Alcyone and Ceyx is a love story which ends up with a not so happy ending. Alcyone and her husband, Ceyx, lived happily together until one day Ceyx decided to go on a voyage through the sea. Ceyx leaves and Alcyone devastated gazes to the blue ocean as she sees her husband depart. She waits for Ceyx for days and months, she woke up every day with the hope and faith that her husband would returned, but he never did.
Unfortunately, Poseidon, the god of the seas, created a huge storm which destroyed Ceyx´s boat and ended up with his life. Meanwhile, Alcyone kept waiting for his return and prayed for him. In effect, Goddess Aphrodite appeared as Ceyx in one of Alcyone’s dreams and told her he was dead. The next morning, Alcyone went to the shore and found out that Ceyx had transformed into a bird and as she approached him she became a bird too and both flew away to the sky.
"Lucina:
For the dead body was changing, restored to life, and renewed as another seabird...." pg 32
I really enjoyed this part of the story since it can be understood as reincarnaton and as an afterlife. This part fits perfectly to the title, Metamorphosis, since by becoming seabirds we can see change and transformation.
I really liked this story, since I enjoyed seeing how the Gods also have characteristics and react to situations as humans. I thought it was really cool to see the transformation from humans to birds of Alcyone and Ceyx as a symbolism of freedom and in a way eternity since they are always going to be together. While reading this I thought a lot and its meaning. Love may be interpreted as loving a person so much that you are willing to spend your entire life waiting for a person to return or just taking the risk of waiting for a person you don´t even know that is alive. Love is giving the other person liberty and freedom in doing what he/her desires and supporting your partner in the decisions he takes. In this story we can see how Alcyone had the strength to wait for her husband to return and spend all her life having faith in someone who will maybe never return.
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