Alcyone (Pleiades)

For the star in the Pleiades cluster, see Alcyone (star).

Alcyone (Template:Pron-en; Template:Lang-grc) 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[]

↑ Template:Cite encyclopedia
↑ 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

ca:Alcíone (Plèiade) es:Alcíone fr:Alcyone (Pléiade) it:Alcione (Pleiadi) ka:ალკიონე (პლეიადი) la:Alcyone (Atlantis) lt:Alkionė hu:Alküoné (Atlasz leánya) nl:Alkyone ja:アルキュオネー ru:Алкиона (плеяда) sr:Алкиона (Плејаде) fi:Alkyone

[DGRBM-1] Template:Cite encyclopedia

[2] Pseudo-Apollodorus, iii. 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

[1]

[2]

[3]

[4]

[5]

[6]

[7]