Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Greek Mythology The daughter of Aeolus who, in grief over the death of her husband Ceyx, threw herself into the sea and was changed into a kingfisher.
- noun Greek Mythology A nymph, one of the Pleiades.
- noun Astronomy The brightest star in the Pleiades.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A greenish star of magnitude 3.0, the brightest of the Pleiades,
η Tauri. See cut underPleiades . - noun In ornithology, a genus of kingfishers, of the family Alcedinidæ, subfamily Daceloninæ, related to the genus Ceyx, both being distinguished by the rudimentary condition of the inner front toe. Also written
Halcyone .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- proper noun Greek mythology One of the
Pleiades , daughters ofAtlas and Pleione. - proper noun Greek mythology Daughter of
Aeolus and wife ofCeyx . - proper noun astronomy One of the
stars of the Pleiadesstar cluster , named after the mythical character.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun (Greek mythology) a woman who was turned into a kingfisher
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Homer, however, reconciles this discrepancy, by saying that the original name of the wife of Meleager was Cleopatra, but that she was called Alcyone, because her mother had the same fate as Alcyone, or Halcyone.] [Footnote 74: _Evenus.
The Metamorphoses of Ovid Literally Translated into English Prose, with Copious Notes and Explanations 43 BC-18? Ovid 1847
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` the opening '; Manubrium ` a handle' -- and others from Greek mythology, such as Alcyone in the Pleiades, etc. -- an amazing number of the most common stars retain their old Arabic names.
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One day, news reached her that Ceyx had drowned at sea, so in despair, Alcyone threw herself into the sea to join him in his watery grave.
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Because Seena believed love lived in literature, mythology: between Alcyone and Ceyx, Hero and Leander, Orpheus and Eurydice.
Amaryllis in Blueberry Christina Meldrum 2011
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If you enjoyed that story about Alcyone, then you might be interested to know that the river kingfishers are placed into the genus Ceyx.
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Their conjugal affection still is ty'd,And still the mournful race is multiply'd:They bill, they tread; Alcyone compress'd,Sev'n days sits brooding on her floating nest:A wintry queen: her sire at length is kind,Calms ev'ry storm, and hushes ev'ry wind;Prepares his empire for his daughter's ease,And for his hatching nephews smooths the seas.
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Because Seena believed love lived in literature, mythology: between Alcyone and Ceyx, Hero and Leander, Orpheus and Eurydice.
Amaryllis in Blueberry Christina Meldrum 2011
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One day, news reached her that Ceyx had drowned at sea, so in despair, Alcyone threw herself into the sea to join him in his watery grave.
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Because Seena believed love lived in literature, mythology: between Alcyone and Ceyx, Hero and Leander, Orpheus and Eurydice.
Amaryllis in Blueberry Christina Meldrum 2011
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If you enjoyed that story about Alcyone, then you might be interested to know that the river kingfishers are placed into the genus Ceyx.
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