Editing Alcmene (section)

===Death===
After the death of Amphitryon, Alcmene married [[Rhadamanthus|Rhadamanthys]], son of Zeus, and lived with him in exile at [[Ocalea (town)|Ocaleae]] in [[Boeotia]].<ref name="Apollod. 2.4.11">Apollodorus, [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Apollod.+2.4.11&fromdoc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0022:book=:chapter=&highlight=Alcmena 2.4.11]</ref> It is said that after Heracles was [[apotheosis]]ed, [[Hyllus]], having pursued and killed [[Eurystheus]], cut off Eurystheus' head and gave it to Alcmene, who gouged out the eyes with weaving pins.<ref name="Apollod. 2.8.1">Apollodorus, [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Apollod.+2.8.1&fromdoc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0022:book=:chapter=&highlight=Alcmena 2.8.1]</ref> In ''[[Metamorphoses]]'', an aging Alcmene recounted the story of the birth of Heracles to [[Iole]].<ref name="Ov. Met. 9.273" />

There are two accounts of Alcmene's death. In the first, according to the Megarians, Alcmene was walking from Argos to Thebes when she died at [[Megara]]. The [[Heracleidae]] fell into disagreement about where to take Alcmene's body, with some wishing to take her corpse back to Argos, and others wishing to take it to Thebes to be buried with Amphitryon and Heracles' children by [[Megara (mythology)|Megara]]. However, the god in [[Delphi]] gave the Heracleidae an oracle that it was better to bury Alcmene in Megara.<ref name="Paus. 1.41.1">Pausanias, [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Paus.+1.41.1&fromdoc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0160:book=:chapter=&highlight=Alcmena 1.41.1]</ref> In the second account given by the Thebans, when Alcmene died, she was turned from human form to a stone.<ref name="Paus. 9.16.7">Pausanias, [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Paus.+9.16.7&fromdoc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0160:book=:chapter=&highlight=Alcmena 9.16.7]</ref>

Pausanias indicated that an altar to Alcmene had been built in the [[Cynosarges]] in Athens, alongside altars to Heracles, [[Hebe (mythology)|Hebe]], and [[Iolaus]].<ref name="Paus. 1.19.3">Pausanias, [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Paus.+1.19.3&fromdoc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0160:book=:chapter=&highlight=Alcmena 1.19.3]</ref> Pausanias also said that Alcmene's tomb is located near the Olympieum at Megara.<ref name="Paus. 1.41.1" />