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"Alcyone" is an opera by the French composer Marin Marais. It takes the form of a tragédie en musique in a prologue and five acts. The libretto, by Antoine Houdar de la Motte, is based on the Greek myth of Ceyx and Alcyone as recounted by Ovid in his Metamorphoses. The opera was first performed on 18 February 1706 by the Académie royale de musique at the Théâtre du Palais-Royal in Paris. The score is particularly famous for the storm scene (tempête) in act 4. The "Marche pour les Matelots", from act 3, became popular as a dance tune and is the basis of the Christmas carol "Masters in This Hall".
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Ally could be a nick name. It sounds very pretty, but I personally wouldn't use it.
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Very pretty sounding.
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So lovely.
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Alcyone is the name of one of the Pleiades, daughters of Atlas and Pleione or, more rarely, Aethra, and bore Poseidon several children.
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Alcyone makes me think of serenity and of the moon. It's one of those names that goes with Irene or Selene. Peaceful. I like to pronounce it Al-See-Own.
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Well, I always pronounce it "al-see-on", and I like it this way. :)
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It looks like the word cyclone.
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I love this name! Prefer Alcyoni, though.
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Would it be at all permissible to pronounce the name al-SEE-oh-nee instead of al-SYE-oh-nee? Because although it's not the proper way, I much prefer the first one.
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Alcyone is Greek Goddess of the moon and serenity.
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Alcyone was by no way a goddess or even a deity. She was a mortal that had a tragic death. The gods took pity of her and transformed her and her loved one into birds, Halcyon birds the kingfishers.
The halcyon days is a phrase that derive from that myth. These are the 2 weeks of good weather and sunshine during winter (usually in January), allowing the Halcyon birds to lay their eggs.
Also the Alkyonides were the seven daughters (Alkippe, Anthe, Asteria, Drimo, Methone, Pallene and Phthonia) of Alkyoneus. He was killed by Hercules, and the grieving daughters jumped into the sea to kill themselves when they heard the news. Amphitrite, a sea deity, transformed them into kingfishers too.
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The halcyon days is a phrase that derive from that myth. These are the 2 weeks of good weather and sunshine during winter (usually in January), allowing the Halcyon birds to lay their eggs.
Also the Alkyonides were the seven daughters (Alkippe, Anthe, Asteria, Drimo, Methone, Pallene and Phthonia) of Alkyoneus. He was killed by Hercules, and the grieving daughters jumped into the sea to kill themselves when they heard the news. Amphitrite, a sea deity, transformed them into kingfishers too.
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The Greek goddess of the moon is Selene, and in later versions Artemis, not Alcyone.
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In the manga Magical Knight Rayearth, Alcyone is an ice sorceress.
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