Cephalus

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

Cĕphălus, i, m., = Κέφαλος,

a son of Deïoneus ( Hyg. Fab. 189) or of Pandion ( id. ib. 279), a grandson of Aeolus (hence, Aeolides, Ov. M. 6, 681), the husband of Procris , whom he, when watched by her, unintentionally shot, Ov. M. 6, 681; 7, 665 sq.; 7, 841; Hyg. Astr. 2, 35; Serv. ad Verg. A. 6, 445.