Halcyon is a name originally derived from Alcyone of Greek mythology. Halcyon or Halcyone may refer to:

Arts and entertainment

Television

* ''Halcyon'' (TV series), a Virtual Reality murder mystery on SyFy * ''

The Halcyon ''The Halcyon'' is a British television period drama broadcast on ITV which began airing on 2 January 2017. It was created and written by Charlotte Jones. The series focused on examining World War II London from 'a new perspective', and was s ...

'', British period drama on ITV

Games

Halcyon (console) The Halcyon is an unreleased home video game console produced by RDI Video Systems. The system was planned to be released in January 1985, with initial retail price for the system being . Fewer than a dozen units are known to exist and it never r ...

, a video-game console * ''Halcyon'' (role-playing game), an indie role-playing game * Halcyon, a fictional star system in the action role-playing game ''

The Outer Worlds ''The Outer Worlds'' is a 2019 action role-playing game developed by Obsidian Entertainment and published by Private Division. The game was released for PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and Microsoft Windows in October 2019, with a Nintendo Switch vers ...

Music

* Halcyon Records, a record label founded by

Marian McPartland Margaret Marian McPartland OBE ( Turner;Hasson, Claire"Marian McPartland: Jazz Pianist: An Overview of a Career" PhD Thesis. Retrieved 12 August 2008. 20 March 1918 – 20 August 2013), was an English–American jazz pianist, composer, and wri ...

Albums

* ''Halcyon'' (album), a 2012 Ellie Goulding album, also the title song * '' Halcyon (Best Of)'', a 2005 album by Orbital * ''Halcyon'', a 1996 EP by

Solstice A solstice is an event that occurs when the Sun appears to reach its most northerly or southerly excursion relative to the celestial equator on the celestial sphere. Two solstices occur annually, around June 21 and December 21. In many countr ...

Songs

* "Halcyon" (Chicane song), 2000 * "Halcyon" (Delphic song), 2010 * "Halcyon" (Orbital song), 1992 * "Halcyon", by Andy Moor, 2005 * "Halcyon", by ATB from '' Dedicated'', 2002 * "Halcyon", by Enter Shikari from ''

Common Dreads ''Common Dreads'' is the second studio album by English rock band Enter Shikari, released on 15 June 2009 and 16 June in the US. Recording of the album took place in late 2008–2009. The album was produced and mixed by Andy Gray at Arreton Mano ...

'', 2009 * "Halcyon", by

Glass Towers Glass Towers are an Australian indie rock band based in Sydney, New South Wales. The original lineup of lead vocalist and guitarist Benjamin Hannam, bassist Cameron Holdstock, drummer Daniel Muszynski and guitarist Sam Speck met and formed in a ...

, 2013 * "Halcyon", by

Noisia Noisia (stylised as NOISIΛ; "VISION" turned upside down) was a Dutch electronic music trio consisting of members Nik Roos, Martijn van Sonderen and Thijs de Vlieger from Groningen, Netherlands. They produce a wide variety of music including ...

and The Upbeats, 2019 * "Halcyon", by Spiritbox from '' Eternal Blue'', 2021 * "Halcyon", by Windhand from ''

Eternal Return Eternal return (german: Ewige Wiederkunft; also known as eternal recurrence) is a concept that the universe and all existence and energy has been recurring, and will continue to recur in a self similar form an infinite number of times across i ...

'', 2018 * "Halcyon (Beautiful Days)", by Mono from '' Walking Cloud and Deep Red Sky, Flag Fluttered and the Sun Shined'', 2004 * "Halcyon: The Heavy Silence: In Silent Rain", by ...And Oceans from '' Cypher'', 2002

In print

* ''Halcyon'' (book), a collection of poems by Gabriele D'Annunzio, published in 1903 * ''Halcyon'', a comic book published by Image Comics * ''Halcyon'' (Stargate Atlantis novel), a novel by James Swallow * ''Halcyone'', a 1912 novel by

Elinor Glyn Elinor Glyn ( Sutherland; 17 October 1864 – 23 September 1943) was a British novelist and scriptwriter who specialised in romantic fiction, which was considered scandalous for its time, although her works are relatively tame by modern stand ...

Other arts and entertainment

* ''Halcyon'' (dialogue), a short dialogue attributed to Plato *

The Halcyon Company The Halcyon Company was an American media development company headed by Victor Kubicek and Derek Anderson. They were perhaps best known for acquiring the global rights to the ''Terminator'' franchise in 2007 and for producing ''Terminator Salvat ...

, a film studio founded in 2007 * ''Halcyone'', a 1915 painting by

Herbert James Draper Herbert James Draper ( (baptism record) – ) was an English Classicist painter whose career began in the Victorian era and extended through the first two decades of the 20th century. Life Born in London, the son of a fruit merchant named Joh ...

Birds

* ''Halcyon'' (genus), a genus of kingfishers

Buildings

Halcyon Castle ] Halcyon Castle (now called The Kovalam Palace) was built in 1932 in the princely state of Travancore, in the modern-day state of Kerala, India. It was constructed by M.R.Ry Sri Rama Varma Valiya Koil Thampuran, the consort of Maharani Sethu La ...

, a castle in Travancore, Kerala, India *

Halcyon (Forsyth County, Georgia) Halcyon is a mixed-use development in southern Forsyth County, Georgia, in the Atlanta metropolitan area. It has an Alpharetta postal address, despite not being located within the Alpharetta city limits or even in the same county. Halcyon is locate ...

near Atlanta, a large mixed-use development *

Halcyon Gallery Halcyon Gallery is an art gallery in London. Founded in 1982 in Birmingham, it displays work from established and emerging contemporary artists, particularly impressionism and pop art. Location The gallery is located on New Bond Street in Mayfa ...

, a group of three art galleries in the United Kingdom *

Halcyon House Halcyon House is a Federal-style home in Washington, D.C. Located in the heart of Georgetown, the house was built beginning in 1787 by the first Secretary of the Navy, Benjamin Stoddert.Moeller, Gerard Martin and Weeks, Christopher. ''AIA Guid ...

, a Georgian style home in Washington, D.C., United States

Places in the United States

Halcyon, California Halcyon is an unincorporated community of about 125 acres (50 ha) in San Luis Obispo County, California, just south of Arroyo Grande. It was founded in 1903 as a Theosophical intentional community and is the home and headquarters of a religi ...

, an unincorporated community * Halcyon, Missouri, a ghost town * Halcyon, West Virginia, an unincorporated community

Ships

* , several ships of the British Royal Navy * , more than one United States Navy ship * ''Halcyon''-class minesweeper, a type of British Royal Navy minesweeper * , a research vessel in the fleet of the United States Bureau of Fisheries from 1919 to 1927 *

Halcyon 23 The Halcyon 23 is a British trailerable sailboat that was designed by Alan Buchanan as a cruiser and first built in 1967.Henkel, Steve: ''The Sailor's Book of Small Cruising Sailboats'', page 232. International Marine/McGraw-Hill, 2010. T ...

, a British sailboat design * ''Halcyone'', a sailing yacht built by J W Miller & Sons and launched in 1934

Other uses

* Halcyone, alternate spelling of Alcyone, a figure in Greek mythology *

Halcyon Monitoring Solutions Sun Management Center is a computer system monitoring product from Sun Microsystems. Sun Management Center (Sun MC) is a systems management and monitoring tool for enterprise-wide management of Sun servers, desktops and storage devices. It provid ...

, a company that monitors performance of computer systems * Halcyon Dive Systems, a diving equipment company that produces the

Halcyon RB80 The Halcyon RB80 is a non-depth-compensated passive addition semi-closed circuit rebreather of similar external dimensions to a standard AL80 scuba cylinder (11-litre, 207-bar aluminium cylinder, 185 mm diameter and about 660 mm long). It ...

rebreather * Halcyone Barnes (1913–1988), American collage artist and watercolor painter *

John Styn John Halcyon Styn is an American blogger, entrepreneur, motivational speaker, web designer, author, and web celebrity, who "pushed the boundaries of online self-expression" through his various online projects. He is currently the co-founder of 1st ...

, also known as Halcyon Lujah, American blogger and entrepreneur * Halcyon linear accelerator, produced by

Varian Medical Systems Varian Medical Systems is an American radiation oncology treatments and software maker based in Palo Alto, California. Their medical devices include linear accelerators (LINACs) and software for treating cancer and other medical conditions wi ...

* Halcyon, a hypersonic airliner under development by Hermeus Corporation