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Aëdon was in Greek mythology, the daughter of Pandareus of Ephesus. According to Homer, she was the wife of Zethus, and the mother of Itylus. Aëdon features in two different stories, one set in Thebes
Athenian wine cup, circa 480 BC, depicting Philomela and Procne preparing to kill Itys (Louvre, Paris)
Aëdon and Chelidon on a metope from Apollo's temple at Thermos, 630–625 BC.
Pygmalion
Apollo and Daphne
Procne
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Procne or Progne is a minor figure in Greek and Roman mythology. Traditionally she is an Athenian princess as the elder daughter of a king of Athens named Pandion. Procne was married to the king of Th
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…of which contain filicide and explain the origin of the nightingale, a bird in constant mourning. Aëdon serves as a doublet of the Athenian princess Procne in some versions of her myth. The feminine noun ἀηδών translates to 'nightingale', and has a secondary meaning of 'singer'. It shares the same root…
Furies at Procne and Tereus's wedding night, engraving by Virgil Solis, 1581.
Procne rescues Philomela, 1767 engraving, Getty Research Institute.
Tereus Confronted with the Head of his Son Itylus, oil on canvas 1636–1638, by Peter Paul Rubens (Prado, Madrid).