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Many cultures throughout the world knew of the Pleiades cluster since ancient times. One of the earliest depictions of the Pleiades cluster and its stars resides in the Nebra sky disk – a Bronze Age artifact dating to 1.6000 BCE, uncovered in Germany. Homer connects the halcyon with Alcyone, a title of Meleager's wife Cleopatra ( Iliad), and with a daughter of Aeolus, guardian of the winds. Halcyon cannot therefore mean halcyon, 'sea-hound', as is usually supposed, but must stand for alcy-one, 'the queen who wards off evil'. This derivation is confirmed by the myth of Alcyone and Ceyx, and the manner of their punishment by Zeus and Hera. The seamew part of the legend need not be pressed, although this bird, which has a plaintive cry, was sacred to the Sea-goddess Aphrodite, or Leucothea, like the halcyon of Cyprus. It seems that late in the second millennium BC the sea-faring Aeolians, who had agreed to worship the pre-Hellenic Moon-goddess as their divine ancestress and protectress, became tributary to the Zeus-worshiping Achaeans, and were forced to accept the Olympian religion. 'Zeus', which according to Johannes Tzetzes, had hitherto been a title born by petty kings, was henceforth reserved for the Father of Heaven alone. But in Crete, the ancient mystical tradition that Zeus was born and died annually lingered on into Christian times, and tombs of Zeus were shown at Cnossus, on Mount Ida, and on Mount Dicte, each a different cult-centre. Callimachus was scandalized, and in his Hymn to Zeus wrote: 'The Cretans are always liars. They have even built thy tomb, O Lord! But thou art not dead, for thou livest for ever.' This is quoted in Titus.

William Smith, ed. (1867). Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology. Volume 1. p.108. It was fabled, that during the seven days before, and as many after, the shortest day of the year, while the bird ἀλκυών, was breeding, there always prevailed calms at sea. When it comes to its radius, Alcyone has 9.3 solar radii or 930% the Sun’s radius. Thus, Alcyone is more than 10 times the size of the Sun. Other Characteristics Hyginus, Fabulae from The Myths of Hyginus translated and edited by Mary Grant. University of Kansas Publications in Humanistic Studies. Online version at the Topos Text Project.alcyon”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language ], 2012. tous les grands naissants de la motocyclette de l’époque : Minerva, Peugeot, Terrot, N.S.U., Alcyon etc. hi just bought this alcyon have been told its 1930s but unsure 250 cc zurcher engine frame 7843/3 could be 384373 The Pleiades cluster is overall dominated by very hot blue and luminous stars. Distance, Size, and Mass After gaining the attention of the god of the sea, Poseidon, she had several children with him. Their names are Hyrieus, Hyperenor, Aethusa, Hyperes, Anthas and Epopeus.

The legend of the halcyon's, or kingfisher's, nest (which has no foundation in natural history, since the halcyon does not build any kind of nest, but lays eggs in holes by the waterside) can refer only to the birth of the new sacred king at the winter solstice—after the queen who represents his mother, the Moon-goddess, has conveyed the old king's corpse to a sepulchral island. But because the winter solstice does not always coincide with the same phase of the moon, 'every year' must be understood as 'every Great Year', of one hundred lunations, in the last of which solar and lunar time were roughly synchronized, and the sacred king's term ended. Kéyx as referring to a sea-bird appears to be related to kaúax ( καύαξ), [8] which is a ravenous sea-bird ( λάρος, láros). These suggest that Kéyx may have been turned into either a sea mew or a tern. [9] Mythology [ edit ] Herbert James Draper, Halcyone, 1915. However, the Greek god Zeus stepped in and transformed the sisters into doves, and then into stars to console their father. Even so, Orion, the giant, is still pursuing the Pleiades sisters across the sky, represented by the Orion constellation. The Future Two models were shown in 1906, one a two-seat light car with single-cylinder 950cc engine and a larger four seat model with 1.4-litre four-cylinder engine. Both engines were bought in from Gentil. The cars were advanced models with 3-speed gearboxes and shaft drive. However, the single-cylinder models were dropped in 1912 and larger models of up to 2120cc were added to the range. By then, most of the engines were obtained from Zurcher. When it comes to its radius, Alcyone has 9.3 solar radii, thus it is several times bigger than our Sun.Pliny, who describes the halcyon's alleged nest in detail—apparently the zoophyte called halcyoneum by Linnaeus—reports that the halcyon is rarely seen, and then only at the two solstices and at the setting of the Pleiades. This proves her to have originally been a manifestation of the Moon-goddess, who was alternately the Goddess of Life-in-Death at the winter solstice, and of Death-in-Life at the summer solstice; and who, every Great Year, early in November, when the Pleiades set, sent the sacred king his death summons. The motorbike has a number engraved on the frame of the car (73193) and another number on the engine (92085). When someone brings up the “halcyon days,” it comes from the myth of Alcyone and Ceyx. According to legend, a few weeks every January is when Aeolus calms the winds enough for the waves to die down so that Alcyone, as a bird, can safely make her nest. Halcyon days are a period of peace and calm. Thirteen Tours of France to his credit, eighteen Paris-Roubaix, a stunning series of victories in the world of cycling and motorcycling, including the motorcycle world championship ... such is the record of Alcyon!