Cleopatra Alcyone

Cleopatra Alcyone (Ancient Greek: Κλεοπάτρη Ἀλκυόνη Kleopátrē Alkuónē) was the daughter of Idas and Marpessa and the wife of Meleager.

Death

She died of grief when her husband, Ceyx, was killed by Zeus.[1][2][3]

References

  1. ↑ Homer, Iliad ix. 562.
  2. ↑ Eustathius of Thessalonica, ad Hom. p. 776.
  3. ↑ Gaius Julius Hyginus, Fabulae 174.


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