Aedon (English spelling) Aēdōn

Japanese: アエドン - あえどん（英語表記）Aēdōn

In Greek legend, she was the wife of Zethus, king of Thebes. She had one son, Ityrus, with Zethus, but she was jealous of Niobe, the wife of Amphion, her husband's twin brother, who had many children, and plotted to kill Niobe's eldest son, who was being raised with Ityrus. However, she sneaked into her children's bedroom under the cover of night and accidentally killed her own son. In her grief, Zeus transformed her into a nightingale (Aedon in Greek). It is said that the song of the nightingale in spring is the lament of Aedon, who has put his son to the sword.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

ギリシア伝説で，テーバイ王ゼトスの妻。ゼトスとのあいだに一子イテュロスをもうけたが，夫の双生の兄弟アンフィオンの妻ニオベに多くの子どもがあるのを嫉妬し，イテュロスとともに養育されていたニオベの長男の殺害をくわだてた。しかし夜陰に乗じて子どもらの寝室にしのびこんだ彼女は，誤ってわが子を殺したため，悲嘆にくれているところをゼウスによってウグイス(ギリシア語でアエドン)に変えられた。春のウグイスのさえずりは，わが子を刃にかけたアエドンの嘆きであるという。

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