In Greek mythology, Celaeno (; , lit. 'the dark one', also Celeno or Kelaino, sometimes Calaeno) was the name of several figures.
Celaeno, one of the Pleiades. She was said to be mother of Lycus and Nycteus,Apollodorus, 3.10.1 of King Eurypylus (or Eurytus) of Cyrene, and of Lycaon, also by PoseidonScholia on Apollonius Rhodius, 4.1561 Celaeno, one of the Harpies,Hyginus, Fabulae Preface & 14 whom Aeneas encountered at Strophades. She gave him prophecies of his coming journeys.Virgil, Aeneid 3.209-211 and 245-258, with the commentary by Servius Celaeno, one of the Danaïdes, the daughters of Danaus. Her mother was Crino. She married and killed Hyperbius, son of Aegyptus and Hephaestine.Apollodorus, 2.1.5 She was also believed to have had a son Celaenus by Poseidon.Strabo, 12.8.18 Celaeno, a Phocian princess as the daughter of King Hyamus of Hyampolis, son of Lycorus. Her mother was Melantheia (Melantho), daughter of Deucalion. CelaenoPausanias, 10.6.3 or her sister MelanisScholia on Euripides, Orestes 1094 became the mother of Delphus by Apollo. Celaeno, daughter of Ergea by Poseidon. She was the mother of Lycus and Chimaereus by Prometheus.Tzetzes on Lycophron, 132 Celaeno, an Amazon. She was killed by Heracles whilst he was undertaking the ninth labour.Diodorus Siculus, 4.16.3
Astronomical objects Celaeno, a star in the constellation of Taurus.
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