CLAA06H3 Study Guide - Final Guide: Helenus, Scheria, Hesione
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Procne: sister to philomela and daughter of pandion. A king named tereus came to help out pandion in the war against the war against thebes. P(cid:396)o(cid:272)(cid:374)e(cid:859)s siste(cid:396) philo(cid:373)ela (cid:272)o(cid:373)es to (cid:448)isit a(cid:374)d she is attacked by tereus has her tongue cut off and thrown into the forest. P(cid:396)o(cid:272)(cid:374)e dis(cid:272)o(cid:448)e(cid:396)s (cid:271)oth of these ho(cid:396)(cid:396)i(cid:271)le deeds a(cid:374)d seeks (cid:396)e(cid:448)e(cid:374)ge. He hugs tereus and strikes him with a sword, and then philomela cuts his throat with a k(cid:374)ife(cid:894)o(cid:374)(cid:272)e (cid:396)es(cid:272)ued(cid:895). Tantalus had sacrificed him to the gods, but the gods realized what had happened, but not before demeter had taken a bite out of his shoulder. When is was revealed what happened, zeus told clotho, one of the three fates, to bring him back to life, and the missing part of his shoulder was replaced by an ivory piece forged by hephaestus. He competed in a chariot (cid:396)a(cid:272)e hosted (cid:271)(cid:455) oe(cid:374)a(cid:373)aus fo(cid:396) hippoda(cid:373)ia(cid:859)s ha(cid:374)d i(cid:374) (cid:373)a(cid:396)(cid:396)iage.
