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Celaeno (Pleiad)

Summary

In Greek mythology, Celaeno (/sɪˈliːnoʊ/; Ancient Greek: Κελαινώ Kelaino, lit. 'the dark one', also Celeno or Kelaino, sometimes [misspelled] Calaeno) was one of the Pleiades.

Celaeno
Member of the Pleiades
The Pleiades by Elihu Vedder
AbodeMt. Cyllene on Arcadia, later
Mt. Cithaeron in Boeotia
Personal information
ParentsAtlas and Pleione or Aethra
Siblings
(a) Pleiades
(b) Hyades
  • 1 include Dione or
  • 2 includes Thyone and Prodice or
  • 3 includes (i) Coronis, Cleeia (or Cleis) and Philia or
    (ii) Aesyle (or Phaisyle), Eudora and Ambrosia or
  • 5 includes (i) Aesyle (or Phaisyle), Coronis, Cleeia (or Cleis), Phaeo and Eudora or
    (ii) Aesyle (or Phaisyle), Coronis, Eudora, Ambrosia and Polyxo or
    (iii) Pytho, Synecho, Baccho, Cardie and Niseis
(c) Hyas
Consort(i) & (ii) Poseidon
(iii) Prometheus
Children(i) Lycus and Nycteus or
(ii) Lycus (or Lycaon) and Eurypylus (or Eurytus)
(iii) Lycus and Chimaerus

Mythology edit

Celaeno was the daughter of Atlas and Pleione or Aethra. She was said to bore to Poseidon numerous children which includes: Lycus and Nycteus;[1] of King Eurypylus (or Eurytus) of Cyrene, and Lycaon.[2]

Modern references edit

The following modern uses derive from the Ancient Greek mythical name:

In popular culture edit

  • The star Celaeno features as a location in the Cthulhu Mythos stories of August Derleth. See Cthulhu Mythos celestial bodies and Extraterrestrial places in the Cthulhu Mythos
  • Celaeno is the name of the chief Goddess in the Celaeno Series by Jane Fletcher.
  • Celaeno (CeCe) is the main character of book 4 (The Pearl Sister) in the Seven Sisters series by Lucinda Riley

Notes edit

  1. ^ Apollodorus, 3.10.1
  2. ^ Scholia on Apollonius Rhodius, Argonautica 4.1561

References edit

  • 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.