Procris
Role: daughter of Erechtheus · First appears: Book 1 · Chapter 37
Procris was the daughter of Erechtheus and the wife of Cephalus before Clymene. In Book 1, after murdering Procris, Cephalus fled Athens and lived for a time at Thebes.
In Book 9, Artemis had given Procris a dog; at Teumessus, when the dog was about to take the fox, both animals were turned to stone. Book 10 again records that Cephalus murdered his wife Procris.
Relationship record
Life events
- Cephalus fled Athens and lived at Thebes after murdering his wife Procris.(Book 1 · Chapter 37 · 📍 Thebes)
- With: Cephalus Amphitryon
- “and that he fled from Athens, and lived for some time at Thebes, because he had murdered his wife Procris.”
- Artemis's dog and the Teumessus fox turned into stone.(Book 9 · Chapter 19 · 📍 Teumessus)
- With: Artemis
- “when it was about to be taken by the dog which Artemis gave to Procris the daughter of Erechtheus, both dog and fox were turned into stone.”
- Cephalus murdered his wife Procris.(Book 10 · Chapter 29)
- With: Cephalus
- “All the poets agree that Procris was Cephalus’ wife before Clymene was, and that she was murdered by her husband.”
Book 1 · Chapter 37
- married with Cephalus “because he had murdered his wife Procris.”
Book 9 · Chapter 19
- with Artemis (Artemis gave Procris a dog.) “the dog which Artemis gave to Procris the daughter of Erechtheus”
- parent: Erechtheus (Erechtheus is Procris's father.) “Procris the daughter of Erechtheus”
Book 10 · Chapter 29
- parent: Erechtheus “Thyia is Procris the daughter of Erechtheus”
- married with Cephalus “All the poets agree that Procris was Cephalus’ wife before Clymene was”
- with Cephalus (Cephalus murdered Procris) “All the poets agree that Procris was Cephalus’ wife before Clymene was, and that she was murdered by her husband.”
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Extracted from the original text of Pausanias' Description of Greece. Made with Rho MD.