Greece. CEPHALIUS Emblem of CEPHALONIA Island, Union Ionian islands with Greece

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  Greece : GREEK  STAMP

of

100 Years since the UNION

of the IONIAN  ISLANDS with GREECE

{ 1864 - 1964 }.     In  Drachmas 

(Value : 4.50 Drachmas)

Subject :  CEPHALUS

{ Ebmlem of  CEPHALONIA  Island }. 

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Cephalus: husband of Procris

Eos carries off Cephalus

Cephalus is also made out to be an Aeolian, the son of Deion/Deioneos , ruler of Phocis, and Diomede , and grandson of Aeolus . Athenians further localised the myth by asserting that Cephalus was married to Procris , a daughter of Erechtheus , an ancient founding-figure of Athens . The goddess of dawn Eos, kidnapped Cephalus when he was hunting. The resistant Cephalus and Eos became lovers, and she bore him a son named Phaëthon (not to be confused with the son of the sun-god Helios ). Some sources also give Tithonos and Hesperus as children of Cephalus and Eos. However, Cephalus always pined for Procris, causing a disgruntled Eos to return him to her, making disparaging remarks about his wife's fidelity.

Once reunited with Procris after an interval of eight years, Cephalus tested her by returning from the hunt in disguise, and managing to seduce her. In shame Procris fled to the forest, to hunt with Artemis . In returning and reconciling, Procris brought two magical gifts, an inerrant javelin that never missed its mark, and a hunting hound, Laelaps that always caught its prey. The hound met its end chasing a fox (the Teumessian vixen) which could not be caught; both fox and the hound were turned into stone. But the javelin continued to be used by Cephalus, who was an avid hunter.

Procris then conceived doubts about her husband, who left his bride at the bridal chamber and climbed to a mountaintop and sang a hymn invoking Nephele, "cloud". Procris became convinced that he was serenading a lover. She climbed to where he was to spy on him. Cephalus, hearing a stirring in the brush and thinking the noise came from an animal, threw the never-erring javelin in the direction of the sound – and Procris was impaled. As she lay dying in his arms, she told him "On our wedding vows, please never marry Eos". Cephalus was distraught at the death of his beloved Procris, and went into exile.

The primary literary source for the story is the poet Pherecydes of Athens , preserved in a quoted fragment (Pherecydes Fr. 34) in the so-called "Mythographus Homericus "; a papyrus (PBerolinensis 13282) representing a parallel text based on the same source confirms the details (see Mythographus Homericus ).

In a separate episode that is simply an aition explaining the name of Cephallenia and reinforcing its cultural connections with Athens, Cephalus helped Amphitryon of Mycenae in a war against the Taphians and Teleboans . He was awarded with the island of Samos, which thereafter came to be known as Cephallenia . The people who lived on Cephallenia and nearby islands came to be known as Cephallenians.

Cephalus eventually married again, choosing a daughter of Minyas to be his wife. This woman (named Clymene, according to some sources) bore him a son named Arcesius . Arcesius succeeded Cephalus as ruler of his Cephallenian realm. This Arcesius was the grandfather of Odysseus , son of Laertes . Nevertheless, Cephalus never forgave himself over the death of Procris, and he committed suicide by leaping from Cape Leucas into the sea.

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  • Condition: Unused
  • Country/Region of Manufacture: Greece
  • Topic: Stamps
  • Year of Issue: 1964
  • Certification: Uncertified
  • Quality: Mint Never Hinged/MNH
  • Grade: XF/S (Extremely Fine/Superb)
  • Type: Stamps
  • Color: Multi-Color
  • Place of Origin: Greece

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