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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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