PHILOMELA


Meaning of PHILOMELA in English

[Phil.o.me.la] n [L, fr. Gk Philomele]: an Athenian princess in Greek mythology raped and deprived of her tongue by her brother-in-law Tereus, avenged by the killing of his son, and changed into a nightingale while fleeing from him

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