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  Procris - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
In Greek mythology, Procris was the daughter of Erechtheus of Athens and wife of Cephalus.
Procris had come into possession of a magical javelin, given by Artemis that never missed its prey, as well as a hunting hound who always caught its prey.
As he sat singing the same hymn, she thought he was singing to his ex-lover Aurora (Eos) and moved.
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 Procris 2, Greek Mythology Link.
Procris 2 is said to have exchanged bribes for love, and to have received a wonderful gift which caused her death.
In any case, the result was that Procris 2 was then exposed as an unfaithful wife, and being abashed or fearing her husband, she fled to Crete where the rule was held by King Minos 2, a man notorious for his love affairs, and for having many women.
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 Procris
by Dr Alena Trckova-Flamee Ph.D. Procris was the daughter of the Athenian king Erechtheus and the wife of the hero Cephalus (Kefalos).
Procris immediately recognized her husband and she was so ashamed of herself that she ran away.
In the other version of this myth Procris received these special gifts of Artemis from King Minos, who seduced Procris in Crete where she went for a while after her husband left her for Eos.
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 Procris-Footnotes Starting Page   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
In Greek mythology, Procris was a daughter of Erechtheus and wife of Cephalus.
Procris was married very happily to Cephalus, a grandson of the King of the Winds, Aeolus; but they has been married only a few weeks when Cephalus was carried off by no less a personage than Aurora herself, the Goddess of the Dawn.
Procris was there and she and to the ground dead, pierced to the heart.
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 Canis Major
The last owner was Procris, the daughter of King Erechtheus of Athens and wife to Cephalus, a son of Hermes.
Procris also received from the king a magic spear, which always flew directly to its target and never missed.
The spear was the end of Procris, because her husband Cephalus accidently killed her with it in the middle of a hunt.
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 Eos - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Although Cephalus was already married to Procris, he had a relationship with Eos for some time and she bore him three sons, but he then began pining for Procris, causing a disgruntled Eos to return him to her - and put a curse on them.
Cephalus accidentally killed Procris some time later after he mistook her for an animal while hunting; Procris, a jealous wife, was spying on him and heard him singing to the wind, "Aura", but thought he was serenading his ex-lover Aurora (i.e.
In the more restrictive Hellenic world, Apollodorus, a later Greek poet, claimed, in an anecdote rather than a myth, that her disgraceful abandon was a torment from Aphrodite, who found her on the couch with Ares.
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 Procris-Footnotes-Excerpt from Sharon Fermor   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
In this case, though, it is Procris who is made to carry the burden of guilt, and who takes responsibility for her own death, which is caused by her jealousy, her unreasonable suspicion of Cephalus's fidelity and her feminine fury.
Conversely while at the beginning of the play it is Cephalus who doubts Procris, and who presumes to test her fidelity, he is exonerated from blame on the grounds that he of a jealous goddess, and of his unwitting insult to Aurora, and not his actions.
For while she is guilt, of immoderate behavior, Procris is also held up as a figure of virtue, whose goodness and purity, won the hearts of all who encountered her and for whom death was considered, finally, to be too severe a fate.
athena.english.vt.edu /~baugh/bosch/Proc-F-excerpt.htm   (2211 words)

  
 Brewer, E. Cobham. Dictionary of Phrase & Fable. Ceph’alus and Procris.
Cephalus was the husband of Procris, who, out of jealousy, deserted him.
Procris, knowing of his whereabouts, crept through some bushes to ascertain if a rival was with him.
Cephalus heard the noise, and thinking it to be made by some wild beast, hurled his javelin into the bushes and slew Procris.
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Cephalus ontmoet Procris als zij met Diana op jacht is en verzoent zich met haar; Procris overhandigt hem als geschenken van Diana een nooit falende pijl en jachthond.
In een volgende scène deelt Cephalus aan Procris mee dat hij nu de geschenken van Diana eens gaat proberen; wanneer hij is vertrokken vertellen de sinnekens haar over een zekere Aura die Cephalus tijdens de rustpozen onder de jacht tot zich pleegt te roepen.
Als Procris dan hoort dat Cephalus zich voorneemt de volgende morgen weer vroeg op jacht te gaan, volgt zij hem op zijn tocht, hoort hem tijdens het rusten om Aura roepen en wordt door Cephalus, die wild denkt voor te hebben, met Diana's pijl dodelijk verwond.
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 Athens
Procris, who married Cephalus, the son of her sister Creüsa's daughter Diomede and of Deion, son of Æolus (eponym of the Æolians), himself a son of Hellen and grandson of Deucalion.
At some point in time, Procris, suspected of being unfaithful to her husband, seeked refuge at the court of Minos, king of Crete.
Procris cured Minos of this curse with magical plants she had obtained from the enchantress Circe.
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 The Royal House Of Athens
Cephalus went back disguised, and try to love Procris as another man. He tried very hard until Procris had a hint like she liked him as the disguised man. This made him angry, but then he realized she still had been faithful.
Procris was married happily to Cephalus, the grandson to Aeolus, the King of the Winds.
Procris and Cephalus had only been married a couple of weeks when Aurora took Cephalus away.
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 III. c. Cephalus and Procris. Vols. I & II: Stories of Gods and Heroes. Bulfinch, Thomas. 1913. Age of Fable   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
She was a favorite of Diana, the goddess of hunting, who had given her a dog which could outrun every rival, and a javelin which would never fail of its mark; and Procris gave these presents to her husband.
Presently recovering, she said, “It cannot be true; I will not believe it unless I myself am a witness to it.” So she waited, with anxious heart, till the next morning, when Cephalus went to hunt as usual.
She died; but her face wore a calm expression, and she looked pityingly and forgivingly on her husband when he made her understand the truth.
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 Procris and the Unicorn   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
Although related to the joyous events from the fifth act, the final scene is another invention that does not appear in the drama.
Procris extends one arm gently toward a unicorn, which kneels in deference to her purity.
The unicorn functions as a metaphor, suggesting that, through her earthly sorrows, Procris has suffered martyrdom and been resurrected.
www.nga.gov /collection/gallery/gg26/gg26-12163.0-biblio.html   (142 words)

  
 GTP
The son of Deion, and a grandson of Aeolus, married to Procris, the eldest daughter of Erechtheus.
Feigning a journey of eight years, he disguised himself and came to Procris with a splendid jewel, which he offered to her on dishonourable terms.
Cephalus went constantly to the chase; and Procris growing suspicious, as she had failed herself, fancied that he was attracted by the charms of some other fair one.
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 Online Sports Betting - Early Greyhound History   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
She was considered a patron deity of animals, as depicted in this relief sculpture.
Procris takes him hunting, and before long Procris spots a hare and pursues it.
In coursing, the speed and agility of sighthounds are tested against their prey, the hare.
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 Metamorphoses Study Guide / Metamorphoses Summary
Cephalus married Procris, but two months after they were married, Dawn kidnapped him from the woods where he was hunting.
From her warning, Cephalus believed that Procris had been unfaithful to him while he was gone or that she would be in the future.
The eavesdropper told Procris about zephyr, and she had to see for herself that her husband was cheating on her, so she followed him to the woods the next morning.
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 Eos   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
Eos kidnapped Cephalus when he washunting but he refused to be unfaithful to Procris, his wife.
Cephalus accidentallykilled Procris some time later after he mistook her for an animal while hunting; Procris, a jealous wife, was spying on him.Cephalus was exiled for the death of his wife.
In the more restrictive Hellenic world, Apollodorus, a later Greek poet,claimed, in an anecdote rather than a myth, that her disgraceful abandon was a torment from Aphrodite, who found her on the couch with Ares.
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 cephalus   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
When Hermes fell in love with Herse, a jealous Aglaulus, Herse's sister, stood between them and refused to move.
Cephalus was married to Procris, a daughter of Erechtheus.
Eos kidnapped Cephalus when he was hunting but he refused to be unfaithful to Procris.
www.yourencyclopedia.net /Cephalus.html   (175 words)

  
 Landscape with Cephalus and Procris Reunited by Diana by CLAUDE LORRAIN
Landscape with Cephalus and Procris Reunited by Diana by CLAUDE LORRAIN
Landscape with Cephalus and Procris Reunited by Diana
Cephalus and Procris in Greek mythology is a young couple, newly married, whose love was destined to end in tragedy.
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 CHAPTER III. Apollo And Daphne- Pyramus And Thisbe- Cephalus And Procris.
Apollo And Daphne- Pyramus And Thisbe- Cephalus And Procris.
Aurora saw him when she first looked forth, fell in love with him, and stole him away But Cephalus was just married to a charming wife whom he devotedly loved.
She was a favourite of Diana, the goddess of hunting, who had given her a dog which could outrun every rival, and a javelin which would never fail of its mark; and Procris gave these presents to her husband.
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 Fresco Cycle with the Story of Procris and Cephalus   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
Bernardino Luini, Cephalus Punished at the Hunt, c.
Bernardino Luini, Procris Pierced by Cephalus' Javelin, c.
Bernardino Luini, Cephalus and Pan at the Temple of Diana, c.
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 Procris   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
accidentally killed Procris some time later after mistook her for an animal while hunting; a jealous wife was spying on him.
Ballet Music from the Mannheim Court: Carl Joseph Toeschi, Cephale Et Procris and L'Enlevement De Proserpine (Recent Researches in the Music of the Classical Era, Vol 52)
Cephale Et Procris (Recent Researches in the Music of the Baroque Era, Vol 88)
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 Daniel Rabel / Procris from the Ballet des Nymphes bocageres de la foret sacree / unknown   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
Procris from the Ballet des Nymphes bocageres de la foret sacree
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Visit www.davidrumsey.com/amico for more information on the collection, click on the link below the revolving thumbnail to the right, or email us at amico@luna-img.com.
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 Elisabeth Jacquet de la Guerre   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
In 1691 she wrote the first balled for the dauphin, Les jeux à l’honneur de la victoire, which was lost.
In March 1694, at the Academie Royale de Musique, de la Guerre produced a musical tragedy, Cephale et Procris, based on a libretto written by Joseph-Fracois Duche de Vancy.
She was the first woman in France to compose an opera; however, it was not well received.
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 Procris
Cephalus - Cephalus, in Greek mythology, husband of Procris.
Greek and Roman Mythology - Most of the Greek deities were adopted by the Romans, although in many cases there was a change of...
Age Of Fable Or Beauties Of Mythology: Chapter III: Apollo, Daphne, Pyramus, Thisbecephalus, Procris.
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 GIV - DST/AIDS   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
O sêmen do rei Minos, filho de Zeus, era povoado por serpentes, escorpiões e lacraias que matavam suas amantes.
Procris teve a idéia de introduzir uma bexiga de cabra em sua vagina para se proteger.
Para evitar que a relação com Minos lhe trouxesse a morte, Procris introduziu em sua vagina uma bexiga de cabra.
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 Procris
Cephalus, Procris and Artemis (Diana) 1635/36, Claude Lorrain (1600-1682)
As he sat singing the same hymn, she thought he was singing to Aurora (Eos) and moved.
As she lay dying in her arms, she told him "On our wedding vows, please never marry Aurora".
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 Bulfinch's Mythology, The Age of Fable - Chapter 3: Apollo and Daphne, Pyramus and Thisbe, Cephalus and Procris
THE slime with which the earth was covered by the waters of the flood produced an excessive fertility, which called forth every variety of production, both bad and good.
She was a favourite of Diana (Artemis), the goddess of hunting, who had given her a dog which could outrun every rival, and a javelin which would never fail of its mark; and Procris gave these presents to her husband.
He rushed to the place, and found her bleeding, and with sinking strength endeavouring to draw forth from the wound the javelin, her own gift.
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