Although Marmontel described the opera as a ballet héroïque, the musicologist Benoït Dratwicki writes that Céphale et Procris does not really fit the genre as conceived earlier in the 18th century.
Trots att Marmontel beskriver operan som en ballet héroïque skriver musikhistorikern Benoït Dratwicki att Céphale et Procris inte riktigt passar in på genren såsom den utvecklades under 1700-talet.