Alcyone (Pleiades)

Alcyone (/ælˈsaɪ.əniː/; Ancient Greek Ἁλκυόνη Αlkuónē, derived from alkyon αλκυων "kingfisher") in Greek mythology, was 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

1. ↑ Schmitz, Leonhard (1867). "Alcyone (1)". in William Smith. Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology. 1. Boston: Little, Brown and Company. pp. 108. http://www.ancientlibrary.com/smith-bio/0117.html.
2. ↑ Pseudo-Apollodorus. Bibliotheca, Book 3.10.1
3. ↑ Pausanias, Description of Greece ii. 30. § 7
4. ↑ Athenaeus, Deipnosophistae vii
5. ↑ Gaius Julius Hyginus Praef. Fab. p. 11, ed. Staveren
6. ↑ Ovid, Heroides xix. 133
7. ↑ Alcyone at Theoi.com

## Source

* M. Grant and J. Hazel, Who's Who in Greek Mythology, David McKay and Co Inc, 1979Template:Greek-myth-stub

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