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Alcyone (Pleiades)
Alcyone
(; ) in
Greek mythology
is the name of one of the
Pleiades
, daughters of
Atlas
and
Pleione
or, more rarely,
Aethra
. She attracted the attention of the god
Poseidon
and bore him several children, variously named in the sources:
Hyrieus
,
Lycus
,
Hyperenor
, and
Aethusa
;
Hyperes
and
Anthas
;
Glaucus
; and
Epopeus
. There are various etymological interpretations of her name's origin.
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