Procris
Prokris ( Greek Πρόκρις , the chosen one above all ), wife of Cephalus , is a figure in Greek mythology . She was a daughter of Erechtheus and Praxithea . Her siblings were Kekrops , Orneus , Thespios , Metion , Sikyon , Pandoros , Alkon , Eupalamos , Krëusa , Oreithyia , Chthonia , Protogeneia , Pandora and Merope .
mythology
Procris and Pteleon
Of all the women in her family, she is said to have resembled the moon goddess most, in terms of her changeability. Although the beautiful Kephalos wedded - with whom she shared a passion for hunting - she was inspired by Pteleon seduce, who gave her a gold headband; Cephalos caught them both and then left Prokris untouched for eight years. In another version, the husband himself tempted her in the form of the stranger and did not reveal his identity until he was in love. In any case, Prokris left him offended and went to King Minos on Crete .
Procris and Minos
The ruler of Crete could not attend a woman at that time: when he hugged, snakes, scorpions and millipedes poured out of his body. It was said that his wife Pasiphaë cast this spell on him to prevent her husband from making love. Prokris healed him and received an infallible spear and the fast, immortal dog Lailaps as a reward. These gifts had once been presented by Zeus der Europa ; so they had come from their parents to their son Minos.
Another story only said that Prokris was the only one who could associate with Minos with impunity, because she had previously armed herself with the essence of a medicinal plant against the poison of the animals.
Prokris and Cephalus
The huntress returned home to Thorikos , where word soon got around about her dog's miraculous qualities. Amphitryon asked the animal to provide a fox that haunted Thebes . The indefatigable dog's hunt for the impassable, fast fox was only put to an end by Zeus by petrifying both animals.
Prokris, however, was jealous of the possible affairs of her husband and now put him to the test in turn, by seducing him in the form of a beautiful stranger. In other versions, she disguised herself as a man. In this way Cephalus was put to shame; afterwards, however, she reconciled with him and gave him a spear and dog as a present. But it was also said that when she ran after him, he killed his wife with a spear because he believed her - who was hiding in the bushes - to be game.
According to another tale, Prokris lost him to Eos : the goddess of the dawn robbed the handsome man, as she had done with so many others before.
literature
- Tobias Leuker: Cephalos and Prokris. In: Maria Moog-Grünewald (Ed.): Mythenrezeption. The ancient mythology in literature, music and art from the beginnings to the present (= Der Neue Pauly . Supplements. Volume 5). Metzler, Stuttgart / Weimar 2008, ISBN 978-3-476-02032-1 , pp. 391-395.
- Otto Höfer : Cephalos . In: Wilhelm Heinrich Roscher (Hrsg.): Detailed lexicon of Greek and Roman mythology . Volume 2.1, Leipzig 1894, Sp. 1091-1093 ( digitized version ).
- Otto Höfer : Prokris 2 . In: Wilhelm Heinrich Roscher (Hrsg.): Detailed lexicon of Greek and Roman mythology . Volume 3.2, Leipzig 1909, Col. 3026 f. ( Digitized version ).
- Richard Engelmann : Erechtheus . In: Wilhelm Heinrich Roscher (Hrsg.): Detailed lexicon of Greek and Roman mythology . Volume 1.1, Leipzig 1886, Col. 1296-1300 ( digitized version ).
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Karl Kerényi, The Mythology of the Greeks , Vol. II, p. 229. ISBN 3-423-01346-X
- ^ Karl Kerényi, The Mythology of the Greeks , Vol. II, pp. 229f. ISBN 3-423-01346-X
- ^ Karl Kerényi, The Mythology of the Greeks , Vol. II, p. 108. ISBN 3-423-01346-X
- ^ Karl Kerényi, The Mythology of the Greeks , Vol. II, p. 230. ISBN 3-423-01346-X
- ↑ Wilhelm Heinrich Roscher (Ed.): Detailed lexicon of Greek and Roman mythology. Volume 5, Leipzig 1924, Col. 429
- ↑ Karl Kerényi, The Mythology of the Greeks , Vol. I, p. 158f. ISBN 3-423-01345-1