The story begins with Pandion, the King of Athens. You see, he married his maternal aunt, Zeuxippe. Now, Apollodorous doesn't SAY anything about the Gods punishing him for this kind of marriage (the only such marriage in Greek legend, according to the Perseus Project), but I think that is a possibility considering what happened to his family. Pandion and Zeuxippe had two daughters, Procne and Philomela, and twin sons, Erechtheus and Butes1. But Pandion wasn't much of a father, he was much more interested in his kingdom, and when Athens went to war with Abdacus, Pandion called on Tereus, his...
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