Celaeno

Celaeno in Wikipedia

In Greek mythology, Celaeno (pronounced /sɨˈliːnoʊ/; sometimes Calaeno, Celeno or Kelaino from Κελαινώ, lit. 'the dark one') referred to several different beings. Celaeno or Celeno was a monster, a harpy whom Aeneas encountered at Strophades. She gave him prophecies of his coming journeys. She was one of three sisters, each of whom represented...

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Celaeno in Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology

(Κελαινώ), a Pleiad, daughter of Atlas and Pleione, and by Poseidon the mother of Lycus and Eurypylus, or, according to others, of Lycus and Chimaereus by Prometheus. (Apollod. 3.10.1; Ov. Ep. 19.135; Schol. ad Apollon. Rhod. 4.1561; Tzetz. ad Lycoph 132.) There are several other mythological beings of this name : namely, a Harpy (Verg. A. 3.2...

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