Alcyone in the context of "Hubris"

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⭐ Core Definition: Alcyone

In Greek mythology, Alcyone (or dubiously Halcyone) (/ælˈsəˌni, hælˈsəˌni/; Ancient Greek: Ἀλκυόνη, romanizedAlkyónē) and Ceyx (/ˈsɪks/; Ancient Greek: Κήυξ, romanizedKḗux) were a wife and husband who incurred the wrath of the god Zeus for their romantic hubris.

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Alcyone in the context of Aeolus (son of Hellen)

In Greek mythology, Aeolus or Aiolos (/ˈələs/; Ancient Greek: Αἴολος [ǎi̯.olos]; Modern Greek: Αίολος [ˈe.olos] ) was the son of Hellen, the ruler of Aeolia (later called Thessaly), and the eponym of the Aeolians, one of the four main tribes of the Greeks. According to the mythographer Apollodorus, Aeolus was the father of seven sons: Cretheus, Sisyphus, Athamas, Salmoneus, Deion, Magnes, Perieres, and five daughters: Canace, Alcyone, Pisidice, Calyce, and Perimede. He was said to have killed his daughter Canace (or forced her to kill herself) because she had committed incest with her brother Macareus. This Aeolus was sometimes confused with the Aeolus who was the ruler of the winds.

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