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In Greek mythology, Tereus was a son of Ares and husband of Procne. Procne and Tereus had a young son, Itys. Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... In Greek mythology, Itys was the son of Procne and Tereus. ... Philomela is the name of two figures of Greek mythology. ... In Greek mythology, Procne or Prokne was a daughter of Pandion and Zeuxippe. ... The bust of Zeus found at Otricoli (Sala Rotonda, Museo Pio-Clementino, Vatican) Greek mythology is the body of stories belonging to the Ancient Greeks concerning their gods and heroes, the nature of the world and the origins and significance of their own cult and ritual practices. ... In Greek mythology, Ares (Greek: ) is the son of Zeus (ruler of the gods) and Hera. ... In Greek mythology, Procne or Prokne was a daughter of Pandion and Zeuxippe. ... In Greek mythology, Itys was the son of Procne and Tereus. ...

Tereus desired his wife's sister, Philomela. He forced himself upon her, then cut her tongue out and held her captive so she could never tell anyone. He told his wife that her sister had died. Philomela wove letters in a tapestry depicting Tereus's crime and sent it secretly to Procne. In revenge, Procne killed her child Itys and served his flesh in a meal to his father Tereus. When Tereus learned what she had done, he tried to kill the sisters but all three were changed by the Olympian Gods into birds: Tereus became a hoopoe; Procne became the nightingale whose song is a song of mourning for the loss of her son; Philomela became the swallow. Because she has no tongue she can only twitter instead of singing. It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with Itys, Procne and Tereus (Discuss) In Greek mythology, Philomela was a daughter of Pandion I, King of Athens and Zeuxippe and a sister of Procne. ... This article includes a list of works cited or a list of external links, but its sources remain unclear because it lacks in-text citations. ... This article is about tapestry the textile. ... “Aves” redirects here. ... Binomial name Upupa epops Linnaeus, 1758 The Hoopoe Upupa epops is in the same order of often colourful near passerine birds as the kingfishers, bee-eaters, and rollers. ... Binomial name Luscinia megarhynchos (Brehm, 1831) This article is about the bird. ... A song is a relatively short musical composition. ... Genera Many, see text. ...

The names "Procne" and "Philomela" are sometimes used in literature to refer to the nightingale, though only the former is mythologically correct.