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Classical Mythology and Ancient History > metamorphoses ~ classical mythology > metamorphoses of female persons into birds > metamorphoses of female persons into birds (second series) > Philomela, Procne and Tereus changed into nightingale, swallow, hoopoe (or hawk): Tereus seeks to kill Philomela and Procne for having slain his son; in their flight the two sisters are changed into a nightingale and a swallow; Tereus is changed into a hoopoe or a hawk (Ovid, Metamorphoses VI 668)

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97DD23Philomela, Procne and Tereus changed into nightingale, swallow, hoopoe (or hawk): Tereus seeks to kill Philomela and Procne for having slain his son; in their flight the two sisters are changed into a nightingale and a swallow; Tereus is changed into a hoopoe or a hawk (Ovid, Metamorphoses VI 668)  

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  • ancient history
  • animal
  • bird
  • classical antiquity
  • hawk
  • history
  • hoopoe
  • man
  • metamorphosis
  • mythology
  • nightingale
  • Ovid, Metamorphoses 06
  • Philomela
  • Procne
  • swallow
  • Tereus
  • transformation

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