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Cycnus and Hyrie by Wilhelm Janson and Antonio Tempesta (1606) In Greek mythology, Cycnus (Ancient Greek: Κύκνος "swan") or Cygnus was the Aetolian son of Apollo by Hyrie or Thyrie, daughter of Amphinomus. Mythology. According to Antoninus Liberalis, Cycnus dwelt in the country between Pleuron and Calydon and dedicated most of his time to ...
Cycnus, son of King Ederion ( Ancient Greek: Ἐδερίων) or Eredion of Achaea, who, in the 6th century CE account of John Malalas, seduced Leda and made her mother of triplets: the Dioscuri and Helen. [5] In all other sources, she had these children by Zeus who approached her in the shape of a swan ( kyknos ).
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Cycnus was the son of Ares by Pelopia or Pyrene. He married Themistonoe, daughter of King Ceyx of Trachis.
Cycnus killed all of his guests until he was slain by Heracles. According to Pausanias, one of the men murdered by him was Lycus of Thrace. Pseudo-Apollodorus wrote of Cycnus the Thessalian, the son of Pelopia, and Cycnus the Macedonian, the son of Pyrene, as two distinct encounters of Heracles, mentioning them separately. The Thessalian Cycnus, he...
Diodorus Siculus, The Library of History translated by Charles Henry Oldfather. Twelve volumes. Loeb Classical Library. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press; London: William Heinemann...Diodorus Siculus, Bibliotheca Historica. Vol 1-2. Immanel Bekker. Ludwig Dindorf. Friedrich Vogel. in aedibus B. G. Teubneri. Leipzig. 1888–1890. Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library.Euripides, The Complete Greek Drama edited by Whitney J. Oates and Eugene O'Neill Jr. in two volumes. 1. Heracles, translated by E. P. Coleridge. New York. Random House. 1938. Online version at the...Euripides, Euripidis Fabulae. vol. 2. Gilbert Murray. Oxford. Clarendon Press, Oxford. 1913. Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library.THE PRINCE CYCNUS. In Greek mythology Cycnus was a conceited youth who demanded his lover Phylius fetch him first a lion, then a pair of eagles and finally a wild bull as proof of his love. When the lad refused the final task, Cycnus cast himself from a cliff in a fit of grief and was transformed into a swan.
Cycnus. 2. A son of Poseidon by Calyce (Calycia), Harpale, or Scamandrodice. ( Hyg. Fab. 157; Schol. ad Pind. Ol. 2.147; Tzetz. ad Lycop/h. 233.) He was born in secret, and was exposed on the sea-coast, where he was found by shepherds, who seeing a swan descending upon him, called him Cycnus. When he had grown up to manhood, he became king of ...
Aitolia. Aetolia, district of ancient Greece, located directly north of the Gulf of Corinth and bounded by Epirus (north), Locris (east), and Acarnania (west). In modern Greece, Aetolia is linked with Acarnania in the department of Aitolía kai Akarnanía. Aetolia, particularly its cities Pleuron and Calydon, figures prominently in early legend.
CYCNUS IN GREEK MYTHOLOGY. Cycnus was a name given to a defender of Troy during the war with the Achaean forces of Agamemnon. Cycnus was famous for being a demi-god, for he was a son of Poseidon, and also famous for being invulnerable to sword or spear, and yet Cycnus would die at the hands of an even more famous demi-god, for Cycnus would be a ...
