Cephalus

Reading notes

• The Loves §1.13 Cephalus

  Athenian hunter loved by Aurora, the youthful favorite the lover taunts her with preferring.

• The Art of Love §3.34 Cyllenian offspring

  Cephalus, reckoned a descendant of Cyllenian Mercury; the husband of Procris.

• The Heroides §4 Cephalus

  A famed hunter loved by Aurora; an exemplum that even devotees of the chase may yield to love.

• The Heroides §15 Cephalus

  The hunter carried off by Aurora; Sappho fears the dawn-goddess might seize Phaon likewise.

• Metamorphoses §6.154 Cephalus

  An Athenian prince, son of Aeolus, husband of Procris; his story is told later in the poem.

• Metamorphoses §8.189 Cephalus

  Athenian envoy and hero, Aeacus's guest, whose tale of Procris closed Book 7.