Cephalus
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English > Greek (Woodhouse)
Κέφαλος, ὁ.
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
Cĕphălus: i, m., = Κέφαλος,
I a son of Deïoneus (Hyg. Fab. 189) or of Pandion (id. ib. 279), a grandson of Æolus (hence, Aeolides, Ov. M. 6, 681), the husband of Procris, whom he, when watched by her, unintentionally shot, Ov. M. 6, 681; 7, 665 sq.; 7, 841; Hyg. Astr. 2, 35; Serv. ad Verg. A. 6, 445.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
(2) Cĕphălus,¹³ ī, m., Céphale, [amant de l’Aurore] : Ov. M. 6, 681 || père de l’orateur Lysias : Cic. Att. 4, 16, 3 || prince épirote : Liv. 43, 18.
Latin > German (Georges)
Cephalus, ī, m., Enkel des thessalischen Königs Äolus, Gemahl der Prokris, von Aurora geliebt und entführt, Ov. met. 6, 681; 7, 665 sqq. Hyg. fab. 189 u. 276.
Wikipedia EN
Cephalus (/ˈsɛfələs/; Ancient Greek: Κέφαλος Kephalos means "head") is a name used both for the hero-figure in Greek mythology and carried as a theophoric name by historical persons.
- Cephalus, son of Hermes and Herse.
- Cephalus, son of Deion/ Deioneos, husband of Procris.
- Cephalus, son of Lysanias from Syracuse (5th century BCE), a wealthy metic and elderly arms manufacturer living in Athens who engages in dialogue with Socrates in Plato's Republic. He was the father of orator Lysias, philosopher Polemarchus and Euthydemus.
- Cephalus, Athenian orator who flourished after the time of the Thirty Tyrants.
- Cephalus, a Molossian who sided with Perseus in the Third Macedonian War.