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*''Cycnus'', a blunder for ''[[Guneus]]'' in the manuscript of [[Gaius Julius Hyginus|Hyginus]]<ref>''Fabulae'' [https://topostext.org/work/206#97 97]</ref> (list of the Achaean leaders against Troy). | *''Cycnus'', a blunder for ''[[Guneus]]'' in the manuscript of [[Gaius Julius Hyginus|Hyginus]]<ref>''Fabulae'' [https://topostext.org/work/206#97 97]</ref> (list of the Achaean leaders against Troy). | ||
According to Pseudo-[[Eratosthenes]] and Hyginus' ''Poetical Astronomy'', the [[Cygnus (constellation)|constellation Cygnus]] was the stellar image of the swan Zeus had transformed into in order to seduce Leda<ref>[[Catasterismi|Pseudo-Eratosthenes]], ''Catasterismi'' 25</ref> or [[Nemesis (mythology)|Nemesis]].<ref>[[Gaius Julius Hyginus|Hyginus]], [[De astronomia|''De'' a''stronomia'']] [https://topostext.org/work/207#2.8.1 2.8.1]</ref> [[Pausanias (geographer)|Pausanias]] and [[Maurus Servius Honoratus|Servius]] state that Apollo turned Cycnus of Liguria into a swan after the death of his lover Phaeton, then later placed him among the stars as the constellation Cygnus.<ref>{{cite book |author=[[Pausanias (geographer)|Pausanias]] |title=[[Description of Greece]] |at=[http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text.jsp?doc=Paus.+1.30.3&fromdoc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0160 1.30.3]}}</ref><ref name="msh">{{cite book |author=[[Maurus Servius Honoratus]] |title=On [[Aeneid]] |at=[http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.02.0053%3Abook%3D10%3Acommline%3D189 10.189]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last1=Grimal |first1=Pierre |url=https://archive.org/details/concisedictionar00grim/page/114/mode/2up?view=theater |title=A concise dictionary of classical mythology |last2=Kershaw |first2=Stephen |date=1990 |publisher=Oxford, England ; Cambridge, Mass., USA : Blackwell |others=Internet Archive |isbn=978-0-631-16696-2 |edition=Reprint. 1994 |pages=114 |access-date=2024-11-02}}</ref> | According to Pseudo-[[Eratosthenes]] and Hyginus' ''Poetical Astronomy'', the [[Cygnus (constellation)|constellation Cygnus]] was the stellar image of the swan Zeus had transformed into in order to seduce Leda<ref>[[Catasterismi|Pseudo-Eratosthenes]], ''Catasterismi'' 25</ref> or [[Nemesis (mythology)|Nemesis]].<ref>[[Gaius Julius Hyginus|Hyginus]], [[De astronomia|''De'' a''stronomia'']] [https://topostext.org/work/207#2.8.1 2.8.1]</ref> [[Pausanias (geographer)|Pausanias]] and [[Maurus Servius Honoratus|Servius]] state that Apollo turned Cycnus of Liguria into a swan after the death of his lover Phaeton, then later placed him among the stars as the constellation Cygnus.<ref>{{cite book |author=[[Pausanias (geographer)|Pausanias]] |title=[[Description of Greece]] |at=[http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text.jsp?doc=Paus.+1.30.3&fromdoc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0160 1.30.3]}}</ref><ref name="msh">{{cite book |author=[[Maurus Servius Honoratus]] |title=On [[Aeneid]] |at=[http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.02.0053%3Abook%3D10%3Acommline%3D189 10.189]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last1=Grimal |first1=Pierre |url=https://archive.org/details/concisedictionar00grim/page/114/mode/2up?view=theater |title=A concise dictionary of classical mythology |last2=Kershaw |first2=Stephen |date=1990 |publisher=Oxford, England; Cambridge, Mass., USA : Blackwell |others=Internet Archive |isbn=978-0-631-16696-2 |edition=Reprint. 1994 |pages=114 |access-date=2024-11-02}}</ref> | ||
==Notes == | ==Notes == | ||
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In Greek mythology, several characters were known as Cycnus (Ancient Greek: Κύκνος) or Cygnus. The literal meaning of the name is "swan", and accordingly most of them ended up being transformed into swans.
- Cycnus, son of Ares.[1]
- Cycnus, king of Kolonai.[2] Son of Poseidon.
- Cycnus, lover of Phaethon.[3]
- Cycnus, son of Apollo.[4]
- Cycnus, son of King Ederion (Ancient Greek: Ἐδερίων) or Eredion of Achaea, who, in the 6th century CE account of John Malalas, seduced Leda and made her mother of triplets: the Dioscuri and Helen.[5]Template:AI-generated source In all other sources, she had these children by Zeus who approached her in the shape of a swan (kyknos). For more information, see Leda and the Swan.
- Cycnus, one of the Suitors of Penelope who came from Dulichium along with other 56 wooers.[6] He, with the other suitors, was shot dead by Odysseus with the assistance of Eumaeus, Philoetius, and Telemachus.[7]
- Cycnus, a blunder for Guneus in the manuscript of Hyginus[8] (list of the Achaean leaders against Troy).
According to Pseudo-Eratosthenes and Hyginus' Poetical Astronomy, the constellation Cygnus was the stellar image of the swan Zeus had transformed into in order to seduce Leda[9] or Nemesis.[10] Pausanias and Servius state that Apollo turned Cycnus of Liguria into a swan after the death of his lover Phaeton, then later placed him among the stars as the constellation Cygnus.[11][12][13]
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- ↑ Pausanias, 1.27.6
- ↑ Strabo, 13.1.19
- ↑ Ovid, Metamorphoses 2.367 sqq.
- ↑ Antoninus Liberalis, 12
- ↑ Malalas, 82.17; Tzetzes ad Lycophron, 88–89
- ↑ Apollodorus, E.7.26–27
- ↑ Apollodorus, E.7.33
- ↑ Fabulae 97
- ↑ Pseudo-Eratosthenes, Catasterismi 25
- ↑ Hyginus, De astronomia 2.8.1
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References
- Antoninus Liberalis, The Metamorphoses of Antoninus Liberalis translated by Francis Celoria (Routledge 1992). Online version at the Topos Text Project.
- Apollodorus, 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. Template:ISBN. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library. Greek text available from the same website.
- Gaius Julius Hyginus, Astronomica 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.
- Pausanias, Description of Greece with an English Translation by W.H.S. Jones, Litt.D., and H.A. Ormerod, M.A., in 4 Volumes. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1918. Template:ISBN. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library
- Pausanias, Graeciae Descriptio. 3 vols. Leipzig, Teubner. 1903. Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library.
- Publius Ovidius Naso, Metamorphoses translated by Brookes More (1859-1942). Boston, Cornhill Publishing Co. 1922. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.
- Publius Ovidius Naso, Metamorphoses. Hugo Magnus. Gotha (Germany). Friedr. Andr. Perthes. 1892. Latin text available at the Perseus Digital Library.
- Strabo, The Geography of Strabo. Edition by H.L. Jones. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press; London: William Heinemann, Ltd. 1924. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.
- Strabo, Geographica edited by A. Meineke. Leipzig: Teubner. 1877. Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library.