Alcyone
[al-sahy-uh-nee]
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noun
a third-magnitude star in the constellation Taurus: brightest star in the Pleiades.
Also Halcyon, Halcyone. Classical Mythology. a daughter of Aeolus who, with her husband, Ceyx, was transformed into a kingfisher.
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One of the medium sized worlds that revolve around Alcyone sustains the shortest lived human beings of our universe.
Life in a Thousand WorldsWilliam Shuler Harris
As for a central sun hypothesis, that pointing out Alcyone in particular, there is no reliable evidence whatever.
AstronomyDavid Todd
The transformation of Ceyx and Alcyone into sea-gulls gives the poet an opportunity to tell of and praise conjugal fidelity.
A History of Roman LiteratureHarold North Fowler
Alcyone, the daughter of olus, married Ceyx, who was drowned as he was going to Claros to consult an oracle.
Heathen MythologyVarious
Alcyone never raised her head, but bent over her child, whom she carried in her arms.
Baron BrunoLouisa Morgan
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