proper noun
Prō^gnē
Meaning
- Daughter of Pandion
Prō^gnē or Prō^cnē, 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.—III. An island near Rhodes, Plin. 5, 31, 36, § 133.