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Alcyonides
The Alcyonides (; "Alkyonides") were, in Greek mythology, the seven daughters of the giant Alcyoneus. 
Mythology.
When their father was slain by Heracles, the Alcyonides threw themselves into the sea, and were transformed into halcyons (kingfishers) by Amphitrite. They were Alkippe, Anthe, Asteria, Chthonia, Drimo, Methone, Pallene and Phthonia or Phosthonia. This Methone maybe the one referred to as the nymph-consort of Pierus, king of Pieria, and became the mother of Oeagrus,
father of Orpheus.
Legacy.
Legacy Islands.
The Alkyonides are also small rocky islands in the Corinthian Gulf very close to the coast of Attica, Peloponnese and Central Greece, taking their name from the mythological figures. They reported a 2001 census population of nine inhabitants and are administratively part of the municipality of Loutraki-Perachora in Corinthia.
Legacy Climate.
The term "Alkyonides" also refers to a meteorological phenomenon of the central Greek climate. Nearly every year in the period after Christmas until the middle of January