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Celaeno
(85 words)

(Κελαινώ, Kelainṓ, of κελαινός/‘dark’).

[German version]

[1] Lover of Poseidon

One of the  Pleiades (Hes. fr. 275,2 Rzach; Ov. Fast. 4,173), by Poseidon mother of Lycus (Apollod. 3,111; Eratosth. Katasterismoi 23) and of Nycteus (Hyg. Poet. Astr. 2,21).

[German version]

[2] One of the Harpies

One of the  Harpies living with the Strophades, who predicts to the Aeneads that they would devour their tables before the founding of the city (Verg. Aen. 3,209-258; cf. Val. Fl. 4,453ff.).

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Walde, Christine (Basle), “Celaeno”, in: Brill’s New Pauly, Antiquity volumes edited by: Hubert Cancik and , Helmuth Schneider, English Edition by: Christine F. Salazar, Classical Tradition volumes edited by: Manfred Landfester, English Edition by: Francis G. Gentry. Consulted online on 09 June 2023 <http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/1574-9347_bnp_e611720>
First published online: 2006
First print edition: 9789004122598, 20110510



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