Celaeno
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In Greek mythology, Celaeno (/sɪˈliːnoʊ/; Ancient Greek: Κελαινώ Kelaino, lit. 'the dark one', also Celeno or Kelaino, sometimes Calaeno) referred to several different figures.
- Celaeno, one of the Pleiades. She was said to be mother of Lycus and Nycteus,[1] of King Eurypylus (or Eurytus) of Cyrene, and of Lycaon, also by Poseidon[2]
- Celaeno, one of the Harpies,[3] whom Aeneas encountered at Strophades. She gave him prophecies of his coming journeys.[4]
- Celaeno, one of the Danaïdes, the daughters of Danaus. Her mother was Crino. She married and killed Hyperbius, son of Aegyptus and Hephaestine.[5] She was also believed to have had a son Celaenus by Poseidon.[6]
- Celaeno, a Phocian princess as the daughter of King Hyamus of Hyampolis, son of Lycorus. Her mother was Melantheia (Melantho), daughter of Deucalion. Celaeno[7] or her sister Melanis[8] became the mother of Delphus by Apollo.
- Celaeno, daughter of Ergea by Poseidon.[9] She was the mother of Lycus and Chimaereus by Prometheus.[10]
- Celaeno, an Amazon. She was killed by Heracles whilst he was undertaking the ninth labour.[11]
Astronomical objects
[edit]- Celaeno, a star in the constellation of Taurus.
Notes
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- ^ Apollodorus, 3.10.1
- ^ Scholia on Apollonius Rhodius, 4.1561
- ^ Hyginus, Fabulae Preface & 14
- ^ Virgil, Aeneid 3.209-211 and 245-258, with the commentary by Servius
- ^ Apollodorus, 2.1.5
- ^ Strabo, 12.8.18
- ^ Pausanias, 10.6.3
- ^ Scholia on Euripides, Orestes 1094
- ^ Murray, John (1833). A Classical Manual, being a Mythological, Historical and Geographical Commentary on Pope's Homer, and Dryden's Aeneid of Virgil with a Copious Index. Albemarle Street, London. p. 78.
- ^ Tzetzes on Lycophron, 132
- ^ Diodorus Siculus, 4.16.3
References
[edit]- Diodorus Siculus, The Library of History translated by Charles Henry Oldfather. Twelve volumes. Loeb Classical Library. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press; London: William Heinemann, Ltd. 1989. Vol. 3. Books 4.59–8. Online version at Bill Thayer's Web Site
- Diodorus Siculus, Bibliotheca Historica. Vol 1-2. Immanel Bekker. Ludwig Dindorf. Friedrich Vogel. in aedibus B. G. Teubneri. Leipzig. 1888–1890. Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library.
- Gaius Julius Hyginus, Fabulae from The Myths of Hyginus translated and edited by Mary Grant. University of Kansas Publications in Humanistic Studies. Online version at the Topos Text Project.
- Maurus Servius Honoratus, In Vergilii carmina comentarii. Servii Grammatici qui feruntur in Vergilii carmina commentarii; recensuerunt Georgius Thilo et Hermannus Hagen. Georgius Thilo. Leipzig. B. G. Teubner. 1881. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.
- Pausanias, Description of Greece with an English Translation by W.H.S. Jones, Litt.D., and H.A. Ormerod, M.A., in 4 Volumes. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1918. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library
- Pausanias, Graeciae Descriptio. 3 vols. Leipzig, Teubner. 1903. Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library.
- Apollodorus, The Library with an English Translation by Sir James George Frazer, F.B.A., F.R.S. in 2 Volumes, Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1921. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library. Greek text available from the same website.
- Strabo, The Geography of Strabo. Edition by H.L. Jones. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press; London: William Heinemann, Ltd. 1924. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.
- Strabo, Geographica edited by A. Meineke. Leipzig: Teubner. 1877. Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library.
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