Procris

First appears: Apollodorus, Library 1.9

🌐 Also appears in: The Metamorphoses of Ovid (as Procris)

Life events

• Cephalus accidentally killed Procris while hunting and was condemned to perpetual banishment.(Apollodorus, Library 3.15 · 📍 Athens)
  • With: Cephalus
  • “As she was in pursuit of game in the thicket, Cephalus, not knowing she was there, threw a dart, hit and killed Procris, and, being tried in the Areopagus, was condemned to perpetual banishment.”

Apollodorus, Library 1.9

• married with Cephalus “who married Procris, daughter of Erechtheus.”

Apollodorus, Library 2.4

• with Minos (interaction) “the dog which Procris had brought from Crete as a gift from Minos”

Apollodorus, Library 2.7

• child: Antileon (parent->child) “by Procris he had Antileon and Hippeus”
• child: Hippeus (parent->child) “by Procris he had Antileon and Hippeus”

Apollodorus, Library 3.15

• parent: Erechtheus “and daughters, to wit, Procris, Creusa, Chthonia, and Orithyia”
• with Pteleon (interaction) “Bribed by a golden crown, Procris admitted Pteleon to her bed”
• admirer: Minos “But he fell in love with her and tried to seduce her.”
• with Minos (interaction) “But Minos had a swift dog and a dart that flew straight; and in return for these gifts Procris shared his bed”
• with Cephalus (interaction) “Cephalus, not knowing she was there, threw a dart, hit and killed Procris”

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