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Procne
Proc·ne [ próknee ]


noun 
Definition:
 
mythological Athenian princess: in Greek mythology, an Athenian princess whose husband, Tereus, raped her sister, Philomela. She avenged this act by killing their own son and feeding him to Tereus.
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