Alcmene giving birth to Hercules surrounded by attendants: in the background a woman is hitting another over the head with a stone. Line engraving by F. Bouttats the younger.

The women fighting in the background may be Eileithyia fighting with Galinthias, prior to or instead of turning her into a weasel (Greek "galeē"): on the transformation story see Jane Davidson Reid, The Oxford guide to classical mythology in the arts, 1300-1990s, New York 1993