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Alectryon

Alectryon logo #21000[genus] Alectryon is a genus of about 30 species of trees and shrubs known to science, constituting part of the plant family Sapindaceae. They grow naturally across Australasia, Papuasia, Melanesia, western Polynesia, east Malesia and Southeast Asia, including across mainland Australia, especially diverse in eastern Queensland and New South...
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Alectryon

Alectryon logo #21000[mythology] Alectryon (ἀλεκτρυών) is the Ancient Greek word for `rooster`. In Greek mythology, Alectryon was a youth, charged by Ares to stand guard outside his door while the god indulged in illicit love with Aphrodite. He fell asleep, and Helios, the sun, walked in on the couple. Ares turned Alectryon into a rooster, which never...
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Alectryon

Alectryon logo #21009Alectryon In Greek mythology, a youth changed by Ares into a rooster. Alectryon was a Greek youth. One night, while 'sleeping' with Aphrodite, Ares stationed Alectryon by the bedroom door to warn them about the coming of the sun (Helios); however, Alectryon fell asleep, and Helios walked in on the couple. Ares was so enraged that he turned Alectry...
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Alectryon

Alectryon logo #23405Youth changed by Ares into cock.
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