Cycnus

Family: Liguria · Role: king of Liguria · First appears: Fable 21

Life events

• Cycnus is transformed into a swan after grieving for Phaëton.(Fable21 · 📍 Eridanus)
  • “when the man’s voice became shrill, and gray feathers concealed his hair. A long neck, too, extends from his breast, and a membrane joins his reddening toes; feathers clothe his sides, {and} his mouth holds a bill without a point. Cycnus becomes a new bird;”

Fable 21

• parent: Sthenelus (Sthenelus is Cycnus's father.) “Cycnus, the son of Sthenelus,[58] was present at this strange event;”
• with Phaëton (They are related through Phaëton's mother's side and closely allied in affection.) “who, although he was related to thee, Phaëton, on his mother’s side, was yet more nearly allied in affection.”

Fable 64

• parent: Hyrie (Parent-to-child direction.) “Hyrie was the mother of Cycnus”

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Extracted from the original text of The Metamorphoses of Ovid. Made with Rho MD.