Itys
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thumb|upright=1.4|Athenian wine cup, circa 480 BC, depicting Philomela and [[Procne preparing to kill Itys (Louvre, Paris)]]
In Greek mythology, Itys () is a minor mythological Thracian character, the son of Tereus, a king of Thrace, by his Athenian wife Procne. Itys was murdered by his own mother and aunt and served to be consumed during dinner by his father, as part of a revenge plan against Tereus for assaulting and raping the maiden Philomela, Procne's sister.
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