Alcyone. In Greek mythology, Alcyone or Alkyone was a Thessalian princess and later on queen of Trachis.
Alcyone was the daughter of King Aeolus of Aeolia, either by Enarete or Aegiale. She married Ceyx, son of Eosphorus.
Alcyone and Ceyx were very happy together in Trachis, and according to Pseudo-Apollodorus's account, often sacrilegiously called each other Zeus and Hera. This angered Zeus, so while Ceyx was at sea, the god threw a thunderbolt at his ship.
Soon after, Morpheus disguised as Ceyx appeared to Alcyone as an apparition to tell her of his fate, and she threw herself into the sea in her grief. Out of compassion, the gods changed them both into common kingfishers, or halcyon birds, named after her.
Ovid and Hyginus both also recount the metamorphosis of the pair in and after Ceyx's loss in a terrible storm, though they both omit Ceyx and Alcyone calling each other Zeus and Hera as a reason for it. On the contrary, it is mentioned that being unaware of Ceyx's death in the shipwreck, Alcyone continued to pray at the altar of Hera for his safe return. Ovid also adds the detail of her seeing his body washed up onshore before her attempted suicide. The myth is also briefly referred to by Virgil, again without reference to Zeus's anger. Ovid and Hyginus both also make the metamorphosis the origin of the etymology for halcyon days, the seven days in winter when storms never occur. T
Alcyone was the daughter of King Aeolus of Aeolia, either by Enarete or Aegiale. She married Ceyx, son of Eosphorus.
Alcyone and Ceyx were very happy together in Trachis, and according to Pseudo-Apollodorus's account, often sacrilegiously called each other Zeus and Hera. This angered Zeus, so while Ceyx was at sea, the god threw a thunderbolt at his ship.
Soon after, Morpheus disguised as Ceyx appeared to Alcyone as an apparition to tell her of his fate, and she threw herself into the sea in her grief. Out of compassion, the gods changed them both into common kingfishers, or halcyon birds, named after her.
Ovid and Hyginus both also recount the metamorphosis of the pair in and after Ceyx's loss in a terrible storm, though they both omit Ceyx and Alcyone calling each other Zeus and Hera as a reason for it. On the contrary, it is mentioned that being unaware of Ceyx's death in the shipwreck, Alcyone continued to pray at the altar of Hera for his safe return. Ovid also adds the detail of her seeing his body washed up onshore before her attempted suicide. The myth is also briefly referred to by Virgil, again without reference to Zeus's anger. Ovid and Hyginus both also make the metamorphosis the origin of the etymology for halcyon days, the seven days in winter when storms never occur. T
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