Cleopatra Alcyone

Cleopatrē Alcyone (

When the war between the Calydonians and the Curetes broke out, Cleopatra persuaded her husband, Meleager, to defend the city of Calydon against the attack. This eventually resulted to the hero's demise^[1] and afterwards, Alcyone died of grief or hanged herself for it.^[2]

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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. ISBN 0-674-99135-4. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library. Greek text available from the same website.
• Gaius Julius Hyginus, Fabulae from The Myths of Hyginus translated and edited by Mary Grant. University of Kansas Publications in Humanistic Studies. Online version at the Topos Text Project.
• ISBN 978-0674995796. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.
• Homer, Homeri Opera in five volumes. Oxford, Oxford University Press. 1920.
  ISBN 978-0198145318. Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library
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