person
Pandion
also: Πανδίων, Πανδίονις (his daughter, the swallow)
Legendary king of Athens; his daughters became nightingale and swallow in the metamorphosis-story, so 'Pandion's daughter' (fr. 135) is the swallow itself.
Reading notes
- Fragments of Uncertain Book, with the Epigrams and Dubia §135 Pandion
Legendary king of Athens whose daughters Procne and Philomela were transformed, in the old story, into nightingale and swallow; 'Pandion's daughter' is the swallow itself, dawn's noisy herald.