Halcyone

"Halcyone" her parents had called her well -- their bond of love -- their tangible proof of halcyon days.

Halcyone Elinor Glyn 1903

"Halcyone," he said, while his proud eyes again filled with tears, "you have the absolute worship of my being.

Halcyone Elinor Glyn 1903

‘Or such as was’ of Alcmena in the “Eoiae”: possibly Halcyone, the wife of Ceyx, was one of the heroines sung in the poem, and the original section was ‘developed’ into the “Marriage”, although what form the poem took is unknown.

Hesiod, Homeric Hymns, and Homerica 2007

I have named them the seven sisters of the Pleiades: Halcyone, Taygete, Asterope, Celæno, Electra, Maia, and Merope.

Sweetblood Pete Hautman 2003

This Philolaus was one of the family of the Bacchiadae, and a lover of Diocles, the Olympic victor, who left Corinth in horror of the incestuous passion which his mother Halcyone had conceived for him, and retired to Thebes, where the two friends together ended their days.

Politics Aristotle 2002

Once Juno sent her all the way to Dreamland to bring to Halcyone, the daughter of Aeolus, a dream of her husband, who was far away on the ocean.

Classic Myths Mary Catherine Judd

But already the boat lay ready for departure -- and there was no place for Halcyone.

Stories of Birds Lenore Elizabeth Mulets

And Juno, looking down from her cloudland home, saw Halcyone kneeling on the waves beside the dead king.

Stories of Birds Lenore Elizabeth Mulets

But Iris did not like darkness any better than you and I do, and she quickly gave an order for the King of Sleep to send the best dream possible to the anxious Halcyone.

Classic Myths Mary Catherine Judd

As soon as she had left the rainbow's track it faded away, but, even before it was out of sight, a dream of her husband had come to Halcyone, and Iris was happy.

Classic Myths Mary Catherine Judd