Tereus
mythological figure · 2 works · 2 mentions · 2 anchored passages
in the texts
Stromata
Mythical Thracian king associated with the swallow myth of Procne and Philomela.
" But the swallow, by which the myth of the son of Pandion is hinted at, is worth abominating because of the sufferings noised abroad concerning her, of which we have received that Tereus partly suffered and partly wrought.
The Funeral Speech
Mythological figure who committed a crime against Procne and Philomela and on whom they took vengeance.
The Pandionidae had inherited the tradition of Procne and Philomela, the daughters of Pandion, who took vengeance on Tereus for his crime against themselves.