Celaeno (Pleiad)

In Greek mythology, Celaeno (/sɪˈliːnoʊ/; Ancient Greek: Κελαινώ Kelaino, lit. 'the dark one', also Celeno or Kelaino, sometimes [misspelled] Calaeno) was one of the Pleiades.

Biography

Celaeno was the daughter of Atlas and Pleione or Aethra. She was said to be mother of Lycus and Nycteus by Poseidon;[1] of Eurypylus (or Eurytus), King of Cyrene, and Lycaon, also by Poseidon;[2] and lastly of Lycus and Chimaereus by Prometheus.[3]
Modern references

The following modern uses derive from the Ancient Greek mythical name:

Celaeno, a star in the Pleiades open cluster of stars.
USS Celeno (AK-76), a United States Navy Crater class cargo ship
Ship Celaeno builder A. HALL & Co Aberdeen. Rig: SHIP. Construction: Wood. Yard Number: 233. Completed in June 1863. Weighed 702 tons and measured 173.0 feet x 30.2 feet x 18.7 feet. The Celaeno made eleven trips to New Zealand.

In popular culture

The star Celaeno features as a location in the Cthulhu Mythos stories of August Derleth. See Cthulhu Mythos celestial bodies and Extraterrestrial places in the Cthulhu Mythos
Celaeno is the name of the chief Goddess in the Celaeno Series by Jane Fletcher.

Notes

Pseudo-Apollodorus, Bibliotheca 3.10.1
Scholia on Apollonius Rhodius, Argonautica, 4. 1561

Tzetzes on Lycophron, 132

References

Pseudo-Apollodorus, The Library with an English Translation by Sir James George Frazer, F.B.A., F.R.S. in 2 Volumes, Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1921. ISBN 0-674-99135-4. . Greek text .

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