Procris
mythological figure · 2 works · 2 mentions · 2 anchored passages
in the texts
Odyssey
Heroine named briefly among the ghosts Odysseus sees, without further elaboration in this passage.
"Then I saw Phaedra, and Procris, and fair Ariadne daughter of the magician Minos, whom Theseus was carrying off from Crete to Athens, but he did not enjoy her, for before he could do so Artemis killed her in the island of Dia on account of what Bacchus had said against her.
On Hunting
A legendary huntress cited alongside Atalanta as an example of a woman made good through love of hunting.
For all men who have loved hunting have been good: