PHILOMELA


Meaning of PHILOMELA in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˌfi-lə-ˈmē-lə ]

noun

Etymology: Latin, from Greek Philomēlē

Date: 14th century

: 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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