Ceyx
deity Greek single tradition · 2
Ceyx transformed by gods into halcyon birds, the Ceyx birds took their name from Ceyx.
↻ synthesized from 2 sources
When
- First attested
- 0 CE
- Attested period
- 0 – 2020
- Historical notes
- Referenced by Ovid.
Relationships
- co occurs with
- Little Owl, Screech Owl, Corone, Corvus, Lycius, Cycnus, Swans of Apollo, Calydonian Boar, Clazomenae Boar, Crommyonian Sow, Erymanthian Boar, Eos, Hesperides, Atlas, Astraeus, Hesperis, Cephalus, Daedalion, Strix, Alectryon, Birds of Ares, Gerana, Diomedes Birds, Caucasian Eagle, Aetos Dios, Alkyonides, Hesperus
- manifests as
- halcyon birds
- child of
- Phosphorus
- consort of
- Alcyone
Mentioned by
Sources
Source passages
“Ceyx transformed by gods into halcyon birds, the Ceyx birds took their name from Ceyx.”
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“Ovid also makes him the father of Ceyx, while the Latin grammarian Servius makes him the father of the Hesperides or of Hesperis.”
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