Alcyone

American  

[al-sahy-uh-nee] / ælˈsaɪ əˌni /

noun

1. a third-magnitude star in the constellation Taurus: brightest star in the Pleiades.

2. Classical Mythology. Also Halcyon Halcyone a daughter of Aeolus who, with her husband, Ceyx, was transformed into a kingfisher.

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Alcyone ¹ British  

/ ælˈsaɪənɪ /

noun

1. Also called: Halcyone.  the daughter of Aeolus and wife of Ceyx, who drowned herself in grief for her husband's death. She was transformed into a kingfisher See also Ceyx

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Alcyone ² British  

/ ælˈsaɪənɪ /

noun

1. the brightest star system in the Pleiades, located in the constellation Taurus

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Example Sentences

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Alcyone

Something they had in common is that they were all alumni of the Alcyone course, an intensive six-day workshop designed by the Alisons in partnership with the police.

From The Guardian ● Oct. 13, 2017

On the opening day of the Alcyone course, Laurence introduces the research and gives a crash course in “interpersonal psychology”, which is concerned with communication and how it breaks down.

From The Guardian ● Oct. 13, 2017

“The African American in the United States was the oppressed figure, and this was to demonstrate the consistent evil of the West,” says Alcyone Scott, one of King’s translators on the Berlin trip.

From Washington Post

But the Alcyone is gone the next morning, and Marion with her.

From Time Magazine Archive

She summoned her messenger Iris and ordered her to go to the house of Somnus, God of Sleep, and bid him send a dream to Alcyone to tell her the truth about Ceyx.

From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton