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The daughters of Daulis
daughters of Daulis
also: Dauliades, Procne, Philomela
Procne and Philomela of Daulis in Phocis, turned in myth to nightingale and swallow; here a poetic name for the birds whose mournful song Lucretius cites.
Reading notes
- On the Nature of Things §4.44 daughters of Daulis
Procne and Philomela, turned in myth to nightingale and swallow; a learned name for the plaintive birds of Helicon's gardens.