Tereus

Rapes and mutilates his wife’s sister, and is served his son as a meal in retaliation.

Genealogy

Ares

Alcippe, Ascalaphus, Cycnus, Diomedes, Dryas, Evenus, Harmonia, Ialmenus, Meleager, Molus, Oxylus, Parthenopaeus, Penthesilia, Phlegyas, Pylus, Thestius

Philomela, Procne

Itys

Places
  1. Attica
  2. Daulis
Events
  1. Pandion wins the war against Labdacus with Tereus’ help
  2. Pandion gives Tereus his daughter Procne
  3. Tereus falls in love with Philomela
  4. Tereus seduces Philomela by saying that Procne is dead
  5. Tereus marries Philomela
  6. Tereus rapes Philomela and cuts out her tongue
  7. Procne kills Itys and serves his flesh to Tereus
  8. Tereus, realizing what happened, chases Procne and Philomela
  9. Procne becomes a nightingale, Philomela a swallow and Tereus a hoopoe
Citations
  1. Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Library, Section 14.8
  2. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 1, Section 5.4
  3. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 1, Section 41.8
  4. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 9, Section 16.4
  5. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 10, Section 4.8
  6. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 10, Section 4.9
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