A Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology

Smith, William

A Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology. William Smith, LLD, ed. 1890

(Ἀλκυόνη), or HALCY'ONE.

1. A Pleiad, a daughter of Atlas and Pleione, by whom Poseidon begot Aethusa, Hyrieus and Hyperenor. (Apollod. 3.10.1; Hygin. Praef. Fab. p. 11, ed. Staveren; Ov. Ep. 19.133.) To these children Pausanias (2.30.7) adds two others, Hyperes and Anthas.