Tereus
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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The two wives were changed at their own request to nightingale and swallow, and Tereus became a hoopoe.
The Works of Lucian of Samosata, v. 4 | Lucian of SamosataPhilomela was changed, at her own prayer, into a nightingale that she might escape the vengeance of her brother-in-law Tereus.
Milton's Comus | John MiltonThe king of birds, transformed from Tereus, King of Thrace, twitters in the following style.
History of English Humour, Vol. 1 (of 2) | Alfred Guy Kingan L'EstrangeTereus lived in Daulis, part of what is now called Phocis, but which at that time was inhabited by Thracians.
The History of the Peloponnesian War | ThucydidesTereus is changed into a crested bird, either a hoopoe or a lapwing.
Human Animals | Frank Hamel
British Dictionary definitions for Tereus
/ (ˈtɪərɪəs) /
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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