Alcyone (mythology)
In Greek mythology, Alcyone (/ælˈsaɪ.əniː/; Ancient Greek Ἁλκυόνη Αlkuónē, derived from alkyon αλκυων "kingfisher") was the name of the following personages.
- Alcyone, one of the Pleiades seven sisters.[1]
- Alcyone, daughter of Aeolus and wife of Ceyx.[2]
- Alcyone, daughter of Sthenelus and Nicippe ([3] or Archippe[4]). She undoubtedly witnessed the results of the labors of Heracles, and she herself was indebted to the hero when he killed the Centaur, who had attempted to rape her.[5]
- Cleopatra Alcyone, Meleager's wife.[6]
- Alcyone, wife of King Chalcodon of Euboea and possible mother of Elephenor.[7]
- Alcyone, a priestess at Argos for three generations before the Trojan War.[8]
- Alcyone, mother of and by Halirrhotius, son of Perieres.[9]
Notes[]
- ^ Apollodorus, 3.10.1
- ^ Hesiod, Ehoiai fr. 15; Apollodorus, 1.7.3–4
- ^ Scholia on Homer, Iliad 19.119
- ^ Tzetzes, Chiliades 2.172 & 195
- ^ Diodorus, 4.12.7; Apollodorus, 2.4.5
- ^ Hyginus, Fabulae 174
- ^ Apollodorus, Epitome 3.11
- ^ Dionysius, 1.22.3
- ^ Scholia on Pindar, Olympian Ode 10.83 quoted in Hesiod, Ehoiai fr. 64
References[]
- Apollodorus, The Library with an English Translation by Sir James George Frazer, F.B.A., F.R.S. in 2 Volumes, Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1921. ISBN 0-674-99135-4. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library. Greek text available from the same website.
- Diodorus Siculus, The Library of History translated by Charles Henry Oldfather. Twelve volumes. Loeb Classical Library. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press; London: William Heinemann, Ltd. 1989. Vol. 3. Books 4.59–8. Online version at Bill Thayer's Web Site
- Diodorus Siculus, Bibliotheca Historica. Vol 1–2. Immanel Bekker. Ludwig Dindorf. Friedrich Vogel. in aedibus B. G. Teubneri. Leipzig. 1888–1890. Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library.
- Dionysus of Halicarnassus, Roman Antiquities. English translation by Earnest Cary in the Loeb Classical Library, 7 volumes. Harvard University Press, 1937–1950. Online version at Bill Thayer's Web Site
- Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Antiquitatum Romanarum quae supersunt, Vol I-IV. . Karl Jacoby. In Aedibus B.G. Teubneri. Leipzig. 1885. Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library.
- Gaius Julius Hyginus, Fabulae from The Myths of Hyginus translated and edited by Mary Grant. University of Kansas Publications in Humanistic Studies. Online version at the Topos Text Project.
- Hesiod, Catalogue of Women from Homeric Hymns, Epic Cycle, Homerica translated by Evelyn-White, H G. Loeb Classical Library Volume 57. London: William Heinemann, 1914. Online version at theio.com
- Tzetzes, John, Book of Histories, Book II-IV translated by Gary Berkowitz from the original Greek of T. Kiessling's edition of 1826. Online version at theio.com
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