Daughter of King Electryon of \b \cf4 \ATXht11322 Mycenae\b0 \cf0 \ATXht0 , she was seduced by
\b \cf4 \ATXht8 Zeus\b0 \cf0 \ATXht0 who came to her in the guise of her husband Amphitryon. The god lay in her bed for an extremely long night in which the moon rose and set three times. Alcmene did not become aware of the deception until the followin
g night, when she received the real Amphitryon. To Zeus she bore \b \cf4 \ATXht10811 Heracles\b0 \cf0 \ATXht0 ; to Amphitryon she bore another son, Iphicles, one night younger than Heracles.