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Iconclass-luokkakäsite: suffering, misfortune of Philomela and Procne
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| Iconclass-tunnus | 95 B (PHILOMELA & PROCNE) 6 |
| laajempi käsite | Filomele ja Prokne (Filomelen ja Proknen taru) |
| nimi | suffering, misfortune of Philomela and Procne |
| suppeampi käsite | Philomela makes a cloth on which she depicts her misfortunes and sends it to her sister Procne, Procne kills Itys, her son by Tereus, in order to serve him up as food to her husband, Tereus cuts out Philomela's tongue, and hides her in a lonely place, Tereus offers violence to Philomela, during a festival of Bacchus Procne liberates her sister Philomela, the banquet of Tereus; when the sisters show the head of Itys, to convince Tereus he is feasting on his flesh, he draws his sword to slay them |