In Greek mythology, Itylus, or Itylos, was the son/daughter of Aedon and King Zethus of Thebes. Jump to: navigation, search Greek mythology comprises the collected narratives of Greek gods, goddesses, heroes, and heroines, originally created and spread within an oral-poetic tradition. ... In Greek mythology, Aedon, daughter of Pandareus, was the wife of Zethus. ... Amphion (native of two lands) and Zethus, in ancient Greek mythology, were the twin sons of Zeus by Antiope. ... For the ancient capital of Upper Egypt, see Thebes, Egypt. ...

Aedon accidentally killed him/her and was stricken with grief and guilt. In pity, the gods turned her into a nightingale, which cries with sadness every night. Alternatively, Aedon attempted to kill the son of her rival, Niobe, also her sister-in-law, and accidentally killed her own son/daughter instead and thus, the gods again changed her into a nightingale. Binomial name Luscinia megarhynchos (Brehm, 1831) The Nightingale (Luscinia megarhynchos) is a small passerine bird that was formerly classed as a member of the thrush family Turdidae, but is now more generally considered to be an Old World flycatcher, Muscicapidae. ... A mortal woman in Greek mythology, Niobe, daughter of Tantalus and either Euryanassa, Eurythemista, Clytia, Dione, or Laodice, and the wife of Amphion, boasted of her superiority to Leto because she had fourteen children (Niobids), seven male and seven female, while Leto had only two. ...