Tereus

American  

[teer-ee-uhs, teer-yoos] / ˈtɪər i əs, ˈtɪər yus /

noun

Classical Mythology.

1. a Thracian prince, the husband of Procne, who raped his sister-in-law Philomela and was changed into a hoopoe as a punishment.

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Tereus British  

/ ˈtɪərɪəs /

noun

1. Greek myth a prince of Thrace, who raped Philomela, sister of his wife Procne, and was punished by being turned into a hoopoe

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Example Sentences

Procne, the elder of the two, was married to Tereus of Thrace, a son of Ares, who proved to have inherited all his father’s detestable qualities.

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The wretched Tereus too was changed into a bird, an ugly bird with a huge beak, said sometimes to be a hawk.

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The two had a son, Itys, and when he was five years old Procne, who had all this while been living in Thrace separated from her family, begged Tereus to let her invite her sister Philomela to visit her.

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It seemed that Tereus was safe.

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There she saw Philomela, her very face and form, and Tereus equally unmistakable.

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