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Procris
In Greek mythology, Procris (Ancient Greek: Πρόκρις, gen.: Πρόκριδος) was an Athenian princess as the third daughter of Erechtheus, king of Athens and his wife, Praxithea, daughter of Phrasimus and Diogeneia. Homer mentions her in the Odyssey as one of the many dead spirits Odysseus saw in the Underworld, and 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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Procrisnoun
any species of small moths of the genus Procris. The larvae of some species injure the grapevine by feeding in groups upon the leaves
Etymology: [L., the wife of Cephalus, Gr. .]
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Procris
In Greek mythology, Procris 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.
Mythology
Procris
(Pro′cris). Daughter of Erechtheus, king of Athens.
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of Procris in Chaldean Numerology is: 8
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of Procris in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8
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