This article is about one figure of Ancient Greek mythology. For the star, see Alcyone (star). For the Pleid see Alcyone (Pleiades) For other uses, see Alcyone (disambiguation). Alcyone (η Tau / η Tauri / Eta Tauri) is a star system in the constellation Taurus. ... THE TITLE IS WRONG MUST BE = Pleiades (Greek Mythology) Greek myths is not the only or more important for be considered as whole. ... Alcyone in Greek mythology is the name of the Pleiades, daughters of Atlas and Pleione or (more rarely) Aethra. ... Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Ceyx and Alcyone Alcyone or Halcyone may refer to: Alcyone, a figure in Greek mythology Alcyone (star), a star in the Pleiades cluster Subaru Alcyone, an automobile Halcyone (novel), a 1912 novel by Elinor Glyn. ...

Herbert James Draper, Halcyone, 1915

Alcyone (Greek: Ἁλκυόνη) was a Greek demi-goddess. She was the daughter of Aeolus and wife of Ceyx, she had a son called Eosphorus and the king of Thessaly. They were very happy together, but one day, Ceyx decided to make a long journey to consult an oracle but that day, a terrible storm occured, leaving Ceyx dead. When Alcyone saw Ceyx body on the ashore, she (whose name means "queen who wards off storms") threw herself into the sea. Out of compassion, the gods changed them into the halcyon birds. When Alcyone made her nest on the beach, waves threatened to destroy it. Aeolus restrained his winds and made the waves be calm during seven days in each year, so she could lay her eggs. These became known as the "halcyon days", when storms never occur. The halcyon has become a symbol of tranquillity. Image File history File links Size of this preview: 800 × 552 pixelsFull resolution (4073 × 2811 pixel, file size: 2. ... Image File history File links Size of this preview: 800 × 552 pixelsFull resolution (4073 × 2811 pixel, file size: 2. ... The bust of Zeus found at Otricoli (Sala Rotonda, Museo Pio-Clementino, Vatican) Greek mythology refers to the beliefs and stories created by the ancient Greeks, concerning their gods and heroes, the nature of the world and their own cult and ritual practices. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Ceyx is a genus of kingfisher, as is Halcyon. ... Henry Longfellow wrote an epic poem called The Wreck of the Hesperus. ... Map showing Thessaly periphery in Greece Thessaly (Θεσσαλια; modern Greek Thessalía; see also List of traditional Greek place names) is one of the 13 peripheries of Greece, and is further sub-divided into 4 prefectures. ... Genera Actenoides Carydonax Cittura Clytoceyx Halcyon Lacedo Melidora Pelargopsis Tanysiptera Dacelo Syma Todirhamphus The tree kingfishers or wood kingfishers, family Halcyonidae, are the most numerous of the three families of birds in the kingfisher group. ... The introduction to this article provides insufficient context for those unfamiliar with the subject matter. ...

With Anthedon, she became the mother of Glaucus. In Greek mythology, Anthedon was, with Alcyone, the father of Glaucus. ... In Greek mythology, Glaucus (shiny, bright or bluish-green) was the name of several different figures, including one God. ...

Ovid: Metamorphoses XI, 410ff. et passim. Engraved frontispiece of George Sandyss 1632 London edition of Publius Ovidius Naso (Sulmona, March 20, 43 BC – Tomis, now Constanţa AD 17), a Roman poet known to the English-speaking world as Ovid, wrote on topics of love, abandoned women and mythological transformations. ... // Cover of George Sandyss 1632 edition of Ovids Metamorphosis Englished The Metamorphoses by the Roman poet Ovid is a poem in fifteen books that describes the creation and history of the world in terms according to Greek and Roman points of view. ...

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