Progne
From LSJ
Ὑπὲρ εὐσεβείας καὶ λάλει καὶ μάνθανε → Ea fator atque disce, quae pietas probat → Dein Sprechen, Lernen diene nur der Frömmigkeit
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
Prō̆gnē: or Prō̆cnē, ēs, f., = Πρόκνη,
I Daughter of Pandion, king of Athens, sister of Philomela, and wife of Tereus; she was changed into a swallow: natae ex Philomelā atque ex Progne hirundines, Plaut. Rud. 3, 1, 12; Ov. M. 6, 440 sq.—
II Poet., transf., a swallow, Verg. G. 4, 15; Ov. F. 2, 855; id. Tr. 5, 1, 60.—
III An island near Rhodes, Plin. 5, 31, 36, § 133.
