Cycnus / Kyknos. In Greek mythology, Cycnus or Cygnus, was the king of the town of Kolonai in the southern Troad.
Cycnus was the son of Poseidon by Calyce, Harpale, or by Scamandrodice. According to John Tzetzes, his mother Scamandrodice abandoned him on the seashore, but he was rescued by fishermen who named him Cycnus swan because they saw a swan flying over him.
In another account, he was said to have had womanly white skin and fair hair, which was why he received his name that meant swan. Cycnus married first Procleia, daughter of Laomedon or of Laomedon's son Clytius.
Cycnus and Procleia had two children, named Tenes and Hemithea, although Tenes claimed the god Apollo as his father. On Procleia's death, Cycnus married Philonome, daughter of Tragasus, also known as Polyboea or Scamandria.
Dictys Cretensis mentions three more children of Cycnus: two sons, Cobis and Corianus, and a daughter Glauce. Philonome fell in love with her handsome stepson, Tenes. Tenes rejected Philonome's advances, whereupon Philonome falsely accused Tenes before her husband of having ravished her. Cycnus ordered to place both his children in a chest and throw it into the sea. However, Cycnus discovered the truth and had Philonome buried alive. When he found that his children had survived and were reigning at Tenedos, he sailed there intending to reconcile with them, but Tenes cut the anchor rope of his ship. Cycnus
Cycnus was the son of Poseidon by Calyce, Harpale, or by Scamandrodice. According to John Tzetzes, his mother Scamandrodice abandoned him on the seashore, but he was rescued by fishermen who named him Cycnus swan because they saw a swan flying over him.
In another account, he was said to have had womanly white skin and fair hair, which was why he received his name that meant swan. Cycnus married first Procleia, daughter of Laomedon or of Laomedon's son Clytius.
Cycnus and Procleia had two children, named Tenes and Hemithea, although Tenes claimed the god Apollo as his father. On Procleia's death, Cycnus married Philonome, daughter of Tragasus, also known as Polyboea or Scamandria.
Dictys Cretensis mentions three more children of Cycnus: two sons, Cobis and Corianus, and a daughter Glauce. Philonome fell in love with her handsome stepson, Tenes. Tenes rejected Philonome's advances, whereupon Philonome falsely accused Tenes before her husband of having ravished her. Cycnus ordered to place both his children in a chest and throw it into the sea. However, Cycnus discovered the truth and had Philonome buried alive. When he found that his children had survived and were reigning at Tenedos, he sailed there intending to reconcile with them, but Tenes cut the anchor rope of his ship. Cycnus
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