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Progne is the Latinized form of ‘Procne’. Indeed, the idea that Philomela was transformed into a nightingale isn’t the only thing Ovid introduced. He was also under the impression to Philomela’s name literally means ‘lover of song’, from the ancient Greek φιλο- (‘love’) and μέλος (‘song’).
Philomela can’t look Procne in the eyes, fearing that Procne might hate her as a rival. Furthermore, Procne realizes, in siding with her sister over her husband, that she can no longer love her son—the image and offspring of her detestable husband.
Jul 4, 2017 · Procne there served him with the flesh of his own son, which he ate, unknowing. Tereus then called for Itys, and Procne revealed that he had just eaten him. Philomela, still spattered with the boy’s blood, rushed in and threw the boy’s severed head at his father – and her rapist.
The two had a son, Itys, and when he was fve 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. He agreed, and said he would go to Athens himself and escort her.
Feb 15, 2024 · This article looks at one of his darkest stories, that of the sisters Procne and Philomela, and Procne’s husband Tereus (whose fate is foreshadowed by the above picture).
- Tom Barrett
Philomela’s rape, mutilation, revenge with her sister Procne/Progne, and her metamorphosis into the nightingale are the subjects of or models for various retellings and allusions, and matched only in reference to rape mythology by the legendary Lucrece (discussed in the following chapter).
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In telling the story of Tereus, Procne, and Philomela (Met. 6.401-674), Ovid transformed tragedy-the Tereus of Sophocles'-into epic. The result was a narrative that followed the tragic plot but with a very different presentation. For example, Ovid incorporated into his episode events from the play's prologue, such as
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