# Cephalus — Bulfinch’s Mythology character guide

> Cephalus in Bulfinch’s Mythology by Thomas Bulfinch.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Procris Cephalus, Procris

**First appearance:** 0010-cephalus-and-procris

## Who they are

Hunter and husband of Procris, central figure in a tragic love story.

## In the story

### [III: Apollo and Daphne—Pyramus and Thisbe—Cephalus and Procris](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/bulfinch_s_mythology_se/chapters/iii-apollo-and-daphne-pyramus-and-thisbe-cephalus-and-procris)

A hunter who accidentally kills his wife Procris with his javelin after she spies on him.

### [Cephalus and Procris](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/bulfinch_s_mythology_se/chapters/cephalus-and-procris)

A beautiful youth and devoted hunter, married to Procris; his love for his wife leads him to resist Aurora, but a tragic misunderstanding causes him to accidentally kill Procris.

### [Cephalus and Procris](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/bulfinch_s_mythology_se/chapters/cephalus-and-procris)

Cephalus's wife, favored by Diana; she gives her husband a magical dog and javelin, but jealousy over a misinterpreted remark leads to her death.

### [Cadmus—The Myrmidons](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/bulfinch_s_mythology_se/chapters/xii-cadmus-the-myrmidons)

King of Athens, seeks assistance from Aeacus in his war with Minos.

### [The Myrmidons](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/bulfinch_s_mythology_se/chapters/the-myrmidons)

King of Athens who visits Aegina to seek aid against Minos of Crete.

### [The Winds](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/bulfinch_s_mythology_se/chapters/the-winds)

Referenced indirectly through the myth of Boreas and Orithyia, though not named; the chapter focuses on the winds as personified beings.

### [C](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/bulfinch_s_mythology_se/chapters/c)

Husband of Procris, mentioned in the chapter.

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