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Monday, November 2, 2009
Alcyoneus-Who
Alcyoneus was the oldest of the Thrakian Gigantes. Alcyoneus was immortal, but only in his homeland, Pallene. When Herakles came across him in his travels, he saw that Alcyoneus was asleep. Herakles then clubbed him or shot him with a volley of arrows, then dragged the wounded Alcyoneus out of Pallene to die. Once out of the confines of Pallene, Alcyoneus lost his immortality and died.
Alcyoneus' seven daughters were transformed into kingfishers.
Picture: http://www.theoi.com/Gigante/GiganteAlkyoneus.html
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4 comments:
Cool. Ive never heard of this guy before. Way to dig up unknown stuff.
Never Heard of this guy, way to educate me
who is this? awesome post anyway
awesome! good job keeping up with the blog:)
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