Cephalus – Mythopedia Cephalus was a Greek hero and a skilled hunter with connections to Attica, Phocis, and Cephallenia The handsome Cephalus was abducted by Eos, the goddess of the dawn, who had fallen in love with him; but he also had a wife named Procris, who was doomed to meet a tragic end
Eos - Mythopedia Cephalus There are a few different versions of the myth of Eos and the handsome Athenian Cephalus According to the common tradition, Cephalus initially resisted Eos’ advances; he was married to (or about to marry) a woman named Procris To overcome this reluctance, some sources claimed that Eos simply abducted Cephalus and had her way with him
Metamorphoses: Book 7 (Full Text) - Mythopedia The Story of Cephalus and Procris To th’ inmost courts the Grecian youths were led, And plac’d by Phocus on a Tyrian bed; Who, soon observing Cephalus to hold A dart of unknown wood, but arm’d with gold: None better loves (said he) the huntsman’s sport, Or does more often to the woods resort; Yet I that jav’lin’s stem with wonder
Erechtheus - Mythopedia Erechtheus, son of Pandion, was a king of Athens who had a major cult on the Acropolis He led the Athenians in a successful war against Eumolpus and the people of Eleusis, though the victory cost him the lives of his daughters, and eventually his own life
Chiron - Mythopedia Chiron was the wisest and most honorable of the Centaurs, a race of half-man, half-horse creatures He is best remembered for tutoring the great heroes of Greek mythology, including Jason, Asclepius, and Achilles
Metamorphoses: Book 8 (Full Text) - Mythopedia Cephalus feels with joy the kindly gales, His new allies unfurl the swelling sails; Steady their course, they cleave the yielding main, And, with a wish, th’ intended harbour gain The Story of Nisus and Scylla Mean-while King Minos, on the Attick strand, Displays his martial skill, and wastes the land
Theogony (Full Text) - Mythopedia And to Cephalus she bare a splendid son, strong Phaethon, a man like the gods, whom, when he was a young boy in the tender flower of glorious youth with childish thoughts, laughter-loving Aphrodite seized and caught up and made a keeper of her shrine by night, a divine spirit
Metamorphoses: Book 6 (Full Text) - Mythopedia Procris, to Cephalus in wedlock ty’d, Bless’d the young silvan with a blooming bride: For Orithyia Boreas suffer’d pain, For the coy maid sued long, but sued in vain; Tereus his neighbour, and his Thracian blood, Against the match a main objection stood; Which made his vows, and all his suppliant love, Empty as air and ineffectual prove