In Greek mythology, Cycnus (Ancient Greek: Κύκνος "swan") or Cygnus was the Aetolian son of Apollo by Hyrie or Thyrie, daughter of Amphinomus. According...
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transformed into swans. Cycnus, son of Ares. Cycnus, king of Kolonai. Cycnus, friend of Phaethon. Cycnus, son of Apollo. Cycnus, son of King Ederion (Ancient...
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journey to Trachis; Cycnus was buried by his father-in-law Сeyx and people of the neighboring cities, but Apollo, still angry over Cycnus' actions, has the...
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mother of Chaeron, who was famed as "the tamer of horses". He later built the city Chaeronea. Hyrie or Thyrie was the mother of Cycnus. Apollo turned...
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Cycnus lamented Phaethon's death till he grew old, so his gray hair became gray feathers upon his transformation. Pausanias mentions Cycnus, king of the...
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mythology, Cycnus (Ancient Greek: Κύκνος means "swan") or Cygnus was the king of the town of Kolonai in the southern Troad. Cycnus was the son of Poseidon...
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Phaethon (category Children of Helios)
explicitly name Apollo as the god who turned Cycnus into a swan, after having blessed him with talent in singing at some time before; Apollo then placed him...
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Myrmex Athis and Lycabas Boreas and Hyacinth Chiron and Dionysus Cycnus and Phaethon Cycnus and Phylius Cydon and Clytius Dionysus and Ampelus Dionysus and...
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feathers and why they have such raspy voices. Lycius Swans Cycnus (Swan), Cycnus, was a good friend of Phaethon, when Phaethon died, he sat by the river Eridanos...
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the lament of Cycnus of Liguria at the death of his lover, Phaethon, the ambitious and headstrong son of Helios and Clymene. The name Cycnus is the Latinised...
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Euphorbus' shield to the temple of Hera in Argos. There are some accounts that claim that it was Euphorbus, not Aeneas, Cycnus or Hector, that killed Protesilaus...
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Arion (horse) (category Children of Poseidon)
with Ares' son Cycnus. Later Heracles gave Arion to Adrastus, the king of Argos. Adrastus took Arion with him on the disastrous expedition of the Seven...
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Amphinomus (category Suitors of Penelope)
of Thyrie (Hyria) who became the mother of Cycnus by Apollo. Amphinomus, a prince of Dulichium as the son of King Nisos. He was one of the suitors of...
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Poseidon (redirect from Atlas (son of Poseidon))
to Pausanias, Poseidon was one of the caretakers of the oracle at Delphi before Olympian Apollo took it over. Apollo and Poseidon worked closely in many...
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Proclia (category Women of Apollo)
the daughter of Laomedon, king of Troy, or Clytius, son of Laomedon (and in the latter case sister of Caletor). She married Cycnus, king of Colonae, and...
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Kolonai (redirect from History of Kolonai)
related a story about Cycnus which he attributed to the inhabitants of Tenedos, an island not far north of Kolonai, in which Cycnus' son Tennes founded Tenedos...
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Hyria (mythology) (category Women of Apollo)
romanized: Thurie) was the Aetolian daughter of Amphinomus and mother, by Apollo, of Cycnus. Hyrie grieved much for her son's death, not knowing he had been transformed...
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Tenes (category Children of Apollo)
of the island of Tenedos. Tenes was the son either of Apollo or of King Cycnus of Colonae by Proclia, daughter or granddaughter of Laomedon. Cycnus's...
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Lycaon (Greek myth) (category Children of Poseidon)
Lycaon, son of Ares and possibly Pelopia or Pyrene, and thus, the brother of Cycnus. Like his brother, he was also killed by Heracles in one of his adventures...
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Arge (category Retinue of Artemis)
the one below. Arge, one of the two maidens from Hyperborea (the other one being Opis), who came to Delos together with Apollo and Artemis and received...
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Aeschylus (redirect from Eschylus Father of Tragedy)
titled Europa Cercyon Children of Hercules Circe The Cretan Women Cycnus The Danaids Daughters of Helios Daughters of Phorcys The Descendants The Edonians...
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Heracles (redirect from Glory of Hera)
his sons. Heracles killed Cycnus, the son of Ares. The expedition against Cycnus, in which Iolaus accompanied Heracles, is the ostensible theme of a short...
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Cyparissus (category Male lovers of Apollo)
was a boy beloved by Apollo or in some versions by other deities. In the best-known version of the story, the favorite companion of Cyparissus was a tamed...
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Metamorphoses in Greek mythology (category Deeds of Apollo)
collection of myths where the subjects are physically transformed, usually through either divine intervention or sorcery and spells. Similar themes of physical...
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Trojan War (redirect from Battle of Troy)
beach. In the second wave of attacks, Achilles killed Cycnus, son of Poseidon. The Trojans then fled to the safety of the walls of their city. The walls served...
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LGBT themes in mythology (redirect from List of LGBT figures in mythology)
Myrmex Athis and Lycabas Boreas and Hyacinthus Chiron and Dionysus Cycnus and Phaethon Cycnus and Phylius Cydon and Clytius Dionysus and Ampelus Dionysus and...
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(play) Cycnus Cycnus of Aetolia Cycnus of Kolonai Cycnus of Liguria Cycnus (son of Ares) Cydantidae Cydathenaeum Cydias Cydon Cylarabes Cylix of Apollo Cyllarus...
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Lycus (mythology) (category Sons of Aegyptus)
to have erected a temple to Apollo Lycius on the banks of Xanthus river. Lycus, son of Prometheus and Celaeno, brother of Chimaerus. The brothers are...
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Ares (redirect from Greek god of war)
union of Ares and Aphrodite created the gods Eros, Anteros, Phobos, Deimos, and Harmonia. Other versions include Alcippe as one of his daughters. Cycnus (Κύκνος)...
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Metamorphoses (redirect from Metamorphoses of)
and Cycnus, Caenis, the battle of the Lapiths and Centaurs, Nestor and Hercules, the death of Achilles. Book XIII – Ajax, Ulysses, and the arms of Achilles;...
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