alcyone

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Daughter of Aeolus and wife of Ceyx

One of the stars of the Pleiades star cluster, named after the mythical character

One of the Pleiades, daughters of Atlas and Pleione

One of the Pleiades; daughter of Aeolus and wife of Ceyx. When her husband died in a shipwreck, Alcyone threw herself into the sea whereupon the gods transformed them both into halcyon birds (kingfishers). When Alcyone made her nest on the beach, waves threatened to destroy it. Aeolus restrained his winds and made the waves be calm during seven days in each year, so she could lay her eggs. These became known as the "halcyon days", when storms never occur

{i} daughter of Aeolus (Greek Mythology)

(Greek mythology) a woman who was turned into a kingfisher

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Al·cy·o·ne

Этимология

[ al-'sI-&-(")nE ] (noun.) Latin Alcyone, from Ancient Greek Ἀλκυόνη.