Procnean

English Etymology From en Procne an. Adjective - en rare Pertaining to or reminiscent of Procne. en 1985 Bowers Studies in iconography volume 10, page 93 As in the twin engravings by Antonio Tempesta (Plates 3 and 4), of Tereus and Philomena, and the Procnean banquet, the follow-through from rape to death was a frequent Renaissance theme. en 2015 Mairéad McAuley. Reproducing Rome: Motherhood in Virgil, Ovid, Seneca, and Statius 0199659362 In making his Althaea post- and propter-Procnean, Ovid extends the same rhetoric of maternal revenge and the conflictual passions and identities associated with it, [...] en 2016 James Harmer Renaissance Literature and Linguistic Creativity 1317066480 [...] in order to explore the links between thought and action, Cydippean mora and Procnean revenge. en eponyms