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Alcyone (Pleiad)
One of the Pleiades sisters, daughters of Atlas from Greek mythology / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
For the star in the Pleiades cluster, see Alcyone (star).
For other uses, see Alcyone (mythology).
Alcyone (/ælˈsaɪ.əniː/; Ancient Greek: Ἀλκυόνη, romanized: Alkyóne), 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]
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