Hyginus Fab. Pr. 12.1, pr. 15.1

 

Ex Hyperione et Aethra, Sol Luna Aurora. …

Ex Astraeo et Aurora, Zephyrus Boreas Notus Fauonius

Offspring of Hyperion and Aethra were Sol, Luna, and Aurora (Sun, Moon, and Dawn).

Offspring of Astraeus and Aurora were Zephyrus, Boreas, Notus, and Favonius (the West, North, South, and East Winds).

 

 

PROCRIS. 189          

  Procris Pandionis filia. hanc Cephalus Deionis filius habuit in coniugio; qui cum mutuo amore tenerentur, alter alteri fidem   dederunt ne quis cum alio concumberet. Cephalus autem cum studio uenandi teneretur et matutino tempore in montem exisset, Aurora Tithoni coniunx eum adamauit, petitque ab eo concubitum, cui Cephalus negauit, quod Procri fidem dederat. tunc Aurora ait, Nolo ut fallas fidem nisi illa prior fefellerit. Itaque commutat eum in hospitis figuram, atque dat munera speciosa quae Procri deferret. quod cum Cephalus uenisset immutata specie, munera Procri dedit et cum ea concubuit. tunc ei Aurora speciem hospitis abstulit. quae cum Cephalum uidisset, sensit se ab Aurora deceptam et inde profugit in Cretam insulam, ubi Diana uenabatur. quam cum Diana conspexisset, ait ei, Mecum uirgines uenantur, tu uirgo non es; recede de coetu. cui Procris indicat casus suos et se ab Aurora deceptam. Diana misericordia tacta dat ei iaculum quod nemo euitare posset et canem Laelapem quem nulla fera effugere posset, et iubet eam ire et cum Cephalo contendere. ea capillis demptis iuuenili habitu Dianae uoluntate ad Cephalum uenit eumque prouocauit, quem in uenatione superauit. Cephalus ut uidit tantam potentiam canis atque iaculi esse, petit ab hospite, non aestimans coniugem suam esse, ut sibi iaculum et canem uenderet. illa negare coepit. regni quoque partem pollicetur; illa negat. Sed si utique, ait, perstas id possidere, da mihi id quod pueri solent dare. ille amore iaculi et canis incensus promisit se daturum. qui cum in thalamos uenissent, Procris tunicam leuauit et ostendit se feminam esse et coniugem eius; cum qua Cephalus muneribus acceptis redit in gratiam. nihilo minus illa timens Auroram matutino tempore secuta eum ut obseruaret, atque inter uirgulta delituit; quae uirgulta cum Cephalus moueri uidit, iaculum ineuitabile misit et Procrin coniugem suam interfecit. ex qua Cephalus habuit filium Arcesium, ex quo nascitur Laertes Vlixis pater.

 

Procris was Pandion’s daughter. Cephalus, the son of Deion, was married to her. Since they were in love with one another, they gave pledges to one another that neither would have sexual relations with anybody else. Cephalus, however, since he was taken by a desire to hunt and had left for the hills at an early hour, Aurora, Tithonus’ wife, lusted after him and asked to sleep with him. Cephalus, however, denied her this, because he had pledged his fidelity to Procris. Thereupon Aurora said, “I do not want you to cheat against your oath, unless she will already have cheated on you.” And thus she disguised him as a stranger. She also offered distracting gifts to give to Procris. Then, when Cephalus came in his altered form, he gave the gifts to Procris and he slept with her. At that moment Aurora removed the stranger’s disguise. When she saw Cephalus, she realized that she had been tricked by Aurora and fled to the island of Crete where Diana used to hunt. When Diana had first seen her, she said to her, “Virgins hunt with me; but you are not a virgin. So, get out of our group.” Procris explained her misfortunes to Diana, specifically that she had been deceived by Aurora. Diana was moved by pity and gave to her a javelin that nobody could avoid and a dog named Laelapis whom no beast could outrun; then she ordered her to go and challenge Cephalus. She let down her hair and willingly came to Cephalus in the youthful garb of Diana and taunted him as a guy she could surpass in hunting. When Cephalus saw how impressive her dog and javelin were, he tried to buy from the stranger — for he did not surmise that she was his wife — the javelin and the dog. She denied him at first. So he promised part of his kingdom. She resisted. “But,” he said, “if you insist on asking for this stuff, give me that thing boys customarily give.” So, burning with desire for the javelin and the dog, he promised that he would give it. So, when they had come to the bedroom, Procris raised her tunic and revealed that she was a woman, even his wife. So, Cephalus accepted the gifts and returned into her favor. Fearing no less, though, she followed Aurora the next morning so as to keep an eye on him, and she hid under cover in a bush. When Cephalus saw that the bush was moving, he shot the inescapable arrow and killed his own wife Procris. From her Cephalus had one son, Arcesius; from Arcesius was born Laertes, the father of Ulysses.

           

 

QUI FORMOSSIMI FUERUNT. 270          

Iasion †Ilithii filius, quem Ceres dicitur amasse, quod ipsum historiis creditur.

Cinyras Paphi filius rex Assyriorum.

Anchises. Assar<a>ci filius, quem Venus amauit.    

Alexander Paris Priami filius et Hecubae, quem Helena secuta est.

Nireus Charopis filius.

Cephalus Pandionis filius, quem Aurora amauit.

Tit<h>onus Laomedontis filius Aurorae coniunx.    

Parthenopaeus Meleagri et Atalantes filius.

Achilles Pelei et Thetidis filius.

Patroclus Menoetii filius.

Idomeneus qui Helenam amauit.

Theseus Aeg<e>i et Aethrae filius, quem Ariadne amauit.