Classical Mythology and Ancient History > metamorphoses ~ classical mythology > metamorphoses of female persons into birds > metamorphoses of female persons into birds (first series) > Aedon, wife of Polytechnus, changed into a nightingale: when pursued by her husband for having slain her son Itys, Aedon, through the pity of Jupiter, is changed into a nightingale; Chelidon(is), Aedon's sister, and Polytechnus are also transformed into birds