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Chapter 5 - Alcyone and Ceyx - 5

Alcyone and Ceyx were the beloved king and queen of Trachis in Greek mythology. They loved each other so intensely that both gods and mortals admired their relationship. However, they both let this go to their heads a little bit and began to call each other Hera and Zeus, the king and queen of the gods. This didn't go over well with the real Hera and Zeus, who wanted to punish them. One day, while Ceyx was sailing back to his wife, Zeus sent a thunderbolt to capsize his ship and kill the king. Alcyone waited on the shore day and night for her missing husband to appear on the sea and prayed to Hera to return Ceyx to her. Hera took pity on her and sent Ceyx's body to wash ashore so Alcyone wouldn't have to wait anymore. Alcyone was so overcome with grief that she drowned herself at the sight of her dead husband, but Zeus turned them both into kingfisher birds that lay eggs on the water during the halcyon days when the ocean is calm.

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aww, they love each other so much . epitome of love and stupidness .i know you too love each other very much but why did you drag gods into it ?! please , don't disrespect them or else you will suffer !*SIGH* now become kingfisher and fly here and there .

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