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Cephalus

son of Deioneus and beloved of Eos in Greek mythology
Person mythological_greek_character Q643504
Cephalus
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Facts

12 properties
Instance of
mythological Greek character
Sex or gender
male[14]
Father
Deioneus[1]
Mother
Diomede[2]
Spouse
Procris, Clymene[3][4]
Child
Hesperus, Adymnus, Phaethon, Aoos, Arcesius, Iphiclus, Alcimede, Canes, Oie (Mythologie)[5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13]
Part of
Cephalus and Procris[15]
Described by source
Russian translation of Lübker's Antiquity Lexicon, Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, The Nuttall Encyclopædia, Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890), Pauly–Wissowa[19][20][21][22][23]
P14750
9ACC-91B3-8740-0F3B-F84C[24]
Relative
Daetus[18]
Said to be the same as
Cephalus[17]
Unmarried partner
Eos[16]
🏷️ Also known as
en Cephalus en Kephalos ar سيفالوس cs Kefalos da Cephalos el Κέφαλος es Céfalo fr Céphale fr Procis hu Kephalosz it Cefalo it Kephalos ja ケパロス ko 세팔루스 ko 케팔로스 ru Кефал ru Кефал (сын Деиона) uk Цефал zh 克法洛斯 zh 刻法洛斯
🔖 Identifiers · 20
VIAF cluster ID
50367692, 316443054
GND ID
131717715
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID
14961424v
British Museum person or institution ID
58982
Brockhaus Enzyklopädie online ID
kephalos-griechische-mythologie
CERL Thesaurus ID
cnp00822555
DDB person (GND) ID
131717715
Digital LIMC ID
poVwN2hxS6OZ=2ENfhYe4g_
Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID
topic/Cephalus
Freebase ID
/m/0kgtk
Great Norwegian Encyclopedia ID
Kefalos
IdRef ID
240997735
Show all 20 identifiers +8
Lex ID
Kefalos
MANTO ID
8187971
Museum-digital ID
149370
Mythoskop ID
w401
Oxford Classical Dictionary ID
1476
PACTOLS thesaurus ID
pcrtqRxERDUy4i
Sandrart.net person ID
2752
ToposText person ID
13640

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🔗 Connections
Child 4
Hesperus, Arcesius, Alcimede, Iphiclus
Described by source 3
Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Pauly–Wissowa, The Nuttall Encyclopædia
Children (paternal) 2
Hesperus, Arcesius
Parent of 2
Deioneus, Diomede
Spouse 2
Procris, Clymene
Spouses 2
Procris, Clymene
← Depicts 2
Aurora and Cephalus, Cephalus and Procris
Father 1
Deioneus
Mother 1
Diomede
Said to be the same as 1
Cephalus
Sex or gender 1
male
Unmarried partner 1
Eos
← Characters 1
Céphale et Procris
← Said to be the same as 1
Cephalus
← Unmarried partner 1
Eos
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FAQs

Who were Cephalus's parents?

Cephalus's father was Deioneus[1]. Cephalus's mother was Diomede[2].

Who was Cephalus married to?

Cephalus's spouses include Procris[3] and Clymene[4].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [1] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [3] ↑ . Mythes de la Grèce archaïque. wikidata.org.
  5. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.

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  1. 11w ago · Trivialist · 2026-08-13 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14750 → 9ACC-91B3-8740-0F3B-F84C
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ P14750: 9ACC-91B3-8740-0F3B-F84C, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/265669|batch #265669]]"
  2. 14w ago · Epìdosis · 2026-07-23 view diff on Wikidata ↗
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    Described by source → Russian translation of Lübker's Antiquity Lexicon, Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, The Nuttall Encyclopædia +2
    + 12 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/43227|batch #43227]]: import BNF IDs from BNF"
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