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Al·cy·o·ne

(ăl-sī′ə-nē)

1. Greek Mythology The daughter of Aeolus who, in grief over the death of her husband Ceyx, threw herself into the sea and was changed into a kingfisher.

2. Greek Mythology A nymph, one of the Pleiades.

3. Astronomy The brightest star in the Pleiades.

[Latin, from Greek Alkuonē, from alkuōn, kingfisher.]

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Alcyone

(ælˈsaɪənɪ)

(Classical Myth & Legend) Also called: Halcyone the daughter of Aeolus and wife of Ceyx, who drowned herself in grief for her husband's death. She was transformed into a kingfisher. See also Ceyx

Alcyone

(ælˈsaɪənɪ)

(Astronomy) the brightest star system in the Pleiades, located in the constellation Taurus

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Al•cy•o•ne

(ælˈsaɪ əˌni)

n.

a third-magnitude star in the constellation Taurus: brightest star in the Pleiades.

[< Greek Alkyónē; compare halcyon]

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He it was who took his bow and faced King Apollo himself for fair Marpessa's sake; her father and mother then named her Alcyone, because her mother had mourned with the plaintive strains of the halcyon-bird when Phoebus Apollo had carried her off.

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The EarthSky report said that about about seven-and-a-half years from now, the moon will reach a northern extreme in Taurus and will hit Alcyone, the brightest star in the Pleiades star cluster, for several months.

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