At one point Maia shone brighter than Alcyone, but that is no longer the case Alcyone is 1,000 times more luminous. Of all the Pleiades stars, Alcyone shines 1,000 times more luminous. That act offended Zeus, who then placed the dead hunter among the stars to pursue the Pleiades for all of eternity, where the constellations are seen today.
In rage over losing her friends, the goddess killed the hunter Orion with a scorpion after persuading her brother Apollo. Instead of offering support to the nymphs, he turned them into doves and they fled into the heavens, well beyond Orion’s reach but also no longer Artemis’s companions. When the sisters were chased by the mortal hunter Orion for their beauty, Artemis begged with Zeus to step in to help. Their names are Hyrieus, Hyperenor, Aethusa, Hyperes, Anthas and Epopeus. She is the second born of the Pleiades sisters and also considered their leader, however there are other accounts that the eldest sister, Maia, is the leader instead.Īfter gaining the attention of the god of the sea, Poseidon, she had several children with him.
Not all stories name their mother but the most commonly brought up is the sea nymph Pleione. All of them share the same father, titan Atlas.
There are many versions of her name’s origin, but a few of translates them as “strong-helper” from the Greek words “alke” and “oneo,” and kingfisher from “alkyon.” Who Was Alcyone?Īlcyone is one of seven daughters who are named the Pleiades, a group of mountain nymph companies of the goddess of the hunt, Artemis. There is some overlap between both stories, making it difficult to tell the two apart. The second places her as the daughter of Aeolus, the god of the winds and his lover Enarete. One version has her as the nymph daughter of the titan Atlas, and sea nymph Pleione. Two are two versions of the ancient Greek figure Alcyone.
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