Tereus
noun, Classical Mythology.
1.
a Thracian prince, the husband of Procne, who raped his sister-in-law Philomela and was changed into a hoopoe as a punishment.
noun
1.
(Greek myth) a prince of Thrace, who raped Philomela, sister of his wife Procne, and was punished by being turned into a hoopoe
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