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CEPHALUS AND PROCRIS
The Metamorphoses
Phocus – the son of the king Aeacus, gets Cephalus to tell the story
Cephalus – an Athenian warrior, narrator and main character of the frame story
Procris – Cephalus’ wife, is suspected of infidelity, is killed by her husband
Aurora – goddess of the dawn, kidnaps Cephalus and freaks him out about Procris being unfaithful
CHARACTERS
Laelaps, the dog given to Cephalus by Procris, was the fastest dog in the world.
Procris is the sister of Orithyia, who was stolen by Boreas in another myth.
After finding out that Cephalus didn’t trust her, Procris went to follow Diana for a while.
INTERESTING FACTS
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