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Earrings Halcyone
In Greek mythology, Alcyone or Halcyone and Ceyx were a wife and husband who incurred the wrath of the god Zeus. Alcyone was the daughter of King Aeolus of Aeolia, either by Enarete or Aegiale She was a Thessalian princess and later queen of Trachis. Ceyx was the son of Eosphorus (often translated as Lucifer). Alcyone and Ceyx married and were very happy together in Trachis. According to Pseudo-Apollodorus's account, they often sacrilegiously called each other "Zeus" and "Hera". This angered Zeus, so while Ceyx was at sea (going to consult an oracle, according to Ovid), the god threw a thunderbolt at his ship. Soon after, Morpheus, the god of dreams, disguised as Ceyx, appeared to Alcyone as an apparition to tell her of his fate, and she threw herself into the sea in her grief. Out of compassion, the gods changed them both into common kingfishers, or "halcyon birds", named after her.
Λίγο μετά ο Μορφέας μεταμορφωμένος ως Κήυκας εμφανίστηκε στην Αλκυόνη για να της διηγηθεί τη μοίρα του συζύγου της, και εκείνη ρίχτηκε στη θάλασσα από τη θλίψη της, όπου αντίκρισε το νεκρό σώμα του Κήυκα. Από συμπόνια οι θεοί τους μεταμόρφωσαν στα πουλιά αλκυόνες.
Source: Wikipedia.
