Tereus

American  

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

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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Tereus

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

From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton

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.

From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton

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

From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton

And Cantharus does so likewise, in the Tereus; where he says— Likening her bosom to Cydonian apples.

From The Deipnosophists, or Banquet of the Learned of Athen?us by Athen?us

Instant was Tereus at the sight inflam'd; So instant would the hoary harvest burn, The torch apply'd: so burn the wither'd leaves; Or hoarded hay.

From The Metamorphoses of Publius Ovidus Naso in English blank verse Vols. I & II by J. J. Howard