Celaeno

The Harpy Celaeno (1902) by Mary Pownall, at the Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum in Glasgow

In Greek mythology, Celaeno (Template:IPAc-en; Template:Langx Kelaino, lit. 'the dark one', also Celeno or Kelaino, sometimes Calaeno) was the name of several figures.

• Celaeno, one of the Pleiades. She was said to be mother of Lycus and Nycteus,<ref>Apollodorus, 3.10.1</ref> of King Eurypylus (or Eurytus) of Cyrene, and of Lycaon, also by Poseidon<ref>Scholia on Apollonius Rhodius, 4.1561</ref>
• Celaeno, one of the Harpies,<ref>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 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>Apollodorus, 2.1.5</ref> She was also believed to have had a son Celaenus by Poseidon.<ref>Strabo, 12.8.18</ref>
• Celaeno, a Phocian princess as the daughter of King Hyamus of Hyampolis, son of Lycorus. Her mother was Melantheia (Melantho), daughter of Deucalion. Celaeno<ref>Pausanias, 10.6.3</ref> or her sister Melanis<ref>Scholia on Euripides, Orestes 1094</ref> became the mother of Delphus by Apollo.
• Celaeno, daughter of Ergea by Poseidon.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref> She was the mother of Lycus and Chimaereus by Prometheus.<ref>Tzetzes on Lycophron, 132</ref>
• Celaeno, an Amazon. She was killed by Heracles whilst he was undertaking the ninth labour.<ref>Diodorus Siculus, 4.16.3</ref>

Astronomical objects

• Celaeno, a star in the constellation of Taurus.

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. 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. 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. 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. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.
• 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. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library
• Pausanias, Graeciae Descriptio. 3 vols. Leipzig, Teubner. 1903. Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library.
• 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. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library. 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. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.
• Strabo, Geographica edited by A. Meineke. Leipzig: Teubner. 1877. Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library.