Alcyone (Pleiades)
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Alcyone (/ælˈsaɪ.əniː/; Ancient Greek: Ἁλκυόνη Αlkuónē "Alcyone") in Greek mythology is the name of one of the Pleiades, daughters of Atlas and Pleione or, more rarely, Aethra.[1] She attracted the attention of the god Poseidon and bore him several children, variously named in the sources: Hyrieus, Lycus, Hyperenor, and Aethusa;[2] Hyperes and Anthas;[3] Glaucus;[4] and Epopeus.[5][6] There are various etymological interpretations of her name's origin.[7]
References
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- ↑ Pseudo-Apollodorus, iii. 10. § 1
- ↑ Pausanias, Description of Greece ii. 30. § 7
- ↑ Athenaeus, Deipnosophistae vii
- ↑ Gaius Julius Hyginus Praef. Fab. p. 11, ed. Staveren
- ↑ Ovid, Heroides xix. 133
- ↑ Alcyone at Theoi.com
Other sources
- M. Grant and J. Hazel, Who's Who in Greek Mythology, David McKay and Co Inc, 1979
