Editing Alcyoneus (section)

==Other sources==
Alcyoneus is usually identified as the winged Giant battling [[Athena]] on the Gigantomachy frieze from the [[Pergamon Altar]].<ref>Cunningham, [https://books.google.com/books?id=G8GiAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA113 p. 113]; Kleiner, [https://books.google.com/books?id=sgiuAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA156 p. 156 FIG. 5-79]; for doubts concerning the identification of the Giant as Alcyoneus, see Ridgway, [https://books.google.com/books?id=Y6Jj6rcIup4C&pg=PA39, p. 39], [https://books.google.com/books?id=Y6Jj6rcIup4C&pg=PA59 note 59, pp. 59&ndash;60].</ref>

An unascribed lyric fragment (985 PMG) calls the Giant "Phlegraian Alkyoneus of Pallene, the eldest of the Gigantes [Giants]".<ref>Gantz, p. 419.</ref> [[Claudian]] has Alcyoneus buried under the volcanic [[Mount Vesuvius]]<ref>[[Claudian]], ''Rape of Proserpine'' [https://archive.org/stream/claudia02clau#page/358/mode/2up 3.186&ndash;187 (pp. 358&ndash;359)].</ref> while [[Philostratus]] says that the bones of Alcyoneus were considered a "marvel" by the people living near Vesuvius, where it was said that many Giants were buried.<ref>[[Philostratus]], ''On Heroes'' [https://books.google.com/books?id=R8nMVkv_lZ4C&pg=PA14 8.15&ndash;16].</ref> The ''[[Suda]]'' says that [[Hegesander (historian)|Hegesander]] told of a myth in which Alcyoneus had seven daughters, the [[Alkyonides]], who threw themselves into the sea when Alcyoneus died and were turned into birds, the Halcyons ([[kingfishers]]).<ref>''Suda'', ''s. v.'' [http://www.stoa.org/sol-bin/search.pl?login=guest&enlogin=guest&db=REAL&field=adlerhw_gr&searchstr=alpha,1298 ''Ἀλκυονίδες ἡμέραι'' (Alcyon days, Halcyon days, kingfisher days)], ''s. v.'' [http://www.stoa.org/sol-bin/search.pl?login=guest&enlogin=guest&db=REAL&field=adlerhw_gr&searchstr=pi,79 ''Παλλήνη'' (Pallene)].</ref>

The late fourth century or early fifth century AD Greek poet [[Nonnus]], in his poem ''[[Dionysiaca]]'', mentions Alcyoneus as one of the several Giants that [[Dionysus]] battles in the Gigantomachy.<ref>[[Nonnus]], ''[[Dionysiaca]]'' [https://archive.org/stream/dionysiaca02nonnuoft#page/256/mode/2up 25.90 (II, pp. 256&ndash;257)]; [https://archive.org/stream/dionysiaca03nonnuoft#page/426/mode/2up 48.44 (III, pp. 426&ndash;427]); [https://archive.org/stream/dionysiaca03nonnuoft#page/428/mode/2up 48.71 (III, pp. 428&ndash;429)].</ref> Nonnus has Gaia set the Giants against [[Dionysus]], promising Alcyoneus [[Artemis]] as his wife should the Giants subdue Dionysus.<ref>[[Nonnus]], ''[[Dionysiaca]]'' [https://archive.org/stream/dionysiaca03nonnuoft#page/426/mode/2up 48.22 (III, pp. 426&ndash;427)].</ref>  Nonnus makes Alcyoneus nine cubits high,<ref>[[Nonnus]], ''[[Dionysiaca]]''  [https://archive.org/stream/dionysiaca03nonnuoft#page/18/mode/2up 36.242 (III, pp. 18&ndash;19)].</ref> and has him fight with mountains as weapons.<ref>[[Nonnus]], ''[[Dionysiaca]]'' [https://archive.org/stream/dionysiaca03nonnuoft#page/426/mode/2up 48.44 (III, pp. 426&ndash;427)];  [https://archive.org/stream/dionysiaca03nonnuoft#page/428/mode/2up 48.71 (III, pp. 428&ndash;429)].</ref>