Procne

British  

/ ˈprɒknɪ /

noun

1. 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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Example Sentences

“One day Procne’s father told her that he was going to marry her off to some local half-wit,” the god tells us, and in the Kilbanes’ version of the story, Procne and Philomela flee to a cabin on the ocean, where they build a happy, self-sufficient life.

From New York Times

He’s creepy, but Procne is too curious about him to hear any blaring alarm bells.

From New York Times

And then this Philomela without a tongue, because she had hitherto been compelled to be dumb, had, like a Procne, sent him only the pictured history of her heavy existence, and only the leaves of parchment!

From Project Gutenberg

The story of the Nightingale is well known: she was Philomêla, or in the older story Procnê, an Athenian princess, wedded to the faithless Thracian king, Têreus.

From Project Gutenberg

When Procne, now impatient to disclose The joy that from her full revenge arose, Cries out, in transports of a cruel mind, 'Within yourself, your Itys you may find.'

From Project Gutenberg