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Alcyone, Halcyone
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Orthography ID = 2002152
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Alcyonē, Alcyonēs
(Halcyonē, Halcyonēs)
Alcyone, Halcyone
Ἀλκυόνη
noun (f., 1
st
Greek declension)
a daughter of Aeolus, who, from love to her husband Ceyx, who had suffered shipwreck, threw herself into the sea and was changed into a kingfisher
Abbreviations
Alcyonē (Halc-), ēs, f.
, = Ἀλκυόνη, a daughter of Aeolus, who, from love to her husband Ceyx, who had suffered shipwreck, threw herself into the sea and was changed into a kingfisher (ἀλκυών; v. alcedo), Ov. M. 11, 384; 710 sq.