Celaeno (Pleiad)
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In Greek mythology, Celaeno (/sɪˈliːnoʊ/; Ancient Greek: Κελαινώ, romanized: Kelainṓ, lit. 'the dark one', also Celeno or Kelaino, sometimes Calaeno) was one of the Pleiades.
Celaeno was the daughter of Atlas and Pleione[1] or Aethra.[2] She was said to have born several children by Poseidon, the number and names of whom vary between sources. Apollodorus gives only one child – Lycus, who is sent by his father to dwell in the Fortunate Isles.[3] Hyginus lists three children: Eupemus, Lycus, and Nycteus.[4] A scholium on the Argonautica lists Eurypylus and Lycus as her children, and gives Lycaon and Eurytus as alternative names for them, with Philarchus as the authority.[5]
According to the Byzantine author John Tzetzes, her children were Lycus and Chimaireos by Prometheus.[6]
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