person
Ceyx
Husband of Alcyone; drowned at sea, the pair were turned into halcyons (kingfishers).
Reading notes
- Agamemnon §687 their Ceyx
Ceyx, the drowned husband of Alcyone, mourned by the halcyons.
- Hercules on Oeta §173 ravished Ceyx
Ceyx, drowned husband of Alcyone; the pair were changed into halcyon birds. His wife's mourning is proverbial.