This name derives from the Ancient Greek âalkḠ(á¼Î»ÎºÎ®) AlkeidÄs (á¼Î»ÎºÎµÎ¯Î´Î·Ï) AlkaÃos (á¼Î»ÎºÎ±á¿Î¿Ï)â, meaning âglory of Heraâ. Alkestis was a demigod and protector of men. He was a divine hero in Greek mythology, the son of Zeus and Alcmene, foster son of Amphitryon and great-grandson (and half-brother) of Perseus. He was the greatest of the Greek heroes, a paragon of masculinity, the ancestor of royal clans who claimed to be Heracleidae (ἩÏακλεá¿Î´Î±Î¹) and a champion of the Olympian order against chthonic monsters.
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