Alcyone and Ceyx Flashcards
What king of Trachis…
Ceyx
Where was Ceyx king?
Trachis
What son of Eosphorus…
Ceyx
Who was the father of Ceyx?
Eosphorus
What hospitable man welcomed Peleus after he was exiled from Aegina?
Ceyx
What man was banished from Aegina and welcomed by Ceyx?
Peleus
What hospitable man welcomed Heracles when he fled from Eurystheus?
Ceyx
What man did Ceyx welcome when he was fleeing from Eurystheus?
Heracles
How did Heracles aid Ceyx?
drove the hostle dryopes from the region
Who drove the hostle dryopes from Trachis?
Heracles
After Heracles’ death, Ceyx sent his children to whom for protection because he himself was not powerful enough to oppose Eurystheus?
Theseus
Why did Ceyx send Heracles’ children to Theseus after his (Heracles) death?
he was not powerful enough to oppose Eurystheus
Who sent Heracles’ children to Theseus because he himself was not powerful enough to oppose Eurystheus?
Ceyx
Ceyx was drowned on a sea voyage to where?
Delphi
How did Ceyx die?
Drowned
Who was the wife of Ceyx?
Alcyone
Through the pity of a god, what were Alcyone and Ceyx transformed into?
Kingfishers
What mythalogical couple was transformed into kingfishers?
Alcyone and Ceyx
According to Apollodorus, why were Alcyone and Ceyx transformed?
they called each other Zeus and Hera
What did Apollodorus claim Ceyx became?
a gull or gannet
Who was the father of Alcyone?
Sthenelus
Who was the mother of Alcyone?
Nicippe
How were Eurystheus and Alcyone related?
siblings
