After his father he is often called Amphitryoniades, and also Alcides, after the Perseid Alcaeus, father of Amphitryon.
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Come wrapped up warmly to watch the annual Perseid meteor shower.
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Schiaparelli's announcement that the orbit of the bright comet of 1862 agreed strictly with the elliptic ring formed by the circulating Perseid meteors; and three other cases of close coincidence were soon afterwards brought to light.
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The Perseid Alcmena, wife of Amphitryon of Tiryns, was Hercules' mother, Zeus his father.