Ceyx
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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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
Ceyx was deeply moved, for she loved him no better than he loved her, but his purpose held fast.
From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton
Ceyx, a king in Thessaly, was the son of Lucifer, the light-bearer, the star that brings in the day, and all his father’s bright gladness was in his face.
From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton
He had taken on the face and form of Ceyx drowned.
From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton
Another kingfisher, Ceycopsis, combines the characters of the Malayan Ceyx and the African Ispidina, and thus forms an example of an ancient generalised form analogous to what occurs among the mammalia.
From Island Life Or the Phenomena and Causes of Insular Faunas and Floras by Wallace, Alfred Russel
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