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Céphale Et Procris (Jacquet De La Guerre)
''Céphale et Procris'' is the name of two French operas based on the myth of Cephalus and Procris In Greek mythology, Procris ( grc, Πρόκρις, ''gen''.: Πρόκριδος) was an Athens, Athenian princess as the third daughter of Erechtheus, king of Athens and his wife, Praxithea, daughter of Phrasimus and Cephissus (Boeotia), Diogene ...: * ''Céphale et Procris'' (Jacquet de la Guerre) (1694) by Élisabeth Jacquet de la Guerre * ''Céphale et Procris'' (Grétry) (1773) by André Grétry {{disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cephalus
Cephalus (; Ancient Greek: Κέφαλος ''Kephalos'' means "head") is a name used both for the hero-figure in Greek mythology and carried as a theophoric name by historical persons. ''Mythological'' * Cephalus, son of Hermes and Herse. * Cephalus, son of Deion/Deioneos, husband of Procris. ''Historical'' *Cephalus, son of Lysanias from Syracuse (5th century BCE), a wealthy metic and elderly arms manufacturer living in Athens who engages in dialogue with Socrates in Plato's ''Republic''. He was the father of orator Lysias, philosopher Polemarchus and Euthydemus. *Cephalus, Athenian orator who flourished after the time of the Thirty Tyrants. *Cephalus, a Molossian who sided with Perseus in the Third Macedonian War.Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythologby William Smith See also * List of commonly used taxonomic affixes Notes References * Gaius Julius Hyginus, ''Fabulae from The Myths of Hyginus'' translated and edited by Mary Grant. University of Kan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Procris
In Greek mythology, Procris ( grc, Πρόκρις, ''gen''.: Πρόκριδος) was an Athens, Athenian princess as the third daughter of Erechtheus, king of Athens and his wife, Praxithea, daughter of Phrasimus and Cephissus (Boeotia), Diogeneia. Homer mentions her in the ''Odyssey'' as one of the many dead spirits Odysseus saw in the Greek Underworld, Underworld, and Sophocles wrote a tragedy called ''Procris'' which has been lost, as has a version contained in the Greek Cyclic poets, Cycle, but at least six different accounts of her story still exist. Family Procris's sisters were Creusa (daughter of Erechtheus), Creusa, Orithyia (Athenian), Oreithyia, Chthonia, Protogeneia, Pandora (Greek myth), Pandora and Merope (Greek myth), Merope while her brothers were Cecrops II, Cecrops, Pandorus, Metion, and possibly Orneus, Thespius, Eupalamus and Sicyon (mythology), Sicyon. She married Cephalus of Phocis, Cephalus, the son of King Deioneus of Phocis (ancient region), Phocis. M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Céphale Et Procris (Jacquet De La Guerre)
''Céphale et Procris'' is the name of two French operas based on the myth of Cephalus and Procris In Greek mythology, Procris ( grc, Πρόκρις, ''gen''.: Πρόκριδος) was an Athens, Athenian princess as the third daughter of Erechtheus, king of Athens and his wife, Praxithea, daughter of Phrasimus and Cephissus (Boeotia), Diogene ...: * ''Céphale et Procris'' (Jacquet de la Guerre) (1694) by Élisabeth Jacquet de la Guerre * ''Céphale et Procris'' (Grétry) (1773) by André Grétry {{disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
