Celaeno

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[[File:Glasgow. Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum. Mary Pownall - "The Harpy Celaeno" (1902).jpg|thumb|''The Harpy Celaeno'' (1902) by [[Mary Pownall]], at the [[Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum]] in Glasgow]]
In [[Greek mythology]], '''Celaeno''' ({{IPAc-en|s|ᵻ|ˈ|l|iː|n|oʊ}}; {{langx|grc|Κελαινώ}} ''Kelaino'', lit. 'the dark one', also '''Celeno''' or '''Kelaino''', sometimes '''Calaeno''') was the name of several figures.

*[[Celaeno (Pleiad)|Celaeno]], one of the [[Pleiades (Greek mythology)|Pleiades]]. She was said to be mother of [[Lycus (mythology)|Lycus]] and [[Nycteus]],<ref>[[Bibliotheca (Pseudo-Apollodorus)|Apollodorus]], 3.10.1</ref> of King [[Eurypylus of Cos|Eurypylus]] (or [[Eurytus]]) of [[Cyrene, Libya|Cyrene]], and of [[Lycaon (Greek myth)|Lycaon]], also by [[Poseidon]]<ref>[[Scholia]] on [[Apollonius Rhodius]], 4.1561</ref>
*Celaeno, one of the [[Harpies]],<ref>[[Gaius Julius Hyginus|Hyginus]], ''Fabulae'' Preface & 14</ref> whom [[Aeneas]] encountered at [[Strophades]]. She gave him prophecies of his coming journeys.<ref>[[Virgil]], ''[[Aeneid]]'' 3.209-211 and 245-258, with the commentary by [[Maurus Servius Honoratus|Servius]]</ref>
*Celaeno, one of the [[Danaïdes]], the daughters of [[Danaus]]. Her mother was [[Crino]]. She married and killed [[Hyperbius]], son of [[Aegyptus]] and [[Hephaestine]].<ref>[[Bibliotheca (Pseudo-Apollodorus)|Apollodorus]], 2.1.5</ref> She was also believed to have had a son [[Celaenus (mythology)|Celaenus]] by Poseidon.<ref>[[Strabo]], 12.8.18</ref>
*Celaeno, a [[Phocis (ancient region)|Phocian]] princess as the daughter of King [[Hyamus]] of [[Hyampolis]], son of [[Lycorus]]. Her mother was [[Melanthea|Melantheia]] ([[Melantho]]), daughter of [[Deucalion]]. Celaeno<ref>[[Pausanias (geographer)|Pausanias]], 10.6.3</ref> or her sister [[Melaina|Melanis]]<ref>[[Scholia]] on [[Euripides]], ''[[Orestes (play)|Orestes]]'' 1094</ref> became the mother of [[Delphus]] by [[Apollo]].
*Celaeno, daughter of [[Ergea]] by Poseidon.<ref>{{Cite book|title=A Classical Manual, being a Mythological, Historical and Geographical Commentary on Pope's Homer, and Dryden's Aeneid of Virgil with a Copious Index|last=Murray|first=John|year=1833|location=Albemarle Street, London|pages=78}}</ref> She was the mother of [[Lycus (mythology)|Lycus]] and [[Chimaereus]] by [[Prometheus]].<ref>[[Tzetzes]] on [[Lycophron]], 132</ref>
*Celaeno, an [[Amazons|Amazon]]. She was killed by [[Heracles]] whilst he was undertaking the ninth labour.<ref>[[Diodorus Siculus]], [http://www.theoi.com/Text/DiodorusSiculus4A.html 4.16.3]</ref>

== Astronomical objects ==
* [[Celaeno (star)|Celaeno]], a star in the constellation of Taurus.

== Notes ==
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== References ==
* [[Diodorus Siculus]], ''The Library of History'' translated by [[Charles Henry Oldfather]]. Twelve volumes. [[Loeb Classical Library]]. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press; London: William Heinemann, Ltd. 1989. Vol. 3. Books 4.59–8. [https://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Roman/Texts/Diodorus_Siculus/home.html Online version at Bill Thayer's Web Site]
* Diodorus Siculus, ''Bibliotheca Historica. Vol 1-2''. Immanel Bekker. Ludwig Dindorf. Friedrich Vogel. in aedibus B. G. Teubneri. Leipzig. 1888–1890. [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:2008.01.0540 Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library].
* [[Gaius Julius Hyginus]], ''Fabulae from The Myths of Hyginus'' translated and edited by Mary Grant. University of Kansas Publications in Humanistic Studies. [https://topostext.org/work/206 Online version at the Topos Text Project.]
* [[Maurus Servius Honoratus]], ''In Vergilii carmina comentarii. Servii Grammatici qui feruntur in Vergilii carmina commentarii;'' recensuerunt Georgius Thilo et Hermannus Hagen. Georgius Thilo. Leipzig. B. G. Teubner. 1881. [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.02.0053 Online version at the Perseus Digital Library].
* [[Pausanias (geographer)|Pausanias]], ''Description of Greece'' with an English Translation by W.H.S. Jones, Litt.D., and H.A. Ormerod, M.A., in 4 Volumes. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1918. [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Paus.+1.1.1 Online version at the Perseus Digital Library]
* Pausanias, ''Graeciae Descriptio.'' ''3 vols''. Leipzig, Teubner. 1903. [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.01.0159 Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library].
* [[Bibliotheca (Pseudo-Apollodorus)|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. [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.01.0022 Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.] [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.01.0021 Greek text available from the same website].
* [[Strabo]], ''The Geography of Strabo.'' Edition by H.L. Jones. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press; London: William Heinemann, Ltd. 1924. [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0198%3Abook%3D6%3Achapter%3D1%3Asection%3D1 Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.]
* Strabo, ''Geographica'' edited by A. Meineke. Leipzig: Teubner. 1877. [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.01.0197 Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library.]

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[[Category:Amazons (Greek mythology)]]
[[Category:Characters in the Aeneid]]
[[Category:Characters in the Argonautica]]
[[Category:Children of Poseidon]]
[[Category:Danaïdes]]
[[Category:Female lovers of Apollo]]
[[Category:Harpies]]
[[Category:Libyan characters in Greek mythology]]
[[Category:Pleiades (Greek mythology)]]
[[Category:Princesses in Greek mythology]]
[[Category:Women of Poseidon]]

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