Tereus

Reading notes

• The Loves §2.6 Ismarian tyrant

  Tereus of Thrace, who raped Philomela and was fed his own son Itys; the 'Ismarian tyrant' of her lament.

• Metamorphoses §6.143 Tereus

  King of Thrace, son of Mars, husband of Procne; he raped her sister Philomela and cut out her tongue, and was served his own son Itys in revenge before all three became birds — he the hoopoe.

• The Cure for Love §2 Tereus

  Thracian king who raped Philomela and was turned into a bird; punished for the crime love drove him to.

• The Cure for Love §14 the Odrysian tyrant

  Tereus, the Thracian (Odrysian) king who loved his wife's sister Philomela.