For the star in the Pleiades cluster, see Alcyone (star).
Alcyone (pronounced /ælˈsaɪ.əniː/; Ancient Greek: Ἁλκυών, Halkuṓn, Alcyone) in Greek mythology is the name of one of the
References
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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
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