Editing Alcyone and Ceyx (section)

==Etymology==
Alkyóne comes from alkyón ({{lang|grc|ἀλκυών}}), which refers to a sea-bird with a mournful song<ref>{{cite web |title=ἀλκυών |url=https://homeric_el_en.en-academic.com/615/%E1%BC%80%CE%BB%CE%BA%CF%85%CF%8E%CE%BD |website=Academic Dictionaries and Encyclopedias |access-date=29 July 2023 |language=en}}</ref> or to a [[Common kingfisher|kingfisher]] bird in particular.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Woodhouse |first1=Sidney Chawner |title=English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language |date=1910 |publisher=Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited |location=London |isbn=9780710023247 |page=470 |url=https://artflsrv03.uchicago.edu/cgi-bin/efts/sqldbs/WOODHOUSE/woodhouse.py?pagenumber=470&pageturn=1}}</ref> The meaning(s) of the words is uncertain because ''alkyón'' is considered to be of pre-[[Greek language|Greek]], non-[[Proto-Indo-European language|Indo-European]] origin.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Beekes |first1=Robert Stephen Paul |last2=van Beek |first2=Lucien |title=Etymological Dictionary of Greek |date=2010 |volume=1 |publisher=Brill |location=Leiden |isbn=978-90-04-17420-7 |page=71}}</ref> However, [[folk etymology]] related them to the ''háls'' ({{lang|grc|ἅλς}}, "brine, sea, salt") and ''kyéo'' ({{lang|grc|κυέω}}, "I conceive"). Alkyóne originally is written with a [[smooth breathing]] mark, but this false origin beginning with a [[rough breathing]] mark (transliterated as the letter H) led to the common misspellings ''halkyón'' ({{lang|grc|ἁλκυών}}) and ''Halkyóne'' ({{lang|grc|Ἁλκυόνη}}),<ref>{{cite web |last1=Liddell |first1=Henry George |last2=Scott |first2=Robert |title=A Greek-English Lexicon, ἀλκυών |url=https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.04.0057:entry=a)lkuw/n |website=Perseus Digital Library |publisher=Tufts University |access-date=29 July 2023}}</ref> and thus the name of one of the kingfisher bird [[genus]]' in English [[Halcyon (genus)|Halcyon]]. It is also speculated that Alkyóne is derived from ''alké'' ({{lang|grc|ἀλκή}}, "prowess, battle, guard") and ''onéo'' ({{lang|grc|ὀνέω}}, from {{lang|grc|ὀνίνεμι}}, ''onínemi'',<ref>{{cite web |title=ὀνέω - Ancient Greek (LSJ) |url=https://lsj.gr/index.php?title=%E1%BD%80%CE%BD%CE%AD%CF%89&mobileaction=toggle_view_desktop |website=Liddell, Scott, Jones Ancient Greek Lexicon |access-date=29 July 2023}}</ref> "to help, to please").<ref>{{cite web |title=ALCYONE (Alkyone) - Boeotian Pleiad Nymph of Greek Mythology |url=https://www.theoi.com/Nymphe/NympheAlkyone.html |website=Theoi Project |access-date=29 July 2023}}</ref>

Kéyx as referring to a sea-bird appears to be related to ''kaúax'' ({{lang|grc|καύαξ}}),<ref>{{cite book |last1=Beekes |first1=Robert Stephen Paul |last2=van Beek |first2=Lucien |title=Etymological Dictionary of Greek |date=2010 |volume=1 |publisher=Brill |location=Leiden |isbn=978-90-04-17420-7 |page=691}}</ref> which is a ravenous sea-bird ({{lang|grc|λάρος}}, ''láros''). These suggest that Kéyx may have been turned into either a [[Common gull|sea mew]] or a [[tern]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=Beekes |first1=Robert Stephen Paul |last2=van Beek |first2=Lucien |title=Etymological Dictionary of Greek |date=2010 |volume=1 |publisher=Brill |location=Leiden |isbn=978-90-04-17420-7 |page=657}}</ref>