When the war between the Calydonians and the Curetes broke out, Cleopatra persuaded her husband, Meleager, to defend the city of Calydon against the attack. This eventually resulted to the hero's demise[1] and afterwards, Alcyone died of grief or hanged herself for it.[2]
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cleopatra, alcyone, other, uses, alcyone, mythology, cleopatra, greek, myth, cleopatrē, alcyone, ancient, greek, Κλεοπάτρη, Ἀλκυόνη, romanized, kleopátrē, alkuónē, daughter, idas, marpessa, wife, meleager, mythology, editwhen, between, calydonians, curetes, br. For other uses see Alcyone mythology and Cleopatra Greek myth Cleopatre Alcyone Ancient Greek Kleopatrh Ἀlkyonh romanized Kleopatre Alkuone was the daughter of Idas and Marpessa and the wife of Meleager 1 Mythology EditWhen the war between the Calydonians and the Curetes broke out Cleopatra persuaded her husband Meleager to defend the city of Calydon against the attack This eventually resulted to the hero s demise 1 and afterwards Alcyone died of grief or hanged herself for it 2 Notes Edit a b Antoninus Liberalis 2 as cited in Nicander s Metamorphoses Homer Iliad 9 562 Apollodorus 1 8 3 Hyginus Fabulae 174 Eustathius ad Homer p 776References EditApollodorus 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 Online version at the Perseus Digital Library Greek text available from the same website 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 Homer The Iliad with an English Translation by A T Murray Ph D in two volumes Cambridge MA Harvard University Press London William Heinemann Ltd 1924 ISBN 978 0674995796 Online version at the Perseus Digital Library Homer Homeri Opera in five volumes Oxford Oxford University Press 1920 ISBN 978 0198145318 Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library This article relating to Greek mythology is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Cleopatra Alcyone amp oldid 1129785448, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
