Philomela

Phil·o·me·la

[fil-uh-mee-luh]
noun
1.
Classical Mythology. an Athenian princess who was raped by her brother-in-law Tereus and was subsequently avenged and transformed into a nightingale.
2.
( lowercase ) philomel.
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philomel or philomela (ˈfɪləˌmɛl, ˌfɪləʊˈmiːlə) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
n
poetic names for a nightingale
 
[C14 philomene, via Medieval Latin from Latin philomēla, from Greek]
 
philomela or philomela
 
n
 
[C14 philomene, via Medieval Latin from Latin philomēla, from Greek]

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Philomela is always a great word to know.
So is Odysseus. Does it mean:
king of Ithaca, one of the heroes of the Iliad and protagonist of the Odyssey, also shrewdest of the Greek leaders in the Trojan War
islands in the ocean at the remotest western end of the world, to which the souls of heroes and worthy persons were transported after death
Philomela (ˌfɪləʊˈmiːlə) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
n
Greek myth See Procne an Athenian princess, who was raped and had her tongue cut out by her brother-in-law Tereus, and subsequently was transformed into a nightingale

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