Celaeno (Pleiad)

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;^[1] of King Eurypylus (or Eurytus) of Cyrene, and Lycaon.^[2]

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

Notes

1. Apollodorus, 3.10.1
2. Scholia on Apollonius Rhodius, Argonautica 4.1561

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.