Picture No | 10082217 |
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Description | Halcyone - Ceyx - Kingfisher |
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She sees her husband Ceyx drowned; transported by grief, she changes into a kingfisher which some say hatches its eggs on calm seas in 'halcyon days'
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Source | engraving by I Briot in Renouard's translation of Ovid's Metamorphoses, circa 1610, page 319 |
Credit | Mary Evans Picture Library |
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