Procris

Procris (Greek Πρόκρις that before all chosen ), is a figure from Greek mythology, wife of Cephalus. She was a daughter of Erechtheus and Praxithea. Her siblings were Cecrops, Orneus, Thespios, Metion, Sicyon, Pandoros, Alkon, Eupalamos, Creusa, Oreithyia, Chthonia, Protogeneia, Pandora and Merope.

Mythology

Procris and Pteleon

Among all the women of her family is the most they have resembled the moon goddess, and indeed what their fickleness concerned. Although the beautiful Kephalos betrothed - with whom she shared a passion for hunting - she let herself be seduced by Pteleon, who gave her a golden headband; Cephalus caught the two and let Prokris then untouched for eight years. In another version, the husband himself led them in the form of strangers into temptation and revealed his identity only in the love camp. Prokris any case left him offended and went to Crete to King Minos.

Procris and Minos

The ruler of Crete could then attend any woman: In the embrace flowed from his body snakes, scorpions and centipedes. It was said that his wife Pasiphae had occupied him with this spell to prevent her husband's amours. Prokris healed him and received an infallible spear and fast, immortal dog Lailaps to pay. These gifts had once handed over Zeus of Europe; so they had come from the parents to their son Minos.

In another story, it was just that Procris was the only one who could operate with impunity Minos, because they previously armed himself with the essence of a medicinal plant against the poison of the animals.

Procris and Cephalus

The Slayer returned home after Thorikos where around saying the miraculous properties of their dog soon. Amphitryon asked from the animal to make a fox Thebes struck. The hunting of the tireless dog after the uncatchable quick fox made ​​only Zeus an end by both fossilized animals.

Procris, however, was jealous of the possible love affairs of her husband, and set him in their turn to the test by seducing him in shape of a handsome stranger. In this way, Cephalus was ashamed; they reconciled afterwards but with him and made him a spear and dog as a gift. But you also said that he, as she ran after him that his wife killed with a spear, as he - that hid in the bushes - believed to be a wild game.

According to another story Prokris lost him at Eos: The goddess of the dawn stole the beautiful man, as she had done with so many others before.