ID: 901002209 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/ia/901002209	Record Type: Event/Narrative

	Cephalus and Aurora (Greek narrative)

Note: Diana, goddess of hunting, gave the huntsman Cephalus a magic dog and spear. Later, Aurora, goddess of dawn, fell in love with the mortal Cephalus and tried to seduce him. He thought only of his wife Procris, however, and rejected her. Procris feared that Cephalus had been unfaithful and hid in the woods to spy on him while he was hunting. Mistaking the noise she made for that of a wild animal, Cephalus threw his spear and killed her. The story is from Ovid's, 'Metamorphoses' (7: 701-14). A 15th-century Italian play substituted a happier ending in which Diana resurrects Procris and reunites her with Cephalus

Names:

	Cephalus and Aurora (Greek narrative) (preferred,English-P,D)

Hierarchical Position:

		Legend, Religion, Mythology (P)
		....<Greek iconography> (P)
		........<Greek narratives> (P)
		............Cephalus and Aurora (Greek narrative) (I)

Related Iconography:

	actor is .... Cephalus
	..........(Legend, Religion, Mythology, Greek iconography, Greek characters, Cephalus (Greek character)) [901000717]

	actor is .... Aurora
	..........(Legend, Religion, Mythology, Roman iconography, Roman characters, Aurora (Roman deity)) [901000716]

Other Relationships:

	role/characteristic is .... narrative (artistic device)
	.....(artistic devices, artistic concepts, concepts in the arts and humanities, Associated Concepts (hierarchy name)) (AAT)

	topic is .... seduction
	.....(personal life events, events (activities), Events (hierarchy name)) (AAT)

Sources:

	Cephalus and Aurora (Greek narrative)
	................National Gallery of Art London [online] (2000-)

Iconography Record Sources:

	................ National Gallery of Art London [online] (2000-) accessed 16 August 2019