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Pallene
(683 words)

(Παλλήνη/Pallḗnē).

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[1] Daughter of the giant Alcyoneus

Also called Palene (Παλήνη/Palḗnē): Suda s.v. Ἀλκυονίδες ἡμέραι. According to Hegesander (or Agesander: FHG 4, 422, fr. 46), daughter of the giant Alcyoneus [1], who, along with her sisters (Alcyonides [2]), threw herself into the ocean from the Canastraeum, only to be turn…

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Antoni, Silke (Kiel), Lohmann, Hans (Bochum) and Zahrnt, Michael (Kiel), “Pallene”, 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 03 December 2023 <http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/1574-9347_bnp_e904740>
First published online: 2006
First print edition: 9789004122598, 20110510



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