Celaeno
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In Greek mythology, Celaeno (
/sɨˈliːnoʊ/; sometimes Calaeno, Celeno or Kelaino from Κελαινώ, lit. 'the dark one') referred to several different figures.
- Celaeno, one of the Harpies[1], whom Aeneas encountered at Strophades. She gave him prophecies of his coming journeys.[2]
- Celaeno, one of the Pleiades. She was said to be mother of Lycus and Nycteus by Poseidon;[3] of Eurypylus (or Eurytus), King of Cyrene, and Lycaon, also by Poseidon;[4] and of Lycus and Chimaereus by Prometheus.[5]
- Celaeno, one of the Danaids, the daughters of Danaus. Her mother was Crino. She married and killed Hyperbius, son of Aegyptus and Hephaestine.[6] She was also believed to have had a son Celaenus by Poseidon[7].
- Celaeno, daughter of Hyamus and granddaughter of Lycorus. She was the mother of Delphus by Apollo.[9]
[edit] In the Works of H.P. Lovecraft
Celaeno is an extradimensional location in the Cthulhu Mythos.
[edit] Other appearances
- The harpy Celaeno appears as a captive of a traveling witch's Midnight Carnival, in the Peter S. Beagle classic fantasy novel, The Last Unicorn.
- Celaeno also appears and is named in the film The Last Unicorn.
- The star Celaeno in the Pleiades open cluster of stars.
- Celaeno is the name of the chief Goddess in the Celaeno Series by Jane Fletcher.
[edit] References
- ^ Hyginus, Fabulae, Preface & 14
- ^ Virgil, Aeneid, 3. 209-211, with the commentary by Servius
- ^ Apollodorus, Bibliotheca, 3. 10. 1
- ^ Scholia on Apollonius Rhodius, Argonautica, 4. 1561
- ^ Tzetzes on Lycophron, 132
- ^ Apollodorus. Library, 2.1.5.
- ^ Strabo, Geography 12. 8. 18
- ^ Diodorus Siculus. Library of History, 4.16.3.
- ^ Pausanias, Description of Greece, 10. 6. 3
