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by Micha F. Lindemans

In Greek mythology, the son of Eosphorus and the king of Thessaly. He was married to the demi-goddess Alcyone (Halcyone). When he perished at sea, his wife threw herself from the rocks. Out of compassion, the gods changed them into the halcyon birds.