1、菲勒美拉King Pandion of Athens had two daughters,Procne andPhilomela.When Athens was threatened by the wildmen,King Tereus of Thrace came to its help.Out ofgratitude King Pandion offered Tereus either of hisdaughters in marriage and the Thracian king choseProcne as wife. Fo
2、r yearsthey lived in Thrace and hadone son,Itylus by name.Then Procne becamehomesick and longed to see her dear sisterPhilomela.At her repeated requests Tereus sailed toAthens tofetch Philomela.On the way back his evilheart took flame at the sight of Philomela who wasth
3、en in her beauty of maidenhood.He seized and carried her away by force,cut out her tongueand imprisoned her in a lonely hut in the woods.To Procne he lied,saying that Philomela wasdead.Philomela stayed in prison for ayear,where she had woven her painful story into the w
4、eb ofa robe .Then she managed to send the robe to her sister. As soon as she received the webProcne came over to the woods and to reher sister away from the keepers.Back at the palace, the two women,hot for paying back ,killed little Itylus and served him up to hisfathe
5、r . When Tereus learned of the terrible truth he grasped his sword and chased the sisters intothe woods. There the gods turned Procne into a swallow,Philomela a nightingale and Tereus ahoopoe .雅典国王潘底翁有两个女儿,普鲁丝妮和菲勒美拉。当雅典受到蛮人的威胁时,色雷斯国王泰诺斯伸出了援助之手。出于感激,国王潘底翁让泰诺斯从自己的女儿中任选一位作