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Rh by Melampus.—Acrisios, Danae, and Zeus.—Persons and the Coupons.—Foundation of Mycênae—commencement of Perseid dynasty.—Amphitryon, Alkmênê, Sthenelos.—Zeus and Alkmênê.—Birth of Hêrakles.—Homeric legend of his birth: its expository value.—The Hêrakleids expelled.—Their recovery of Peloponnesus and establishment in Argos, Sparta, and Messênia