Celaeno (Pleiad)

For other uses, see Celaeno.

Celaeno
The Boeotian Pleiad Nymph
Member of the Pleiades
The Pleiades by Elihu Vedder
Abode	Mt. Cyllene on Arcadia, later Mt. Cithaeron in Boeotia
Personal information
Parents	Atlas and Pleione or Aethra
Siblings	(a) Pleiades Maia Electra Taygete Alcyone Sterope Merope (b) Hyades 1 include Dione or 2 includes Thyone and Prodice or 3 includes (i) Coronis, Cleeia (or Cleis) and Philia or (ii) Aesyle (or Phaisyle), Eudora and Ambrosia or 5 includes (i) Aesyle (or Phaisyle), Coronis, Cleeia (or Cleis), Phaeo and Eudora or (ii) Aesyle (or Phaisyle), Coronis, Eudora, Ambrosia and Polyxo or (iii) Pytho, Synecho, Baccho, Cardie and Niseis (c) Hyas
Consort	(i) & (ii) Poseidon (iii) Prometheus
Children	(i) Lycus and Nycteus or (ii) Lycus (or Lycaon) and Eurypylus (or Eurytus) (iii) Lycus and Chimaerus

In Greek mythology, Celaeno (/sɪˈliːnoʊ/; Ancient Greek: Κελαινώ Kelaino, lit. 'the dark one', also Celeno or Kelaino, sometimes [misspelled] Calaeno) was one of the Pleiades.

Mythology

Celaeno was the daughter of Atlas and Pleione or Aethra. She was said to bore to Poseidon numerous children which includes: Lycus and Nycteus; of King Eurypylus (or Eurytus) of Cyrene, and Lycaon.

Modern references

The following modern uses derive from the Ancient Greek mythical name:

• Celaeno, a star in the Pleiades open cluster of stars.
• USS Celeno (AK-76), a United States Navy Crater class cargo ship
• Ship Celaeno builder A. HALL & Co Aberdeen. Rig: SHIP. Construction: Wood. Yard Number: 233. Completed in June 1863. Weighed 702 tons and measured 173.0 feet x 30.2 feet x 18.7 feet. The Celaeno made eleven trips to New Zealand.

In popular culture

• The star Celaeno features as a location in the Cthulhu Mythos stories of August Derleth. See Cthulhu Mythos celestial bodies and Extraterrestrial places in the Cthulhu Mythos
• Celaeno is the name of the chief Goddess in the Celaeno Series by Jane Fletcher.
• Celaeno (CeCe) is the main character of book 4 (The Pearl Sister) in the Seven Sisters series by Lucinda Riley

References

• 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. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library. Greek text available from the same website.