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Alkyone (1)Alcyone

One of the seven daughters of Atlas known as the Pleiades.

The hunter, Orion, relentlessly pursued the girls until they were changed into pigeons by Zeus and eventually put into the night sky as a constellation.

The name Alkyone literally means Sea-Bird.

Alkyone’s sisters are: Asterope, Elektra (Electra), Kelaeno (Celaeno), Maia, Merope and Taygete.

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