Alectryon (mythology) Alectryon (mythology) Alectryon (Ancient Greek: ἀλεκτρυών) is the Ancient Greek word for "rooster". In Greek mythology, Alectryon was a young soldier who was assigned by Ares to stand guard outside his door while the god indulged in illicit love with Aphrodite. He fell asleep on guard duty and Helios walked in on the couple where Helios then alerted Hephaestus on what Ares was doing with Aphrodite. Ares punished Alectryon by turning him into a rooster which never forgets to announce the arrival of the sun in the morning by its crowing. Both the words Alectryon and Halcyon might have been
Hypnos (band) Hypnos (band) Hypnos (between 2004–2006 Hypnös) is a Czech death metal band. Czech death metal band HYPNOS has been formed in 1999 year by BRUNO (bass/vocals) and PEGAS (drums), who were previously involved in another death band KRABATHOR. Having signed with Morbid Records (GER) in 2000, the self-titled MCD got released followed by the debut full length ‘In Blood We Trust’ the same year, featuring Mika Luttinen / Impaled Nazarene as guest vocalist. The release was promoted during the NO MERCY FESTIVALS over Europe alongside MORBID ANGEL, DYING FETUS, BEHEMOTH, ENSLAVED and THE CROWN. The second album “The Revenge Ride”