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Alcyone

noun
1.
(Greek mythology) a woman who was turned into a kingfisher.  Synonym: Halcyon.





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... agree in saying that after their death or translation they were transformed into stars. Their names are Alcyone, Electra, Maia, Merope, Sterope, Taygeta, and Celaeno. The seventh Atlantid is said to be the 'lost Pleiad,' but it can be perceived without difficulty by a person possessing good eyesight. In the book of Job there is a beautiful allusion to the Pleiades (chap. xxxviii.) when God speaks ...
— The Astronomy of Milton's 'Paradise Lost' • Thomas Orchard
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