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In Greek mythology, Cycnus (Ancient Greek: Κύκνος "swan") or Cygnus, was a king of Liguria. BiographyCycnus was the son of Sthenelus and a good friend or lover of Phaethon, according to Ovid, he was a distant relative of Phaethon on his mother's side. Servius also mentions that Cycnus had a son named Cupavo.[1] MythologyAfter Phaethon died, he sat by the river Eridanos mourning his death. The gods turned him into a swan to relieve him of his pity. Even then he retained memories of Phaethon's death, and would avoid the sun's heat because of that.[2] According to Virgil, Cycnus lamented Phaethon's death till he grew old, so his gray hair became gray feathers upon his transformation.[3] Pausanias mentions Cycnus, king of the Ligyes (Ligurians), as a renowned musician who after his death was changed into a swan by Apollo.[4] Servius also writes of Cycnus as a musician and a lover of Phaethon, and states that he was changed into a swan and later was placed among the stars by Apollo (that is, as the constellation Cygnus).[1] Cycnus's talent of a musician motivates his association with the concept of the swan song suggested in Hyginus's account.[5] References1. ^1 Servius on Aeneid, 10. 189 2. ^Ovid, Metamorphoses, 2, 367 sqq. 3. ^Virgil, Aeneid, 10. 189 ff 4. ^Pausanias, Description of Greece, 1. 30. 3 5. ^Hyginus, Fabulae, 154 3 : Kings in Greek mythology|Characters in Greek mythology|LGBT themes in Greek mythology |
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