Prokne and Itys. Prokne, the daughter of the king of Athens Pandion, is shown preparing to kill her young son, Itys. With this act she aims to take revenge on her husband Tereus, king of Thrace, who dishonored her sister Philomena. Sculpture by Alkamenes, a pupil of Pheidias. Ca. 430 BC. Acropolis Museum. Athens. Greece.

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Caption: Prokne and Itys. Prokne, the daughter of the king of Athens Pandion, is shown preparing to kill her young son, Itys. With this act she aims to take revenge on her husband Tereus, king of Thrace, who dishonored her sister Philomena. Sculpture by Alkamenes, a pupil of Pheidias. Ca. 430 BC. Acropolis Museum. Athens. Greece.

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