Ceyx

British

/ ˈsiːɪks /

noun

Greek myth a king of Trachis in Thessaly and the husband of Alcyone. He died in a shipwreck and his wife drowned herself in grief Compare Alcyone 1

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He had taken on the face and form of Ceyx drowned.

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

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, 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

Peace came into Peleus’s heart as he looked into the untroubled face of Ceyx, and as he looked over the bright valleys of the land he had come into.

From The Golden Fleece and The Heroes Who Lived Before Achilles by Colum, Padraic

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