IN LEGEND AND FABLE 27 



the hope one day to see her again. At last, 

 oveit'come by her longing, Procne asked her 

 husband to go to Athens and bring back her 

 sister for a visit. Tereus at once set out, 

 and upon reaching Athens he begged the old 

 King Pandion to allow Philomela to accom- 

 pany him to his home in the north coun- 

 try. 



After much persuasion Pandion consented, 

 and Tereus set out upon the sea with the 

 young girl. While on the voyage he fell 

 very much in love with his pretty sister-in- 

 law, but in return she only scorned his affec- 

 tion. Then, instead of taking her to her 

 sister, Tereus led Philomela into a remote 

 part of his kingdom and there he kept her a 

 prisoner for many months. At last, he went 

 alone to his wife with the tale that her father 

 had refused to allow her sister to return with 

 him. 



The unhappy Philomela passed a wretched 

 life in the place where Tereus had confined 

 her, and in vain she sought to free herself 



