Alcyone (Pleiades)

Alcyone (pronounced: /ælˈsaɪ.əniː/; Ancient Greek: Ἁλκυών; Halkuṓn) in Greek mythology is the name of one of the Pleiades, daughters of Atlas and Pleione or, more rarely, Aethra. She attracted the attention of the god Poseidon and bore him several children, variously named in the sources: Hyrieus, Lycus, Hyperenor, and Aethusa;Pseudo-Apollodorus, iii. 10. § 1 Hyperes and Anthas;Pausanias, Description of Greece ii. 30. § 7 Glaucus;Athenaeus, Deipnosophistae vii and Epopeus.Gaius Julius Hyginus Praef. Fab. p. 11, ed. StaverenOvid, Heroides xix. 133 There are various etymological interpretations of her name's origin.Alcyone at Theoi.com
== References ==
=== Other sources ===
*M. Grant and J. Hazel, Who's Who in Greek Mythology, David McKay and Co Inc, 1979
Category:Greek Mythology