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klassinen mytologia ja antiikin historia > metamorfoosit, muodonmuutokset ~ klassinen mytologia > naispuolisten henkilöiden muodonmuutokset linnuiksi > metamorphoses of female persons into birds (second series) > Philomela, Procne and Tereus changed into nightingale, swallow, hoopoe (or hawk): Tereus seeks to kill Philomela and Procne for having slain his son; in their flight the two sisters are changed into a nightingale and a swallow; Tereus is changed into a hoopoe or a hawk (Ovid, Metamorphoses VI 668)

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97DD23Philomela, Procne and Tereus changed into nightingale, swallow, hoopoe (or hawk): Tereus seeks to kill Philomela and Procne for having slain his son; in their flight the two sisters are changed into a nightingale and a swallow; Tereus is changed into a hoopoe or a hawk (Ovid, Metamorphoses VI 668)  

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  • eläin
  • Filomela
  • harjalintu
  • haukka
  • historia
  • klassinen antiikin kausi
  • lintu
  • metamorfoosi
  • mies
  • muinaishistoria
  • muodonmuutos
  • mytologia
  • Ovidius, Muodonmuutoksia 06
  • pääskynen
  • Prokne
  • satakieli
  • Tereus
  • transformaatio

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