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Procris

Procris \Pro"cris\, n. [L., the wife of Cephalus, Gr. ?.] (Zo["o]l.) Any species of small moths of the genus Procris. The larv[ae] of some species injure the grapevine by feeding in groups upon the leaves.

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In Greek mythology, Procris (, gen.: Πρόκριδος) was the daughter of Erechtheus, king of Athens and his wife, Praxithea. She married Cephalus, the son of Deioneus. Procris had at least two sisters, Creusa and Orithyia. Sophocles wrote a tragedy called Procris which has been lost, as has a version contained in the Greek Cycle, but at least six different accounts of her story still exist.

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In the real thing, poor old Procris gets popped with Cephalus's magic arrow and that's it.