here: <a href="http://mythsbaby.com/sources-attributions">mythsbaby.com/sources-attributions</a>.

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Before Heracles, There was Alcmene The Woman Behind the Greatest Hero

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