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|gf=(2) | |gf=(2) [[Cycnus]],¹⁴ ī, m., roi de Ligurie, fils de Sthénélus, fut métamorphosé en cygne : Virg. En. 10, 189 || fils de Neptune, fut métamorphosé en cygne : Ov. M. 12, 72. || fils de Neptune, fut métamorphosé en cygne : Ov. M. 12, 72. | ||
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==Wikipedia EN== | |||
In [[Greek]] [[mythology]], multiple characters were known as Cycnus ([[Κύκνος]]) or [[Cygnus]]. The literal meaning of the name is "[[swan]]", and accordingly most of them ended up being transformed into [[swan]]s. | |||
* Cycnus (son of Ares)], son of [[Ares]]. | |||
* Cycnus (king of Kolonai), king of [[Kolonai]]. [[Strabo]], ''Geography'', 13. 1. 19 | |||
* Cycnus (king of Liguria, friend of [[Phaethon]]. [[Ovid]], ''[[Metamorphoses]]'', 2, 367 sqq. | |||
* Cycnus (son of Apollo). Antoninus Liberalis, ''Metamorphoses'', 12 | |||
* Cycnus, one of the suitors of [[Penelope]]. | |||
* Cycnus, son of King Eredion of [[Achaea]], who, in one version, seduced [[Leda (mythology)|Leda]] and made her mother of triplets: the [[Dioscuri]] and [[Helen]] of Troy. | |||
* ''Cycnus'', a blunder for ''[[Guneus]]'' in the manuscript of [[Hyginus]]' Fab. 97 (list of the Achaean leaders against Troy). | |||