person
Alcyone
Wife of Ceyx, changed into a halcyon; the kingfishers mourn their Ceyx over the calm sea.
Reading notes
- Agamemnon §687 the halcyons
Alcyone, changed with her drowned husband Ceyx into halcyons (kingfishers) that nest on a calm sea.
- Octavia §1 halcyons
Alcyone, turned into a halcyon (kingfisher) and proverbial for ceaseless mourning over the sea.