Corporation Information
Below is a brief history on the creation of the Alcyonix group.
Sub-menus will help you to find the following information:
Alcyonix Beginnings
In May 1998, Richard Basque, President and Founder,
created Alcyonix with the desire to offer advice in
process which had been his passion during the five years
(1993-1998) he spent at CRIM (Centre de recherche
informatique de Montréal). Alcyonix immediately became
known on the international market. In February 2002, he
had the pleasure of welcoming a very talented associate,
Denis St-Pierre. They were soon joined by a full-time Administrative Assistant, and
started to
progressively build a network of hand-picked
collaborators.
The Creation of Alcyonix France
In January 2005 Alcyonix opened its first office outside of Canada. Alcyonix France, a French chartered company,
is situated near Toulouse (the "European capital for aeronautics and aerospace"). Antoine Nardèze and Alain Bret offer
their services in Europe on behalf of the Alcyonix group.
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Discover the Meaning of Our
Name...
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A Mythological Legend
Alcyon: the daughter of Aeolus, the king of
winds. She married Ceyx, the son of the morning
star, Eosphoros or Lucifer. Their household was so
happy that they compared themselves to Zeus and Hera.
Annoyed at such pride, the gods changed them both in
birds, a diver and a halcyon respectively. Since
Alcyone made her nest on the edge of the sea and the
waves relentlessly destroyed Zeus took pity on her
and commanded that the waves should be calm during
the seven days before and after the winter solstice,
the period when the halcyon was hatching her eggs.
These are called the Alcyon days, where storms are
unknown "
(Pierre Grimal, The Dictionnary of
Classical Mythology, Translated by A.R.
Marwell-Hyslop, Basil Blackwell Punlisher, 1986)
Illustration from Johann Whilhelm
Bauer (1600-1640) scanned during "The
Ovid Project" under the direction of Ms Hope
Greenberg, Humanities Computing Specialist,
University of Vermont
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Star of the Pleiades
In addition to the legend told by Ovid, we find
Alcyone in another legend… and in astronomy! Atlas
and Pleione had seven daughters known by the name of
Pleiades; one of them was called Alcyone. They were
the companions of Artemise, goddess of nature and hunting. When Orion, giant and courageous
hunter, started to pursue them they fled from him
and he could never capture any of them. Still he
continued to follow them until Zeus, pitying them,
metamorphosed them into doves and stars. Zeus placed
them in the Celestial Sphere in the constellation of
Taurus, where the Alcyone star now shines between
her sister Pleiades
Pleiades photograph by Jason Ware,
Galaxy
Photography
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A Beautiful Bird
Scientists have nominated the kingfisher "Alcyone".
There are almost hundred species in the world but
only one in America: the "Kingfisher of America".
The latter is a beautiful blue bird with an orange
belly of rather small size and shiny feathers. It
nests close to streams where it plunges, with great
speed, for food.
Kingfisher illustration by Gina
Mikel, © 1998 Gina Mykel,
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