In Greek mythology, Alcyone (or dubiously Halcyone) [1] (/ ælˈsaɪəˌni, hælˈsaɪəˌni /; Ancient Greek: Ἀλκυόνη, romanized: Alkyónē) and Ceyx (/ ˈsiːɪks /; Κήϋξ, Kḗ x) were a wife and husband who incurred the wrath of the god Zeus for their romantic hubris.

Oct 21, 2019 · Alcyone is one of seven daughters who are named the Pleiades, a group of mountain nymph companies of the goddess of the hunt, Artemis. All of them share the same father, titan Atlas. Not all stories name their mother but …

Alcyone represents in the sky the Atlantid nymph who became the mother of Hyrieus (the father or foster-father of Orion) by Poseidon; but, though now the Light of the Pleiades, its mythological original was by no means considered the most beautiful.

Alcyone was the daughter of Aeolus and either Enarete or Aegiale, in Greek mythology. She was the wife of Ceyx, son of Phosphorus. Alcyone and Ceyx would often refer to themselves as "Zeus" and "Hera", which enraged the god of gods. As a punishment, Zeus threw a thunderbolt burning Ceyx' ship, and killing him.

Alcyone and Ceyx were admired by gods and mortals alike for their great physical beauty, as well as the profound love they had for each other. They were so happy in their marriage that they used to often playfully call one another Zeus and Hera. This infuriated the chief of the gods who regarded it an audacity.

Nov 22, 2017 · According to the esoteric Tradition, Alcyone is the Origin and central pivot of the Seven solar systems (the cosmic Septenary) of which ours is part. Our Earth, seen from the Sun, therefore flies in the heavenly field qualified by the stars of the Bull, of which the open cluster of the Pleiades is ‘part’ (formally, in content and essence). [1]

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. His wife Alcyone was also of high descent; she was the daughter of Aeolus, King of the Winds. The two loved each other devotedly and were never willingly apart.

Alcyone represents in the sky the Atlantid nymph who became the mother of Hyrieus by Poseidon; but, though now the Light of the Pleiades, its mythological origin was by no means considered the most beautiful. Riccioli wrote the word Alcione and Alcinoe, and some early manuscripts have it Altione.

Alcyone (/ ælˈsaɪ.əniː /; Ancient Greek: Ἀλκυόνη, romanized: Alkyóne), in Greek mythology, was the name of one of the Pleiades, daughters of Atlas and Pleione or, more rarely, Aethra. [1] .

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