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Procne
/ ˈprɒknɪ /
noun
- Greek myth a princess of Athens, who punished her husband for raping her sister Philomela by feeding him the flesh of their son. She was changed at her death into a swallow See Philomela
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Procne informed her sister of the horrible truth by means of a web into which she wove her story.
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The sight of a painting makes it necessary for him to relate the whole story of Procne and Philomela to Leucippe.
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Procne discovered the plot, killed her babe, and served up his flesh in a dish for her husband's dinner.
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The gods were so enraged at this that they turned Itys into a pheasant, Procne into a swallow, and Tereus into a hawk.
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Procne by means of a web, into which she wove her story, informed Philomela of the horrible truth.
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