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Cephalus

Proper noun

Meaning

Cephalus

(mythology) An ancient Greek lover of Procris who accidentally slew her as she spied upon him.

Source: en.wiktionary.org

Examples

In the literary myths Hesiod Theogony 984; pseudo-Apollodorus Bibliotheke iii. 14.3; Pausanias i. 3.1; Ovid Metamorphoses vii. 703ff; Hyginus Fabula 189. Eos kidnapped Cephalus when he was hunting and took him to Syria. Source: Internet

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