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Tereus

In Greek mythology, a prince of Phocis who married Procne and then her sister Philomela, having told her Procne was dead. The truth came out and the sisters fled, pursued by Tereus. They appealed to the gods for help, and Procne became a nightingale, Philomela a swallow, and Tereus a hoopoe.

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