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Alcyone (/ælˈsaɪ.əni/; 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, Hyperenor, and Aethusa;[2]Hyperes and Anthas;[3] and Epopeus.[4][5] By a mortal, Anthedon, Alcyone became the mother of the fisherman Glaucus, who was later transformed into a marine god.[6] There are various etymological interpretations of her name's origin.[7]
Relation | Names | Sources | ||||||
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Apollodorus | Ovid | Hyginus | Pausanias | Athenaeus | Clement | |||
Parentage | Atlas and Pleione | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||||
Atlas and Aethra | ✓ | |||||||
Consort | Poseidon | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |||
Anthedon | ✓ | |||||||
Children | Aethusa | ✓ | ||||||
Hyrieus | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |||||
Hyperenor | ✓ | |||||||
Epopeus | ✓ | |||||||
Hyperes | ✓ | |||||||
Anthas | ✓ | |||||||
Glaucus | ✓ |
Though this Alcyone and the Pleiad Alcyone appear to be separate individuals, they may be related: in 2000 BC, a vigorous period of ancient astronomy, the Pleiades rose nearly four hours earlier than they do today for the same time of year, and were overhead at nightfall on the winter solstice, when the Halcyon supposedly nested; their. Pleiades: The Tzolk'in is the sacred calendar of the Maya and is based on the cycles of the Pleiades. The cycle of the Pleiades uses 26,000 years, that the Sun orbiting Alcyone, the central star of the Pleiades, but is reflected in the calendar we are using by encompassing 260 days.
Notes[edit]
- ^Schmitz, Leonhard (1867). 'Alcyone (1)'. In William Smith (ed.). Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology. 1. Boston: Little, Brown and Company. p. 108. Archived from the original on 2008-06-04.
- ^Pseudo-Apollodorus. Bibliotheca, Book 3.10.1
- ^Pausanias, Description of Greece ii. 30. § 7
- ^Gaius Julius HyginusPraef. Fab. p. 11, ed. Staveren
- ^Ovid, Heroides xix. 133
- ^Athenaeus, Deipnosophistae vii
- ^Alcyone at Theoi.com
References[edit]
- Athenaeus of Naucratis. The Deipnosophists or Banquet of the Learned. London. Henry G. Bohn, York Street, Covent Garden. 1854. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.
- Athenaeus of Naucratis. Deipnosophistae. Kaibel. In Aedibus B.G. Teubneri. Lipsiae. 1887. Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library.
- 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.
- M. Grant and J. Hazel, Who's Who in Greek Mythology, David McKay and Co Inc, 1979
- Pausanias, Description of Greece with an English Translation by W.H.S. Jones, Litt.D., and H.A. Ormerod, M.A., in 4 Volumes. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1918. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library
- Pausanias, Graeciae Descriptio.3 vols. Leipzig, Teubner. 1903. Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library.
- Pseudo-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. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.Greek text available from the same website.
- Publius Ovidius Naso, The Epistles of Ovid. London. J. Nunn, Great-Queen-Street; R. Priestly, 143, High-Holborn; R. Lea, Greek-Street, Soho; and J. Rodwell, New-Bond-Street. 1813. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.
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