Procne

E489972

Procne is a figure from Greek mythology, a princess of Athens who, after a tragic tale of betrayal and revenge involving her sister Philomela and husband Tereus, is transformed into a bird (often said to be a swallow).

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Label Occurrences
Procne canonical 2

Statements (33)

Predicate Object
instanceOf figure in Greek mythology
princess of Athens
alternativeTransformationTradition nightingale
appearsIn Ovid's Metamorphoses NERFINISHED
works of Sophocles (fragmentary) NERFINISHED
associatedMotive punishment of sexual violence
associatedTheme family tragedy
metamorphosis
revenge
associatedWith nightingale
swallow
associatedWithDeity Muses of tragic poetry NERFINISHED
child Itys NERFINISHED
countryOfOrigin Athens NERFINISHED
culture Ancient Greek
era mythic age
father Pandion I of Athens NERFINISHED
gender female
languageOfPrimarySources Ancient Greek NERFINISHED
laterReception subject of Renaissance and modern literary adaptations
literaryFunction exemplum of extreme vengeance
mythology Greek mythology
notableFor killing her son Itys in revenge
myth of betrayal and revenge involving Tereus and Philomela
perpetratorOf infanticide of Itys
relatedMyth Itys NERFINISHED
Philomela NERFINISHED
Tereus NERFINISHED
sibling Philomela NERFINISHED
spouse Tereus NERFINISHED
symbol lamenting bird song
transformedInto swallow
victimOf betrayal by Tereus

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Daulis associatedWith Procne
Philomela sibling Procne