CHARIOT OF DAWN AND PROCRIS

Procris married the beautiful Cephalus, so beautiful that the Dawn goddess fell in love and tried in every way, but Cephalus remained faithful to his wife, then the Dawn insinuated in the  poor man the doubt that Procris was true.

To test the fidelity of his wife Cephalus, which had become unrecognizable, offered Procris great wealth for a night of love. At the beginning Procris resisted, then ...
Cephalus then made himself known, Procris ashamed fled and gone to Crete became the lover of Minos, who gave to Procris a magic spear that never failed the target, which in turn he had received as a gift from Artemis.

The story continues with the reconciliation of Procris and Cephalus, sealed by the gift of the magic spear, which then fell into the hands of Cephalus.

Artemis did not like that her gift would pass from hand to hand so easily and dropped Procris and Cephalus in a trap. In fact, during a hunting Procris hid himself in a bush to watch her husband, who attracted by the noise, thinking a beast was hidden in the bush, threw his spear and killed Procris.

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