Halcyone

British  

/ hælˈsaɪənɪ /

noun

1. a variant of Alcyone 1

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Example Sentences

To break the fierce assaults of sea and of storm there had been built out from the shore a mole, and on to this barrier leapt the distraught Halcyone.

From A Book of Myths by Stratton, Helen

On this, Morpheus appears to Halcyone, in the form of her husband, and she is changed into a kingfisher; into which bird Ceyx is also transformed.

From The Metamorphoses of Ovid Literally Translated into English Prose, with Copious Notes and Explanations by Riley, Henry T. (Henry Thomas)

From far away in the grey it hasted towards her, and then there came to Halcyone the knowledge that no ship was this thing, but a lifeless body, swept onwards by the hurrying waves.

From A Book of Myths by Stratton, Helen

The stormy winds have sunk my ship in the Aegean Sea," he told Halcyone, "let me not be alone.

From Wonder Stories The Best Myths for Boys and Girls by Bailey, Carolyn Sherwin

And Juno, looking down from her cloudland home, saw Halcyone kneeling on the waves beside the dead king.

From Stories of Birds by Mulets, Lenore Elizabeth