Procris. In Greek mythology, Procris was the third daughter of Erechtheus, king of Athens and his wife, Praxithea.
She married Cephalus, the son of Deioneus. Procris' sisters were Protogeneia, Pandora, Creusa, Oreithyia and Chthonia.
Sophocles wrote a tragedy called Procris which has been lost, as has a version contained in the Greek Cycle, but at least six different accounts of her story still exist. The earliest version of Procris' story comes from Pherecydes of Leros.
Cephalus remains away from home for eight years because he wanted to test Procris. When he returns, he succeeds in seducing her while disguised.
Although they are reconciled, Procris suspects that her husband has a lover because he is often away hunting. A servant tells her that Cephalus called to Nephele to come to him. Procris follows him the next time he goes hunting and leaps out of the thicket when she hears him call out to Nephele again. He is startled and shoots her with an arrow, thinking that she is a wild animal, and kills her. Ovid tells the end of the story a bit differently in the third of his books on The Art of Love. No goddesses are mentioned in this earlier published work, and the tale is related as a caution against credulity. Cephalus quite innocently beseeches a cool breeze to come to his overheated breast when he lies in the shade after hunting. A busybody related the overheard comment to Procris, w
She married Cephalus, the son of Deioneus. Procris' sisters were Protogeneia, Pandora, Creusa, Oreithyia and Chthonia.
Sophocles wrote a tragedy called Procris which has been lost, as has a version contained in the Greek Cycle, but at least six different accounts of her story still exist. The earliest version of Procris' story comes from Pherecydes of Leros.
Cephalus remains away from home for eight years because he wanted to test Procris. When he returns, he succeeds in seducing her while disguised.
Although they are reconciled, Procris suspects that her husband has a lover because he is often away hunting. A servant tells her that Cephalus called to Nephele to come to him. Procris follows him the next time he goes hunting and leaps out of the thicket when she hears him call out to Nephele again. He is startled and shoots her with an arrow, thinking that she is a wild animal, and kills her. Ovid tells the end of the story a bit differently in the third of his books on The Art of Love. No goddesses are mentioned in this earlier published work, and the tale is related as a caution against credulity. Cephalus quite innocently beseeches a cool breeze to come to his overheated breast when he lies in the shade after hunting. A busybody related the overheard comment to Procris, w
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