Philomela
əˈmi 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]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —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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| 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) | |
| —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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