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ALCYONE, or HALCYONE

This article appears in Volume V01, Page 530 of the Encyclopedia Britannica.

Encyclopedia Britannica - Main :: AJA-ALL
ALCYONE, or HALCYONE , in
Greek
 
mythology
 , daughter of
Aeolus
  and wife of Ceyx. For their presumption in calling themselves Zeus and
Hera
  they were changed into birdsAlcyone into a diver, Ceyx into a kingfisher. According to another story, Ceyx was drowned and his
body
  cast on the shore. His wife found the
body
 , and the gods, out of compassion, changed both her and her
husband
  into kingfishers. By command of Zeus (or
Aeolus
 ) the winds ceased to
blow
  during their brooding-time, for seven days before and after the shortest day, that their eggs might not be carried away by the sea. Hence the expression " halcyon days," used in ancient and
modern
  times to denote a period of
calm
  and tranquillity.
Apollonius Rhodius i. 1087 ;
Ovid
 , Metam. xi. 410 et seq. ; Hyginus, Fabulae, 65.


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