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Aëdon
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Aëdon (Ancient Greek: Ἀηδών, romanized: Aēdṓn, lit. 'nightingale') was in Greek mythology, the daughter of Pandareus of Ephesus.[1] According to Homer, she was the wife of Zethus, and the mother of Itylus.[2] Aëdon features in two different stories, one set in Thebes and one set in Western Asia Minor, both of which contain filicide and explain the origin of the nightingale, a bird in constant mourning.[3]
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Aëdon | |
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![]() Aëdon slays Itys, illustration from a Greek vase by JE Harrison and DS MacColl (1894) | |
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Species | Human, then nightingale |
Gender | Female |
Title | Queen |
Significant other | Zethus, or Polytechnus |
Children | Itylus/Itys, Neis |
Relatives | |
Homeland | Thebes, or Ephesus |
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