In Greek mythology, Celaeno (/sɪˈliːnoʊ/; Ancient Greek: ΚελαινώKelaino, lit. 'the dark one', also Celeno or Kelaino, sometimes [misspelled] Calaeno) referred to several different figures.
Celaeno, one of the Pleiades. She was said to be mother of Lycus and Nycteus,[1] of King Eurypylus (or Eurytus) of Cyrene, and of Lycaon, also by Poseidon[2]
Celaeno, one of the Harpies,[3] whom Aeneas encountered at Strophades. She gave him prophecies of his coming journeys.[4]
Celaeno, one of the Danaïdes, the daughters of Danaus. Her mother was Crino. She married and killed Hyperbius, son of Aegyptus and Hephaestine.[5] She was also believed to have had a son Celaenus by Poseidon.[6]
Celaeno, a Phocian princess as the daughter of King Hyamus of Hyampolis, son of Lycorus. Her mother was Melantheia (Melantho), daughter of Deucalion. Celaeno[7] or her sister Melanis[8] became the mother of Delphus by Apollo.
Celaeno, daughter of Ergea by Poseidon.[9] She was the mother of Lycus and Chimaereus by Prometheus.[10]
Celaeno, an Amazon. She was killed by Heracles whilst he was undertaking the ninth labour.[11]
^Apollodorus, 3.10.1
^Scholia on Apollonius Rhodius, 4.1561
^Hyginus, Fabulae Preface & 14
^Virgil, Aeneid 3.209-211 and 245-258, with the commentary by Servius
^Apollodorus, 2.1.5
^Strabo, 12.8.18
^Pausanias, 10.6.3
^Scholia on Euripides, Orestes 1094
^Murray, John (1833). A Classical Manual, being a Mythological, Historical and Geographical Commentary on Pope's Homer, and Dryden's Aeneid of Virgil with a Copious Index. Albemarle Street, London. p. 78.
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