Alcyone

Role: mythological figure · First appears: Book 2 · Chapter 30

In Book 2, Chapter 30, Alcyone is named as the daughter of Atlas and the mother, by Poseidon, of Hyperes and Anthas. In Book 3, Chapter 18, she is described alongside her sister Taygetes as being carried off by Poseidon and Zeus.

Relationship record

Book 2 · Chapter 30

• child: Hyperes “Hyperes and Anthas, who they say were the sons of Poseidon by Alcyone the daughter of Atlas”
• child: Anthas “Hyperes and Anthas, who they say were the sons of Poseidon by Alcyone the daughter of Atlas”
• parent: Atlas (Atlas is Alcyone's father.) “Alcyone the daughter of Atlas”

Book 3 · Chapter 18

• siblings with Taygetes “Poseidon and Zeus are carrying off Taygetes, the daughter of Atlas, and her sister Alcyone.”
• with Poseidon (interaction) “Poseidon and Zeus are carrying off Taygetes, the daughter of Atlas, and her sister Alcyone.”
• with Zeus (interaction) “Poseidon and Zeus are carrying off Taygetes, the daughter of Atlas, and her sister Alcyone.”

Book 9 · Chapter 22

• child: Anthas “Anthas who they say ruled here, the son of Poseidon by Alcyone the daughter of Atlas.”
• parent: Atlas “Anthas who they say ruled here, the son of Poseidon by Alcyone the daughter of Atlas.”

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Extracted from the original text of Pausanias' Description of Greece. Made with Rho MD.