ALECTRYON


Meaning of ALECTRYON in English

[Greek] A Greek youth who Ares posted as a guardian by the door when he visited Aphrodite. Alectryon fell asleep during the night so that their lovemaking was discovered by Helios. As punishment, the boy was turned into a cock which since then never stops to announce the arrival of the sun.

Encyclopedia Mythica English dictionary.      Английский энциклопедический словарь греческой мифологии.