Ἀλκυονῖτις

Alkyonis, Alcyonis

Translated by Robert Dyer10 May 2000Vetting: high3 revisions

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and [sc. also attested is] Alkyonitis: the mother of Alkyon.

Greek original · Adler’s text

Ἀλκυονὶς καὶ Ἀλκυονῖτις· ἡ τῆς Ἀλκυόνος μήτηρ.

Betacode

*)alkuoni\s kai\ *)alkuoni=tis: h( th=s *)alkuo/nos mh/thr.

This may be in error for one of the several mythological figures called Alkyone (daughter of Aiolos, daughter of Atlas, daughter of Sthenelos, mother of Elephenor). Alternatively, it may derive directly from an unknown version of the origin of the kingfisher (see alpha 1298, alpha 1300) from her death (cf. Ovid, Metamorphoses 11.410-748).